Sorrel Hays

Sorrel Hays (born 1941) is an American pianist, composer and artist.

Life

Doris Ernestine Hays was born in Memphis, Tennessee, and in 1985 adopted her grandmother's family name of Sorrel. She studied music with Harold Cadek at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, graduating in 1963. She continued her education for three years studying with Friedrich Wührer and Hedwig Bilgram at the Hochschule für Musik in Munich, Germany. She then studied with Paul Badura-Skoda and Rudolf Kolisch at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, graduating with a Master of Music degree.

After completing her studies, Hays taught at Cornell College in Iowa, and then moved to New York City where she studied with pianist Hilde Somer. In 1971 she won first prize in the Gaudeamus Competition for Interpreters of New Music at Rotterdam, and began an international career as a pianist. She is now known as one of the world's foremost performers of cluster piano music.[1]

In 1998 Hays was director of a graduate program in electronic music at Yildiz University, Istanbul. She has also taught as a guest lecturer at colleges and universities including Vassar and Brooklyn College.[2][3]

Works

Hays composes for stage, films, chamber ensemble and electronic performance. Selected works include:

She also works as a film maker, producing films including:

Discography

Hays' music has been recorded and issued on media including:

References

  1. "Sorrel Hays". Retrieved 20 December 2010.
  2. Christine Ammer (2001). Unsung: a history of women in American music.
  3. Sadie, Julie Anne; Samuel, Rhian (1994). The Norton/Grove dictionary of women composers (Digitized by GoogleBooks but no longer online).
  4. "EARLY YEARS AND EDUCATION". Retrieved 20 December 2010.
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