Linda Tutas Haugen
Profile
"Music of character and genuine beauty" -Minneapolis Star Tribune, "Superbly crafted...beautiful and often powerful..." -Opera Today
Linda Tutas Haugen earned a B.A. in Music from St. Olaf College, and an M.A. in Music Composition and Theory from the University of Minnesota. She has written music for a variety of vocal and instrumental genres, including chamber music, full and chamber orchestra, solo voice, choral, and opera. Haugen has received numerous grants and commissions, including awards from the American Composers Forum, the Bush Foundation, Minnesota State Arts Board, the Jerome Foundation, and Meet The Composer. Prominent commissions include a 25th Anniversary work for the San Francisco Girls Chorus using texts from the Diary of Anne Frank and a symphony orchestra composition for the National Kidney Foundation in celebration of the 50th Anniversary of organ transplantation. She recently completed an opera based on the true story of Pocahontas for the Virginia Arts Festival and the Virginia Opera commemorating the 400th Anniversary of the founding of Jamestown. Her works have been performed by a variety of professional and college ensembles, including the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Chiara String Quartet, North Carolina Symphony, St Olaf Orchestra, Magnum Chorum, and Northwestern College Choir.

- City:
- Burnsville ,
- Province:
- Minnesota
- Country:
- United States
- Phone:
- 612-454-7117
-B.A. Music, St. Olaf College
-M.A. Music Composition and Theory, University of Minnesota
2012 Minnesota State Arts Board Artist Initiative Grant
2010, Meet the Composer, MetLife Creative Connections Award
2008, 2009, 2010, ASCAPLUS Awards
2008, American Composers Forum, Subito Award
2007, Bush Foundation, Artist Fellowship Finalist
2007, 2008, Meet the Composer MetLife Creative Connections Award
2006, National Endowment for the Arts, for An Uncommon Hero, overture for MENC National Convention
2004, National Kidney Foundation, for Transformations of Darkness and Light, for Symphony Orchestra
1997, Jerome Foundation, Composers Commissioning Program
2011, Minnesota State Arts Board, Artistic Partnership, 5-city tour of opera, Pocahontas
2004-2006, American Composers Forum, Faith Partners Residency, Twin Cities, MN
1999-2002, Meet the Composer, New Residencies Fellowship, Grand Forks, ND
1999-2000, American Composers Forum, Continental Harmony, McCall, ID
1997-1998, American Composers Forum, Rural Residencies, Grand Rapids, MN