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Artist
Curtis K. Hughes
9+ albums
composerClassicalcontemporary classicalinstrumentalAvant-Garde
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The music of Curtis K. Hughes (b. 1974) has been described as "fiery" in the New York Times, "well crafted" in the Boston Phoenix, and "colorfully scored" in the Boston Globe. Most recently, his 2006 composition "danger garden" was described by David Cleary in New Music Connoiseur as "energetic, compelling stuff" handled with "seasoned sureness," and by critic Richard Dyer as a "little winner." Works of his have been commissioned and championed by numerous chamber groups, including the Callithumpian Consort, Collage New Music, the Yesaroun' Duo, the Firebird Ensemble, the Saxophone Quartet of the U.S. Marine Band, and many others. His orchestral and large ensemble music has been performed in recent years by the Boston Conservatory Wind Ensemble, the Boston University Tanglewood Institute Young Artists Wind Ensemble, the Cleveland Chamber Symphony, the Indiana University New Music Ensemble, the Oberlin Chamber Orchestra, the Greater Twin Cities Youth Symphonies, and by the Boston Modern Orchestra Project as the winner of the organization's 4th annual composition competition. Currently residing in Boston, Curtis holds the position of 2007-2008 composer in residence with the Radius Ensemble and is an instructor in music theory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. From 2005 through 2007, he was the composer in residence with Collage New Music and he has also taught composition and theory at Brandeis University and New England Conservatory (NEC), where he received a Doct
