The ­American Academy of Arts and Letters has awarded Robert Kyr with one of America's most prestigious prizes: the Arts and Letters Award. This prize honors the artistic achievement of a composer who is deemed to have developed a singular artistic voice.

Robert Kyr heads the composition program at the University of Oregon’s School of Music and Dance. The money he wins with the prize is to be used for creating a musical recording.

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