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Lyrics by Noah Keesecker. Used by permission of the lyricist.

Cover Design by Noah Keesecker

Circle of the River

How long has our history run? How far does the water flow? The circle of the river carries more Than we will ever know. Oh Great River, Mississippi, Your waters carry life and memory. Circle, cycle, river, water Oh Great Mississippi Circle, cycle, river, water Boundless Mississippi. How long has the river run? How far has our history come? The circle of the river carries Everything back to its home.

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Circle of the River

Edie Hill

Copyright © 2008, Hummingbird Press.

All Rights Reserved

Music Engraving by

Music Advantage(952) 448-7544

Music Services by Paul Gerike

Circle of the River was commissioned for Minnesota Voices,

sponsored by the American Composers Forum in celebration of Minnesota’s Sesquicentennial.

Premiered by the Minneapolis Youth Chorus under the musical direction of Patrice Arasim.

Noah Keesecker

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From solo to orchestra, epigram to epic, Edie Hill’s music unfolds seamlessly in all spaces and idioms. Born in New York City (1962), her works are widely performed in the United States, Canada, and Europe in such prestigious and varied venues as Lincoln Center, the LA County Museum of Art, the Library of Congress, Minneapolis’ Walker Arts Center, St. Paul’s The Schubert Club, The Cape May Festival (NJ), The Downtown Arts Festival (NYC), Liviu Cultural Center (Romania), Feszek Müvészklub (Budapest), as well as venues in Bangkok (Thailand), Dublin (Ireland), Moscow (Russia), Iceland, Great Britain, Germany, The Netherlands, the Minnesota State Fair, classrooms and cafes, basilicas and back yards.

A three-time McKnight Artist Fellow and two-time Bush Artist Fellow, Hill has received grants and awards from the Jerome Foundation, ASCAP, Meet The Composer, and Chamber Music America among others. She cultivates the talents of young composers and musicians as well as educating and engaging the public in the music of today. She has been a guest lecturer at such institutions as Syracuse University, the American Composers Forum, the Iowa Composers Forum Nuts N’ Bolts Festival, Tufts University, the University of Michigan, and Delft University (Netherlands). Her choral music has been commissioned and performed by The Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, under the auspices of Classical Minnesota Public Radio, Cantus, The Rose Ensemble, The Twin Cities Women’s Choir, The Dale Warland Singers, The Singers, the Valborg Choir of Zeist (The Netherlands), VocalEssence, Harmonium Choral Society of New Jersey, numerous choirs at colleges and universities in the US and Canada, the Minnesota All-State Women’s Choir under the auspices of Minnesota ACDA and Joyful Noise to name a few.

Commissions come from such diverse sources as elite professionals to community and amateur groups. One of Hill's strengths as a composer is the ability to write well for musicians of all skill levels. Whether she is composing a virtuosic piece to show off a soloist’s expertise or a work that leads a choir of untrained voices through a gratifying and meaningful musical experience, for Hill the music comes from the same place. Writing music is always an opportunity for her to research, learn, muse, reach down deep, and allow inspiration to come from the stuff of life.

Hill earned a B.A. in music composition and piano performance at Bennington College where she studied with Vivian Fine, and then went on to earn her M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Minnesota with principal composition teacher Lloyd Ultan. She has also studied extensively with Libby Larsen. Hill is Composer-in-Residence at St. Paul’s The Schubert Club where she runs the Composer Mentorship Program. She resides in Minneapolis where she works as a freelance composer and owns Hummingbird Press.

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