What’s New
New String Quartet in the Works
A new work for string quartet has been commissioned with funding from The Thelma Hunter Fund of the American Composers Forum. The new work will be presented by Saint Paul's Schubert Club, premiere date to be announced.
Rising w/ The Crossing
As the COVID-19 pandemic has forced choral singing into a necessary hiatus, Donald Nally and The Crossing have sought to fill the musical void with daily musical offerings from their concert/live performance archives. Four of Edie's pieces have been featured...
“Spectral Spirits” Receives its Premier!
Spectral Spirits recieved its premier performance this past December and the reviews are in! Clive Piget of Musical America described the Spectral Spirits as "bold," "radiant," "deftly crafted," and possessing "[a] power to...
More from fivebyfive
The premiers of "Glass Works" draw nearer, Rochester NY-based chamber ensemble fivebyfive will begin hosting open rehearsals with the commissioned composers. More information about the "Meet the Composer" event at which Edie will be present as well as fivebyfive's...
Alaskan Premiers
Two of Edie's pieces will have their Alaskan premiers at the Uncommon Music Festival in August 2019 (Ariadne Lih and Nate Barnett, directors). Among the festival performances will be Edie's "For God So Loved The World" (Women in the Church) and a new arrangment of...
Release of “Evolutionary Spirits”
The Crossing's new compilation recording, Evolutionary Spirits is now available for purchase and streaming. Under the direction of Donald Nally, this recording includes music by Edie Hill as well as Gregory W. Brown, James Shrader, Bruce Babcock, Jonathan...
Rückblick On International Tour
Last year, pianist Ann DuHamel [D.M.A.] commissioned a new work for solo piano. This year, she's taking the piece on the road. "Rückblick" explores themes of transformation and nostalgia, taking inspiration from the piano works of Brahms. Having earlier this year...
New work for The Crossing
Edie Hill has recently begun work on a new commission for frequent collaborator The Crossing (Donald Nally, conductor). The new piece will be an extended choral work centered on extinct and endangered bird species and based on the poetry of Holly Hughes and Katie...
Evolutionary Spirits – a new choral compilation
Our good friends at Parma Recordings and The Crossing (Donald Nally, conductor) are gearing up to release a compilation CD of choral works by Edie Hill, Gregory W. Brown, James Shrader, Bruce Babcock, Jonathan Sheffer, and Christopher J. Hoh entitled Evolutionary...
Glass Works
With funding from New Music USA, modern chamber ensemble fivebyfive has commissioned and will be premiering a new works by Andrea Mazzariello, Jung Sun Kang, Jonathan Russell, and Edie Hill inspired by the stained glass artwork of Judith Schaechter. More...