 Hutcheson was a member of the Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia music fraternity.Hutcheson was also associated with the Chautauqua School of Music at the Chautauqua Institution in Western New York State.Hutcheson provided a much needed refuge for George Gershwin at Chautauqua during the stressful period of composing and refining the Piano Concerto in F. Since Gershwin was already very famous as a successful writer of popular works and musical shows, he was constantly besieged by admirers.