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Biography Photo Noé Cantú Sebastian Huydts (b.1966) took his first piano and composition lessons with his uncle Jan Sprij. He also studied with Jaap Koning at the Muziek Lyceum in his native Hilversum, Netherlands. At age 15 he commenced professional studies with Edith Lateiner-Grosz, initially in the preparatory program, and later in the vocational program of the Conservatory of Amsterdam. After graduation in 1989 he took post-graduate classes with Rian de Waal, and participated in piano master classes with György Sebök, Stephen Bishop, and Earl Wild, and took Chamber Music courses with Tan Crone. He has performed solo, with orchestra and in chamber music throughout Northern Europe and the Midwestern USA and has appeared on Dutch, Spanish and Chicagoland radio. Photo Claire Huydts 1976 — Playing Four Hand music during a lesson with Dutch pianist Jan Sprij (1946–2009) As a composer he has written repertoire for solo instruments as well as various ensembles ranging from duo to orchestra. His style seeks to combine 20th century innovations with traditional elements of Western music. His works consist of song cycles, sonatas, chamber music for various combinations, and concertos. Many of these works include the piano. In 1993, the Music Department of the University of Chicago awarded him a four-year stipend to study Composition. His professors there included John Eaton, Jay Alan Yim, Andrew Imbrie, Shulamit Ran and Marta Ptaszynska, Computer Music and Composition with Howard Sandroff, Conducting with Barbara Schubert, and Orchestration/Arranging with Cliff Colnot. While studying at the University of Chicago, he received the Paul and Olga Menn prize for original compositions for his Concerto For Piano And Double String Orchestra. He has received commissions from organizations such as the "Rhijnauwen Chamber Music Festival", the DuPage Symphony Orchestra, the Chicago Chamber Musicians, the Rembrandt Chamber Players, The Orion Ensemble, and Vents de Barcelona, as well as from individual artists Marion van den Akker, Keith Conant, Katinka Kleijn, Claire Chase, Eric Lamb, Noé Cantú and Elizabeth Ko. All works have been performed and recorded in past concert seasons. In 2004 his Music for Flute and Piano, recorded by Mary Stolper for Cedille Records, received a favorable review in the Gramophone. He has been Composer In Residence with and was member of Chicago’s New Music Ensemble CUBE. In this position, he received a grant from the American Composer’s Forum to write music for children’s concerts. Sebastian Huydts has taught at the College of the University of Chicago, Lake Forest College, Northwestern University and at the Merit School of Music in Chicago. Most recently he was invited as Artist-in-Residence at the University of Macedonia in Thessaloniki, Greece. At present he is Associate Professor and serves as both Department Chair and Coordinator of Keyboard and String Studies at the Music Center of Columbia College Chicago. Aside from his activities at the college level, he has co-taught orchestration with Cliff Colnot in the MFA Music Composition for the Screen program. In addition, he was involved in the pre-collegiate program at Sherwood Community Music School. He regularly performed with Access Contemporary Music 's Palomar Ensemble and with musicians from the Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya. As of late 2009, his work is published by Jeanné, specialists in music for woodwinds and viola.

Samples and recordings of works by composer-pianist Sebastian Huydts Recordings also see YouTube Chicago Duos for Flute recorded by Mary Stolper for Cedille Records Music for Flute and Piano — Sebastian Huydts Huydts CLARINET TRIO recorded by Hein Wiedijk (Clarinet), Daniel Esser (Cello) and Frank van de Laar (Piano) Huydts DELICIAS DE BLANCANIEVES Performed by Sebastian Huydts Recorded Live for WFMT 98.7FM at the PianoForte Studios Chicago, IL, Aug. 2016 Patrica Morehead PIANO VARIATIONS Performed by Sebastian Huydts Huydts "Delicias de Blancanieves" 27 Spanish Fairy Tales for the Piano Composed and performed by Sebastian Huydts ¡NOW AVAILABLE! Preview! #25: Una Carcajada Preview! #19: Contemplación Preview! #7: El Toque de Oro Cover Art by Darcy Day Zoells Huydts SONATA BREVE movements 1 & 2 Performed by Noé Cantú and Jordi Torrent Huydts WIND QUINTET Performed by JAMIN Beethoven "Pathetique" Sebastian Huydts — Piano Recorded Live at WFMT 98.7FM Chicago, IL Dec. 2012 Beethoven Piano Sonatas (A Special Thank-You Gift Prepared for WFMT Fine Arts Circle Supporters): Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 13 ("Pathetique") (Huydts) / No. 13 in E Flat Major, Op.27, No. 1 (Ohlsson) / No. 28 in A Major, Op. 101 (Choi) Ludwig Van Beethoven (Composer), Sebastian Huydts (Artist), Garrick Ohlsson (Artist), Winston Choi (Artist) Format: Audio CD

