Playing Ravel's piano, Montfort-l'Amaury, France
Gregory Hall, b.1959, San Francisco, CA
My detailed biographical materials are here.
I studied composition at UC Santa Barbara, where I received my B.A. in music, and at the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia, where I studied with Ned Rorem. I am a member of the American Composers' Alliance (elected Sept. 2000), have received commissions from the MTNA, Arcady Chamber Orchestra, etc., and have had works played at numerous festivals (American Composers' Alliance, SCI, SEAMUS, Bowdoin College Gamper Festival, Ought-One Festival). In August of 2001, the Arcady Chamber Orchestra performed my commissioned orchestral work entitled Arkadia. Since 2004 I have been a regular participant in the ACA Festival of New American Music.
My works have been performed by The Curtis Institute Symphony Orchestra, Ensemble Pi, Bruce Fithian, John MacDonald, Blair McMillen, Jeff Milarsky, Nancy Ogle, Arkadi Steinlucht, the BU Symphony, and others. I am currently Vice-President of the Maine Composers' Forum, and have had a major hand in organizing concerts since the Forum's inception in 1990.
My MAX computer music algorithm, "21st Century Baroque", has appeared on the MAX list CD, an internationally distributed CD-ROM.