BREAKING NEWS!
Douglas Hedwig has been named a winner of the 2019/2020 Gaetano Amadeo Prize in chamber music composition, one of Italy's most prestigious composition prizes!
In addition to a monetary award, a concert of his music will be scheduled in Milan, Italy, after the current pandemic subsides. Stay tuned for details!
NEWS!
Douglas Hedwig will be Composer-in-Residence at the Siena Art Institute in Siena, Italy this summer (2019)!
GREAT NEWS! Douglas Hedwig has been named the 3rd Place winner, nationally, of The American Prize in Chamber Music Composition for 2018!
RECENT RAVE REVIEWS!
…a powerful and dramatic work that makes full use of the colors available for brass quintet, percussion, and organ.
This tour-de-force for brass quintet is an outstanding addition to the brass quintet repertoire. All audiences will be moved by the formidable nature, as well as the interesting programmatic ties.
…an impressive work in many ways, and it’s clear that he knows how to write for brass very effectively.
It’s the type of piece that is rewarding for both the players and the audience.