The Peabody Post

Oscar Bettison Awarded Koussevitzky Music Foundation Commission

Headshot of Oscar BettisonPeabody faculty composer Oscar Bettison was awarded a Koussevitzky Music Foundation commission by the Library of Congress to write a new work for loadbang, the New York chamber ensemble. Previous Peabody faculty composer Koussevitzky commissions include faculty artist Katherine Balch in 2021, Distinguished Composer-in-Residence Georg Friedrich Haas in 2017, and Assistant Professor and Chair Felipe Lara in 2016.