Steven Campbell Hilmy
Title — Adjunct Lecturer of Music | Director of Computer & Electronic Music
Office — Phillips Hall B-111
Phone — ext. 49037
E-mail — schilmy@gwu.edu
Education
Bachelor of Arts, 1984, The George Washington University
Master of Music (Composition), 1991, The Peabody Conservatory of Music of The John Hopkins University
Background
Steven Campbell Hilmy was born in Aberdeen, Scotland and, from the age of 7, raised in a British boarding school where he learned that cold showers, morning runs, and periodic beatings with a stick on the butt were character building, and that one must wear a tie and have very short hair if one was to go anywhere in this life. Prof. Hilmy has been on the faculty of The George Washington University Music Department since 1992 where he is the Director of the Electronic and Computer Music Studio. He has won awards from such organizations as the Southeastern Composers League, ASCAP, BMI, the Peabody Conservatory, and The Virginia Center for Creative Arts, including first prize in the Philip Slates Memorial Composition Contest for "Icarus Falling" (piano and electronics, 1989); the Gustav Klemm Prize for Composition at the Peabody Conservatory in 1991; and 2nd place prize in the Prix d'ete II composition competition at the Peabody Conservatory for "Us" (tenor saxophone and electronics, 1999). Much of Steve's recent works have been cross-medium collaborations for dance, video, and live electronics. Performances of his compositions have prompted audience members to yell "wow" and "awesome" and "what was that all about?" One Washington Post review included the word "Delightful." A more recent review used the word "inscrutable." Steve, however, prefers the word "tubular" as in "Whoa, Steve, dude, that was tubular, man. Play it again but loud this time, OK bro?"