Dr. Quincy Hilliard, the University of Louisiana at Lafayette's composer-in-residence, was recently honored in his home state of Mississippi.
He received an award from the Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters for his composition, Kojiki. An awards banquet was held Saturday at the Mississippi Museum of Art in Jackson, Miss.
Hilliard, the Heymann Endowed Professor of Music, is frequently commissioned to compose works and was commissioned to create music for the 1996 Olympic Games.







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