Brian Hulse
Composer/Theorist
Composer/Theorist
About me:
I'm a professor of music theory and composition at the
College of William & Mary (since Fall '06). I've
received degrees from the University of Utah (B.M.),
University of Illinois (M.M.), and Harvard University
(Ph.D). My composition teachers include Mario
Davidovsky, Bernard Rands, Martin Boykan, Salvitore
Martirano, and Morris Rosenzweig. I've written
works for chamber and choral ensembles, as well as
several chamber operas. I have received awards from
BMI, ASCAP, Meet the Composer, Harvard University,
and other organizations. Noted ensembles which have
performed and/or commissioned my music include
Duo46, Speculum Musicae, 20th Century Unlimited,
Empyrean Ensemble, the Rire-Woodbury Dance
Company, the Harvard Glee Club, and the HBO series
"The Sopranos." I was a fellow at the Wellesley
Composers Conference, served as Composer-in-
Residence for Intermezzo: the New England Chamber
Opera Series, and was a Visiting Composer at Eastern
Mediterranean University in Cyprus. I recently
received a grant from the College of William & Mary
to record a CD of my music, which will feature Duo46
and pianist Nathanael May.
As a theorist I'm interested in repetition, temporality,
intuition, Eastern philosophy, and the writings of
Henri Bergson and Gilles Deleuze. I've published in
Perspectives of New Music and the Dutch Journal of
Music Theory and have an article forthcoming in
GAMUT. I have given papers in various scholarly
venues on topics such as repetition, Bergson's
concept of the virtual, Minimalism, and improvisation.
Recent conference talks were given at the Prince
Klaus Conservatory in the Netherlands, King's
College London and at the First International
Conference on Minimalism in Bangor, Wales (UK).
Before landing at William & Mary I held positions at
Wellesley College and Christopher Newport
University. In the summer I direct the composition
program at the Soundscape Festival in Pavia, Italy.
(www.soundscape-pavia.com).
I'm a professor of music theory and composition at the
College of William & Mary (since Fall '06). I've
received degrees from the University of Utah (B.M.),
University of Illinois (M.M.), and Harvard University
(Ph.D). My composition teachers include Mario
Davidovsky, Bernard Rands, Martin Boykan, Salvitore
Martirano, and Morris Rosenzweig. I've written
works for chamber and choral ensembles, as well as
several chamber operas. I have received awards from
BMI, ASCAP, Meet the Composer, Harvard University,
and other organizations. Noted ensembles which have
performed and/or commissioned my music include
Duo46, Speculum Musicae, 20th Century Unlimited,
Empyrean Ensemble, the Rire-Woodbury Dance
Company, the Harvard Glee Club, and the HBO series
"The Sopranos." I was a fellow at the Wellesley
Composers Conference, served as Composer-in-
Residence for Intermezzo: the New England Chamber
Opera Series, and was a Visiting Composer at Eastern
Mediterranean University in Cyprus. I recently
received a grant from the College of William & Mary
to record a CD of my music, which will feature Duo46
and pianist Nathanael May.
As a theorist I'm interested in repetition, temporality,
intuition, Eastern philosophy, and the writings of
Henri Bergson and Gilles Deleuze. I've published in
Perspectives of New Music and the Dutch Journal of
Music Theory and have an article forthcoming in
GAMUT. I have given papers in various scholarly
venues on topics such as repetition, Bergson's
concept of the virtual, Minimalism, and improvisation.
Recent conference talks were given at the Prince
Klaus Conservatory in the Netherlands, King's
College London and at the First International
Conference on Minimalism in Bangor, Wales (UK).
Before landing at William & Mary I held positions at
Wellesley College and Christopher Newport
University. In the summer I direct the composition
program at the Soundscape Festival in Pavia, Italy.
(www.soundscape-pavia.com).
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