Husa will hold the Louise Moen Endowed Chair in ISU's music department. Husa, the Kappa Alpha professor at Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., is an internationally known composer. He has conducted orchestras throughout the world. Husa will hold public speaking events and ISU music groups will perform his works.
Most events are free and open to the public.
On Friday, April 23, the ISU Symphony Orchestra, ISU Wind Ensemble, Symphonic Band and Iowa State Singers will perform works by Husa. On Saturday, April 24, the ISU Faculty Chamber will perform Husa's works. A public reception for the composer will be in the music hall lobby following the concert. In addition to the Pulitzer Prize, the Czech-born Husa is the recipient of the Grawmeyer Award in Music Composition, a Guggenheim Fellowship, the American Academy and Institutes of Arts and Letters Award, and the National Endowment for the Arts awards. Czech President Vaclav Havel presented Husa with the Czech Republic's Medal of Merit in 1994 and the Medal of Honor of the City of Prague in 1998.