July 10, 2010

Spotlight on Edie Hill

Here’s another in our series of profiles of the resident composers taking part in this year’s Mizzou New Music Summer Festival: The most experienced among the 2010 Festival’s eight resident composers, New York City native Edie Hill (pictured) earned a bachelor’s degree in music composition and piano performance at Bennington College, where she studied with Vivian Fine. She earned her master’s and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Minnesota with principal composition teacher Lloyd Ultan, and also has studied extensively with Libby Larsen. Currently, Hill serves as composer-in-residence at The Schubert Club in St. Paul, Minn. and lives…