Greg Hall:
CLASS OF 1973
Stewart SchoolClass of 1973
Arcata, CA
Jacoby Creek Charter SchoolClass of 1973
Bayside, CA
Jacoby Creek Elementary SchoolClass of 1973
Bayside, CA
Greg's Story
Greg is in a domestic partnership with Karen J. Norteman. Greg's schools include Stewart School, Jacoby Creek Elementary School, Jacoby Creek Charter School. Greg later attended Second Life (Compositional Improvisation), Curtis Institute of Music (Music Composition), University of California, Santa Barbara (Music). Greg works(ed) at Compositional Improvisation and Composition, Classical Music Discoveries.
Music Greg likes includes Hooteroll?, The Mainestream Jazzmasters, Adamas. Books Greg likes include The music of the Temporalists, Massenet and His Letters, The Collected Poems of W.S. Merwin. Movies Greg likes include Star Wars Trilogy Despecialized Edition, A Year in a life, Heimat – Eine deutsche Chronik. TV shows Greg likes include This Week in Startups, Downton Abbey US Fan Club/Page, Game of Thrones.
More about Greg:"GREGORY HALL (b. 1959) was born in San Francisco, CA. He holds a B.A. degree in Music from the University of California, Santa Barbara (1982), completing studies with Emma Lou Diemer and Peter Racine Fricker, and a Diploma degree in Composition from the Curtis Institute of Music, Philadelphia PA (1986), where he studied with Ned Rorem. From 1993 to 2005 he was Vice-President of the Maine Composer's Forum (MCF), and served from 2005-present as President of the MCF. In 2000 he was elected to the membership of the American Composers Alliance (ACA). His works are published (non-exclusively) by the ACA. He is a Fellow of the Ucross Foundation, a member of the American Composers Forum, and the American Music Center.
In 1991 he received a commission for the "Hardanger" Trio from th...Expand for more
e Maine Music Teachers National Association. Mr. Hall was selected as the "Maine Composer of the Year" in 1997 by the Gamper Festival of Contemporary Music, Brunswick, ME. "Arkadia", commissioned in 2000 by the Arcady Chamber Orchestra, Bar Harbor, ME, received several performances at various venues in Maine. He appeared as guest on and subject of the July 8, 2000 Kalvos and Damien New Music Bazaar radio show entitled "Basic Instinct". Mr. Hall's "Water: 2 Poems of W.S. Merwin for Soprano and Orchestra" will appear in Vol. 15 of ERMMedia's "Masterworks of the New Era" CD series. His "Quartet" for saxophones will be released on an upcoming Capstone Records release of new quartets for saxophone, also featuring Lukas Foss' "Saxophone Quartet". Parma Recordings will release his "String Quintet" later in 2009, and CRS Recordings will release his solo violoncello work "Halling".
He has composed nearly forty works for varied ensembles. He has participated in concerts by the ACA, Society of Composers, Inc., Maine Arts, Gamper Festival, The Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States, Ought-One Festival, and in numerous concerts of the Maine Composers Forum. His MAX algorithm "21st Century Baroque" for computer and sampling device(s) appeared on the MAX list CD-ROM.
Mr. Hall's works have been reviewed several times in the New Music Connoisseur, and in the New York Times as well as the Portland (Maine) Press-Herald. He has reviewed CD's for the Contemporary Record Society (CRS) Society News Magazine.
Mr. Hall is listed in Marquis' "Who'sWho in America" and Marquis' "Who'sWho in the World".".
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