Lee Hyla
Lee Hyla (born August 31, 1952 in Niagara Falls , New York , † June 6, 2014 in Chicago , Illinois ) was an American composer and music teacher .
Life
Hyla, who grew up in Greencastle , Indiana , studied at New York's Stony Brook University with David Lewin and at the Boston New England Conservatory with Malcolm Peyton . He has received composition commissions from the Koussevitzky, Fromm, Barlow and Naumburg Foundation, the Mary Flagler Carey Charitable Trust , the Concert Artist's Guild and the Meet the Composer / Reader's Digest Consortium and has composed for ensembles and musicians such as the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra , the Kronos Quartet , 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 and Mary Nessinger .
Hyla received numerous grants and awards, including 1992 with Olly Wilson the Stoeger Prize of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center , a Guggenheim Fellowship , two grants from the National Endowment for the Arts , the Goddard Lieberson Award of the American Academy of Arts and Letters , the St. Botolph Club Award and the Rome Prize . From 1992 to 2007 he taught composition at the New England Conservatory, and since 2007 he has held the Harry N. and Ruth F. Wyatt Chair of Music Composition at Northwestern University .
Hyla died on June 6, 2014 in Chicago at the age of 61 of complications from pneumonia .
Works
- Amnesia for six instruments, 1976
- Pre-Amnesia for alto saxophone, 1979
- String Trio , 1981
- In Double Light for viola, bass clarinet, piano and percussion, 1983
- Pre-Pulse Suspended for twelve instruments, 1984
- String Quartet No. 2 , 1985
- Mystic Birds of Saugerties for bass clarinet, 1985
- Anhinga for chamber ensemble, 1987
- Dream of Innocent III , 1987
- Concerto for Bass Clarinet and Orchestra , 1988
- Amnesia Variance for clarinet, violin, viola, cello, piano and dulcimer, 1989
- String Quartet No. 3 , 1989
- Amnesia Breaks for woodwind quintet, 1990
- Ciao, Manhattan for viola, flute, cello and piano, 1990
- Concerto for Piano and Chamber Orchestra , 1991
- We Speak Etruscan for bass clarinet and baritone saxophone, 1992
- Howl for narrator and string quartet, 1993
- Quartet for bassoon and string trio, 1993
- How was your Weekend for viola and cello, 1994
- Trans for large chamber orchestra, 1996
- Now Exclusively cello for 16 cellos, 1996
- Riff and Transfiguration , Piano Suite, 1997
- Third Party for piano, 1998
- String Quartet No. 4 , 1999
- Wilson's Ivory-bill for baritone, piano and tape recordings, 2000
- Lives of the Saints for mezzo-soprano and eight instruments, 2000
- Violin Concerto , 2001
- At North Farm for mezzo-soprano and bass clarinet, 2001
- Amnesia Redux for piano trio, 2002
- One Moe Time for piano, 2002
- Detour Ahead for double bass, 2003
- At Suma Beach for mezzo-soprano, clarinet, violin, viola, piano and percussion, 2003
- Amore Scaduto for violin and cello, 2004
- Quarry for baritone and viola, 2004
- Paradigm Lost for saxophone quartet, 2005
- The House of Flowers for mezzo-soprano, bass clarinet, bass and piano, 2005
- The Triadic Coast for large orchestra, 2005
- Field Guide for flute, bass clarinet, violin, viola, cello, piano and percussion, 2006
- Polish Folk Songs for clarinet, bass clarinet, violin, viola, cello, piano and drums, 2007
- Passegieta for violin, 2007
- Warble (for Fenwick Smith) for flute and piano, 2008
- Riff and Consequences , Concerto for Chamber Orchestra, 2008
Discography
- The Dream of Innocent III , with Rhonda Rider , Jim Pugliese , Lee Hyla, 1989
- In Double Light , Lydian String Quartet, 1993
- Amnesia Breaks , 1996
- We Speak Etruscan with Tim Smith , Tim Berne , Speculum Musicae. Lydian String Quartet, 1996
- Howl , Kronos Quartet with Allen Ginsberg , 1996
- Riff & Transfiguration with Mia Chung , Stephen Drury , Judith Gordon and Callithumpian Ensemble, 1999
- Trans , Boston Modern Orchestra Project under Gil Rose with Laura Frautschi and Tim Smith, 2004
- Wilson's Ivory-bill , Lydian String Quartet, 2006
- Lives of the Saints with Mary Nessinger , Gil Rose , 2008
Web links
- Literature by and about Lee Hyla in the catalog of the German National Library
- Lee Hylas Homepage (English)
- Margalit Fox: Lee Hyla, 61, Who Mixed Rock and Jazz Into Classical Works, Dies. Obituary in The New York Times, June 14, 2014
Individual evidence
- ↑ John von Rhein: Lee Hyla, Northwestern composer, 1952-2014. Obituary in the Chicago Tribune on June 11, 2014 (accessed June 13, 2014).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hyla, Lee |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American composer, music educator, and pianist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 31, 1952 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Niagara Falls , New York |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 6, 2014 |
| Place of death | Chicago |