About Lee Hyla
Lived 1952 – 2014 (aged 61). Lee Hyla was an American composer, pianist, music educator and university teacher.
Lee Hyla (August 31, 1952 – June 6, 2014) was an American classical music composer from Niagara Falls, New York. He received 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. He taught at New England Conservatory from 1992 to 2007, serving as co-chair of the composition department for most of that time. In 2007, he was appointed the chair of music composition at Northwestern University's Bienen School of Music. His music has been recorded on CRI, New World Records, Tzadik Records, and the Boston Modern Orchestra Project's label BMOP Sound.
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Who was Lee Hyla?
composer (1952–2014)
When was Lee Hyla born?
Lee Hyla was born on 31 August 1952 in Niagara Falls.
When did Lee Hyla die?
Lee Hyla died on 6 June 2014 in Chicago.
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Lee Hyla was a composer, pianist, music educator and university teacher.
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Lee Hyla was American.
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