Enduring Masters
Visiting Composer Series
Sydney Hodkinson, Husa Visiting Professor of Composition
Sydney Hodkinson
...” rich variety and interest... a composer worth knowing. " -Fanfare
"…Marvelously inventive… the work is emotionally and aurally involving, full of wonderfully mysterious
sounds… the textures are wonderfully rich, and the soloist accomplishes feats one wouldn’t ordinarily
consider possible."
-High Fidelity
"Sydney Hodkinson’s The Edge of the Olde One, a chamber concerto for electrified English horn, strings and percussion, is one of the most pleasingly inventive compositions I’ve heard in recent years…"
-Bill Zakaraiasen, New York Daily News
The Enduring Masters Series is pleased to sponsor the
Karel Husa Visiting Professor of Composition
The Karel Husa Visiting Professor of Composition is a position awarded annually to a major figure in music composition today. The Visiting Professors come to the Ithaca College campus during the course of the academic year to lecture on their music and issues relevant to contemporary composition. In addition, during their time on campus, they hold private lessons with the School of Music's composition majors. Over the year of their professorship, their music is performed and examined by Ithaca College School of Music faculty and students.
In 2008-009, three different composers visited the campus:
William Bolcom (October 2008)
Sydney Hodkinson (March 2008)
Elliott Schwartz (October 2008)
More information and bios of these artists