Steven Campbell Hilmy
Electronic and Computer Music
schilmy@gwu.edu
ext. 49037
Phillips Hall B-111

Bachelor of Arts, 1984, The George Washington University;
Master of Music (Composition), 1991, The Peabody Conservatory of Music of The John Hopkins University,
Steven Campbell Hilmy was born in Aberdeen, Scotland and, from the age of 7 and a bit, raised in a british boarding school where he learned that cold showers, morning runs, and periodic beatings with a stick on the butt were character building, and that one must wear a tie and have very short hair if one was to go anywhere in this life.

Steve has been on the faculty of The George Washington University 
Music Department since 1992 where he is the Director of the 
Electronic and Computer Music Studio. He has won awards from such 
organizations as the Southeastern Composers League, ASCAP, BMI, the 
Peabody Conservatory, and The Virginia Center for Creative Arts, 
including first prize in the Philip Slates Memorial Composition 
Contest for "Icarus Falling" (piano and electronics, 1989); the 
Gustav Klemm Prize for Composition at the Peabody Conservatory in 
1991; and 2nd place prize in the Prix d’ete II composition 
competition at the Peabody Conservatory for “Us” (tenor saxophone 
and electronics, 1999.). Much of Steve's recent works have been cross-
medium collaborations for dance, video, and live electronics.

Performances of his compositions have prompted audience members to 
yell "wow" and “awesome" and "what was that all about?". One 
Washington Post review included the word "Delightful." A more recent 
review used the word "inscrutable." Steve, however, prefers the word 
"tubular" as in "woa Steve dude that was tubular man, play it again 
but loud this time OK bro?"
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