With works for concert hall, dance, film and new media Edward Bilous is one of the most eclectic and versatile composers of his generation. His recent compositions include "Lucid Dreams" written for the American Composers Orchestra and Pilobolus Dance Theater, "Benedictus for Triple Chorus and Percussion", commissioned by the Choral Arts Society of Philadelphia, "Portraits of Grief - A Tribute to the Victims of the September 11th Tragedy" commissioned by New York Times Television, "Chaccone for Nine Souls" from the Academy Award nominated film "Scottsboro" and "Frame of Reference" written for frame drum master Glen Velez and the Ethos Percussion Quartet.

Currently, Bilous has two projects in development. "The Moonlit Path" is based on texts from the provocative “Gospel According to Mary Magdalene” and features singers from Mediterranean and Mid-Eastern vocal traditions. The second work, "Calabi-Yau", is a multimedia telling three tales set in a multiverse of 11 dimensions as imagined in the “super string theory” of modern physics. "Calabi-Yau" is the fifth collaboration by Bilous and choreographer Alison Chase, founding member of Pilobolus Dance Theater.

Bilous has been on the faculty of the Juilliard School since 1986. He is the Chairman of the Literature and Materials of Music Department, Founding Director of the Juilliard Music Technology Center and the Juilliard Electric Ensemble and Co-Founder of Beyond The Machine, A Festival of Electronic and Interactive Music .

A nationally recognized leader in the field of arts education Bilous has conducted master classes and seminars in arts education throughout the US and Japan including the Lincoln Center Institute, The Tanglewood Institute, Columbia University, The Leonard Bernstein Center for Arts and Education, Chamber Music America and the Orchestra Forum.

Bilous is also active as a composer of music for film. His credits include "Scottsboro", "Naked Man", by Academy Award Winning screenwriter Ethan Coen,"Mickey Blue Eyes”, “Mixing Nia” and "Just One Time". His scores have been premièred at over 20 film festivals including those at Cannes, Sundance, Paris, Houston, Acapulco and the Hamptons. He has also composed and produced many scores for feature television programs including "Frontier House "(PBS) and NBC's" Saturday Night Live and has arranged orchestral scores for some of the world's most well known rock and jazz artists, including The Who, Sinead O'Connor, The Spin Doctors, David Sanborn, Michael and Randy Brecker, Dr. John and Delbert McClinton.

Bilous received a B.M. from the Manhattan School of Music, composition studies with Elias Tannenbaum and Charles Wuorinen and a M.M. and DMA from Juilliard, composition studies with Elliott Carter and Vincent Persichetti. He also studied composition with Krzystof Penderecki.