Vic Hoyland
Vic Hoyland (born 11 December 1945) is a British composer. Educated at Hull and York universities (where he completed his PhD), Hoyland was Haywood Fellow at the University of Birmingham where he became Professor in Composition until his retirement in 2011. He now lives in the North Yorkshire moors.
Vic Hoyland
- Born
- 1945 · Yorkshire.
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Occupation
- composer · music arranger
- Education
- University of York · University of Hull
- Languages
- English
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Influenced by Luciano Berio and Franco Donatoni, Hoyland has composed pieces for the BBC Symphony Orchestra, the Arditti Quartet and the Lindsay String Quartet. A CD of two orchestral works, Vixen and In Transit, featuring the BBC Symphony Orchestra under Martyn Brabbins was released by NMC in 2002.
Vic Hoyland studied at University of York and University of Hull. The recorded working language is English. Employment is recorded with University of Birmingham.
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