Spoleto Festival USA is pleased to announce that acclaimed composer, flutist, and producer Allison Loggins-Hull will serve as the 2026 Suzan D. Boyd Composer-in-Residence. Celebrated as a musical “powerhouse” by The Washington Post, Loggins-Hull brings a bold, genre-defying voice to the Festival, expanding the expressive possibilities of chamber and orchestral music.
Throughout the 2026 Festival, Loggins-Hull’s music will be featured within the Bank of America Chamber Music Series, offering audiences an immersive encounter with her distinctive compositional language—one that blends symphonic traditions with the textures and techniques of contemporary music production. One of her compositions will world premiere during the 2026 Festival. Her work is deeply influenced by Black American musical lineages and explores themes of community, culture, and lived experience, resulting in a vibrant, kaleidoscopic sonic world.
Her recent and upcoming career highlights include premieres with many of the world’s leading ensembles, including the New York Philharmonic, Boston Symphony, The Cleveland Orchestra, Seattle Symphony, Toronto Symphony, The Knights, Third Coast Percussion, Apollo Chamber Players, and the National Orchestral Institute. In September 2024, she began a new role as Resident Artistic Partner to the New Jersey Symphony. The 2024–2025 season also marked the culmination of her three-year tenure as Lewis Composer Fellow with The Cleveland Orchestra, an ambitious engagement centered on the narratives and history of Cleveland, resulting in three world premieres and two portrait albums scheduled for release in 2026.
In addition to her work in the classical sphere, Loggins-Hull has performed as an accompanist to major pop artists including Lizzo and Frank Ocean, contributed to multiple blockbuster film scores, and composed the score for Bring Them Back, an award-winning documentary executive-produced by Debbie Allen about the legendary dancer Maurice Hines.
Spoleto Festival USA looks forward to welcoming Allison Loggins-Hull to Charleston in 2026 and to sharing her powerful, imaginative work with Festival audiences as part of the Bank of America Chamber Music Series. You can purchase tickets here.
About the Suzan D. Boyd Composer-in-Residence
The Composer-in-Residence position is made possible through the generous support of longtime Spoleto champions Mr. Ed Sellers, who served as Chair of the Board from 2015 to 2018, and Dr. Suzan D. Boyd. Their love for the Festival deepened over many years after first discovering the Chamber Music series, then led by the legendary Charles Wadsworth.
A devoted attendee of the series at Dock Street Theatre, Suzan Boyd frequently welcomed visiting musicians and artistic leaders into her home—often for a shared meal or a stay at the beloved “Little Yellow House.” In recognition of their enduring commitment to Spoleto Festival USA, part of Sellers’ and Boyd’s philanthropic gift established the Suzan D. Boyd Composer-in-Residence, supporting composers in the creation of innovative new works in collaboration with some of the leading chamber artists in the country.