The Composer

Born in Yorkshire in 1945, Vic Hoyland's earliest interests were painting, calligraphy and architecture, but after completing an Arts degree at Hull University, he decided to concentrate on music. He undertook a doctorate at York University where his tutors were Robert Sherlaw Johnson and Bernard Rands. From 1980-1983 he was Haywood Fellow at at Birmingham University then after two years at York University he returned to the music department at Birmingham as senior lecturer and is currently Reader in Composition.

Commissions have come from many festivals - Aldeburgh, Almeida, Bath, Cheltenham, Huddersfield, South Bank and York - from organisations such as the BBC Symphony Orchestra [...]