Linda Tutas Haugen (Ephraim Bay Publishing)

Performed on four continents, Linda Tutas Haugen’s music has been critically acclaimed as “music of character and genuine beauty.” [Minneapolis StarTribune.] Opera Today praised her opera, Pocahontas, as “superbly crafted,” “engaging,” and “beautiful and powerful.” She has written for instrumental and vocal chamber ensembles, symphony orchestra, wind ensemble, solo voice, chorus and opera.

Linda has received national awards, fellowships and commissions from American Composers Forum, American Guild of Organists, ASCAP, Meet The Composer, NEA, San Francisco Girls Chorus, and Virginia Arts Festival/Virginia Opera, and regional awards from the Minnesota State Arts Board, the Bush, and Jerome foundations. Performers of her works include Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, North Carolina Symphony and Chiara String Quartet. Her choral music has been performed by junior and senior high school, university and adult choirs throughout the U.S., in Europe, Korea and Australia.

A frequent visiting Composer-in-Residence, Linda works collaboratively with ensembles and schools to champion the creative process and new music. She enjoys working with performers, speaking about the compositional process, and the deeper implications and need for art in today’s society. She served for the past two years as Composer-In-Residence for the National Lutheran Summer Music Institute and Festival at Luther College. Recent presentations at conferences have included To Change the World (NCCO), and Musical Faith Partners (American Cantors Conference). She is a founding member of Independent Music Publishers Cooperative, and she loves 26 degree days with sunshine and sparkling snow.