Lee Hyla

about

Lee Hyla (born August 31, 1952, Niagara Falls, New York) - († June 6, 2014 in Chicago, Illinois) was an American classical music composer. Lee Hyla was born in Niagara Falls, New York, and grew up in Greencastle, Indiana. He has written for numerous performers including the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, the Kronos Quartet (with Allen Ginsberg), The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Speculum Musicae, the Boston Modern Orchestra Project, the Lydian String Quartet, Triple Helix, Tim Smith, Tim Berne, Laura Frautschi, Rhonda Rider, Stephen Drury, Mia Chung, Judith Gordon, Mary Nessinger, Boston Musica Viva, and House Blend, the resident ensemble at the Kitchen. Hyla has received commissions from the Koussevitzky, Fromm, Barlow, and Naumburg foundations, the Mary Flagler Carey Charitable Trust, Concert Artist's Guild, three commissions from Chamber Music America and two Meet the Composer/Reader's Digest Consortium commissions. He has also been the recipient of the Stoeger Prize from the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, a Guggenheim fellowship, two National Endowment for the Arts fellowships, the Goddard Lieberson Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the St. Botolph Club Award, and the Rome Prize. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

top songs

albums

Riff And Transfiguration

Lee Hyla: We Speak Etruscan

In Double Light

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My Life On The Plains

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Wilson's Ivory-Bill

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Howl, U.S.A.

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American Voices

Lee Hyla: Lives of the Saints

Lee Hyla: Trans

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We Speak Etruscan

Lee Hyla - Riff And Transfiguration

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Americans In Rome: Music By Fellows of the American Academy In Rome

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