Michael Hicks
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Michael Hicks

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Author, composer, and performer Michael Hicks received a DMA from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1984 and was a Professor of Music at Brigham Young University from 1985 through 2020. He received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Association for Mormon Letters in 2023. He has authored ten books: ๐˜”๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฎ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜”๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ค: ๐˜ˆ ๐˜๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜บ (1989, winner for Best First Book, Mormon History Association), ๐˜š๐˜ช๐˜น๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜™๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ฌ: ๐˜Ž๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ, ๐˜—๐˜ด๐˜บ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ค, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜–๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜š๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ง๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด (1999), ๐˜๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ, ๐˜‰๐˜ฐ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ฏ (2002), and ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜”๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜›๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜Š๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ช๐˜ณ: ๐˜ˆ ๐˜‰๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฉ๐˜บ (2015, Honorable Mention for Biography, Mormon History Association; Finalist in Non-Fiction for Utah Book Award)โ€”all published by University of Illinois Pressโ€”๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜š๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต-๐˜“๐˜ฆ๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜”๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ'๐˜ด ๐˜‰๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฌ (Createspace, 2012), ๐˜Š๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ž๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ง๐˜ง (co-authored with Christian Asplund, University of Illinois, 2012), ๐˜‹๐˜ฐ ๐˜Š๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ๐˜ด ๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต?: ๐˜‹๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜”๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ (Createspace, 2017), ๐˜š๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜’๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ'๐˜ด ๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ: ๐˜Œ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜”๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜”๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ค (Signature Books 2020), ๐˜ž๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ: ๐˜๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ' ๐˜‘๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ '60๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ '70๐˜ด (Signature Books, 2022, winner for Best Memoir, Mormon History Association), and ๐˜—๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ ๐˜—๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ฎ๐˜ด (By Common Consent Press, forthcoming). His dozens of historical and analytical articles have appeared in books such as the ๐˜Œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜บ๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ข ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜—๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ณ ๐˜”๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ค ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ž๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ and the ๐˜–๐˜น๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ ๐˜๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜”๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฎ as well as journals that include ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜”๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ค, ๐˜‘๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ค ๐˜Œ๐˜ฅ๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ, ๐˜‘๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜”๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜š๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜บ, and ๐˜—๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜•๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ ๐˜”๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ค. He has been an invited guest lecturer at Stanford and the University of California at Berkeley and has read papers at various national meetings of groups such as the Society for American Music and the American Musicological Society. He has twice won the ASCAP-Deems Taylor Award (1994 and 2003) for his writing about music and a third time as editor of the journal ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜”๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ค, a post he held from 2007-2010. His poetry, meanwhile, has been published in ๐˜‹๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜จ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ: ๐˜ˆ ๐˜‘๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜”๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต, ๐˜“๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜‰๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ง, ๐˜‰๐˜ ๐˜œ ๐˜š๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด, ๐˜š๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ, and ๐˜—๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜“๐˜บ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ, as well as in the anthologies ๐˜Š๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ด (2008), ๐˜•๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ ๐˜—๐˜ฐ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ž๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต (2010), and ๐˜๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜—๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ (2011). His chamber and solo works have been performed and recorded by BYU's University Singers, Concert Choir, and Group for New Music (which he founded in 1987); by other performers around the country (including the Black Swamp Saxophone Quartet and the Memphis Symphony Brass Quintet); and by performing artists at events of the NOVA Chamber Series, American Society of University Composers, Cincinnati Composers Guild, and Subtropics Music Festival. His chamber music may be heard on the CDs ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ป๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ (1994), ๐˜“๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด (1996), ๐˜™๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜Ž๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ด (2003), and ๐˜๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ต ๐˜๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด (2015), all on the Tantara label, which in 2007 also issued his singer-songwriter album ๐˜๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜š๐˜ต. His many solo performances range from the Utah premiere (2006) of Morton Feldman's ๐˜—๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ ๐˜”๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ช to folk concerts for the fortieth anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (performed at various locations in Utah and Colorado, 2008). For more about his work, go to www.michaelhicks.org
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