Discipline: Music Composition

Lance Hulme

Discipline: Music Composition
Region: Pfinztal-Woschbach, GERMANY
MacDowell Fellowships: 2002
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Composer Lance Hulme has a multi-faceted career as keyboardist, conductor, arranger, educator and critic. His music has been performed throughout the U.S., Europe, Asia, and South America and has garnered both critical and audience acclaim. Hulme heads the music theory, aural skills, and composition programs at North Carolina Central University in Durham, NC. Hulme’s compositions have won many awards including the Grand Prize at International Witold Lutoslawski Composition Competition, 1st Prize from ASCAP/Rudolf Nissim Prize, Grand Prize at the International Trumpet Guild Composition Competition, and awards from the Composicion Musical Cuitat de Tarragona, Citta di Trieste Orchestra Competition, and the Ladislav Kubik Composition Competition. Notable performances and commissions include Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra (Warsaw Autumn), the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra (ISCM International Festival), Southern German Radio, the State Theater of Baden, the State Orchestra of Magdeburg, the Durham Symphony, West German Radio, the Karlsruhe University Chorus, the Raschèr Saxophone Orchestra, Quattro Mani, the Henschell Quartet, and others. CD releases of his music include releases with Albany Records, Bridge Records, LiveNotes, and Ablaze Records. Hulme holds degrees from the Yale University School of Music (D.M.A., M.M.A.), the Eastman School of Music (M.M.), and the University of Minnesota (B.M.). He also studied at the Universitaet fuer Musik in Vienna on a Fulbright Grant. Hulme lived in Europe for 17 years. During that time, he co-founded and directed Ensemble Surprise, an eclectic chamber ensemble which featured 700 years of new music, was guest artist at ZKM, and worked as a freelance performer, arranger, and transcriber for a wide variety of institutions, ensembles, and individuals. An offer to teach brought him back to the U.S. in 2003. Hulme’s interests also include music technology, both as composer and educator. His compositions using computers have been presented in many venues including interactive collaborations with choreographers and visual artists. His educational software uses technology to achieve remarkable results in aural skills and music fundamentals. He is also a sound engineer and has produced recordings including some for his CD releases.

Studios

Watson

Lance Hulme worked in the Watson studio.

Built in 1916 in memory of Regina Watson of Chicago, a musician and teacher, this studio was donated by a group of her friends, along with funds for its maintenance. Originally designed to serve as a composers’ studio with room for performance, Watson was used as a recital hall for chamber music for a…

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