Contemporary classical composition, biographical info, photos, works list, composition, solo piano recitals and improvisation workshops, samples and much more for composer/pianist/educator Sebastian Huydts composer | pianist | educator Pianist–Composer Sebastian Huydts (b.1966) studied piano at the Amsterdam Conservatory in The Netherlands with Edith Lateiner Grosz. He continued his graduate studies at the University of Chicago where he studied composition with Shulamit Ran, Marta Ptaszynska, Howard Sandroff, Cliff Colnot, and John Eaton. He concertizes in solo and chamber music, and conducts various ensembles that promote contemporary music. He has been commissioned by renowned artists who have adopted his work in their repertoire. At present, Mr. Huydts is Chair of the Music Department at Columbia College in Chicago as a full professor. His works are published by Jeanné of Minneapolis Sebastian Huydts Night Music Op.25 - Katinka Kleijn & Sebastian Huydts 00:00 / 00:00

Sebastian Huydts performances; Works by Sebastian Huydts in Concert SEBASTIAN HUYDTS 2025 — UPCOMING EVENTS Afternoon Concert with the DAKH String Quartet Sunday, May 11, 3pm, PianoForte Chicago, 1335 S Michigan Ave., Chicago IL Sebastian Huydts — Quintet for Strings and Piano (2024) Robert Schumann — Piano Quintet The New Music Ensemble in Concert Directed by Sebastian Huydts Wednesday, May 14, 2025, 7:00PM, Sherwood Recital Hall, 1312 S Michigan, Chicago, IL New work for large chamber ensemble by students of Sebastian Huydts (2025)

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Presentations Workshops "Clapping Music" Workshop Deep Dish Music Festival 2023 "Music in the Renaissance—an Overview" Presentation for the Italian Renaissance Course Dr. RoseAnna Mueller 2022 "Composing Music" Workshop Deep Dish Music Festival 2022 "Chicago Classical Composers—an Overview" Presentation for the Great Chicago Course Taught by Dr. Rami Gabriel "What Makes a Great Tune?" workshop Deep Dish Music Festival 2021 "Catalan Composers—an Overview" Presentation for the Composer's Forum 2018 Course Materials Each one of the following course materials is intended for a single semester of class instruction, two 50-minute class periods per week. All courses feature both standard and specially composed, fun repertoire. NOTE: The PDFs below are print disabled—Please contact me if you are interested in a printable copy. Keyboard 1 instructs students how to play the keyboard and how to read its notation on the grand staff. Students learn proper playing position and the necessary technique to play pentachords, cadential sequences, and major scales using both hands in all major and minor keys. In addition, students analyze, play, and transpose short melodies in major and minor keys in either hand; harmonize longer melodies in major and minor keys; sight read simple short melodies with both hands; and perform short pieces from score using both hands. Keyboard 2 continues the work begun in Keyboard I. Emphasis is on strength and positioning; coordination of the hands is more highly developed and stressed. In addition, it expands sightreading of simple two-part pieces for the piano and introduces chord symbol interpretation using 3-note shell voicing. Students harmonize melodies using broken chords and hand position changes; perform piano music using inversions and arpeggiated figures; and perform short ensemble pieces and longer solos from a piano score. Keyboard Harmony 1 instructs students to apply harmony and general theory to the piano keyboard. Students learn to play standard progressions of classical and jazz/pop styles in all major and minor keys using appropriate voicing. It extends its material to harmonization at sight, simple improvisation, and beat-chart and lead-sheet interpretation. Introduction to Music Theory is designed as both a music theory class for non-music majors, and as a preface to and preparation for college level theory, harmony and analysis as well as sight-singing, musicianship and ear Training classes, or other more comprehensive classes in music theory. These course materials are recommended for students who have little or no experience with music theory or with reading music. Intended to be used in class or private lessons under instructor supervision, many students have found these materials helpful for self-study. The materials offer a wealth of easily singable folk tunes, and are an alternative to dry, bulky (and often expensive) methods that are commonly used.

Solo Chamber Vocal Arrangements Symphonic Educational WORKS Scores and parts available on Jeanné Music Publishing

SEBASTIAN HUYDTS UPCOMING EVENTS

In the news "The intelligence of Huydts’s craftsmanship was consistently on display, in his finely modulated voicings and patiently unfolding forms." (John Lawrence—Chicago Classical Review) "The most challenging work on the program, for both the listener and the musicians, is another world premiere piece, Sebastian Huydts's virtuosic Music for Flute and Piano , op. 22c, which Stolper performs with the composer at the piano; both negotiate the music's bravura passages with considerable sparkle and vigor, and the result is thrilling." (Anderson, Rick .  Notes - Quarterly Journal of the Music Library Association ; Ann Arbor, Mich., etc. Vol. 60, Iss. 4, ) Chicago Classical Review

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Arrangements Various Settings WBBM — 3 arrangements of WBBM Call Tune for large orchestra (1995)—1’ "Mi Y’malel" — Viola & Piano (1998)— 4’ J.C. Bach — Viola Concert in C minor (1999-Baroque Arrangement)—15’ Pablo Casals — "O Vos Omnes" arranged for 6 celli (2000)—4’ W.A. Mozart — Cadenza to the Flute Concerto K.313 (2004)—2’ Barry Manilow — When October Goes for Voice & Piano (2006)—4’ Two Greek Folksongs — arranged for Chamber Orchestra (2008)—12’ Franz Liszt — 5 Late Works arranged for Woodwind Quintet (2012) —15’ Igor Stravinsky — 5 Easy Pieces arranged for Chamber Orchestra (2015)—14’ Darius Milhaud — Scaramouche (1st mvt.) arranged for Chamber Ensemble —3 ’