Home Away from Home-Catherine Likhuta

About the composer
Catherine Likhuta (b. 1981) is an Australian-based composer, pianist and recording artist. Her music
exhibits high emotional charge, programmatic nature and rhythmic complexity. Catherine's works have
been played throughout the United States, Europe and Australia, as well as in Canada, Mexico and Brazil.
Her music has enjoyed performances by prominent symphony orchestras (such as Melbourne Symphony
Orchestra and Orchestra of the National Radio of Ukraine), chamber ensembles (such as Atlantic Brass
Quintet, Western Brass Quintet and U.S. Army Field Band Horns) and soloists (such as Denise Tryon of
Cincinnati Conservatory of Music and Adam Unsworth of University of Michigan). Her music has been
featured at Carnegie Hall, four International Horn Symposiums, two World Saxophone Congresses and
numerous festivals.
Catherine’s wind band works have been performed by many leading ensembles, such as Queensland
Conservatorium Wind Orchestra (Peter Morris, conductor), University of Georgia Hodgson Wind
Ensemble (Cynthia Johnston Turner, conductor), University of Kentucky Wind Symphony (Kaitlin Bove,
conductor), University of Connecticut Wind Ensemble (Vu Nguyen, conductor), and Sydney
Conservatorium of Music Wind Symphony (John Lynch, conductor).
Catherine’s recent residencies include University of Connecticut, University of Georgia and North
Carolina NewMusic Initiative. She was the winner of the International Horn Society Composition Contest
(virtuoso division) and the recipient of numerous awards, including two grants from the Australia Council
for the Arts. Her music can be heard on Cala, Albany and Equilibrium Records.
Catherine is an active performer, often playing her own music. She was the soloist on the premiere and
the CD recording of Out Loud, her piano concerto commissioned by Cornell University Wind Ensemble,
and the pianist on Adam Unsworth’s CD Snapshots. Together with her collaborators, she has given
numerous recitals, including ones at the 18th World Saxophone Congress (Zagreb, Croatia),
50th International Horn Symposium (Ball State University), Eastman School of Music, Northwestern
University and University of Michigan.