About: George Hurd

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George Hurd is an American composer whose work focuses primarily on electroacoustic music combining classical instrumentation and electronics. He has also written a substantial amount of music for solo electronics and classical chamber ensemble. He is based in San Francisco, CA and heads The Hurd Ensemble, a chamber group dedicated to performing his pieces. A large portion of his work is concert music for The Hurd Ensemble and other groups, and music for dance, most notably having collaborated with choreographer Loni Landon and LEVYdance on Meet Me Normal (2014) and the murmur of yearning for Kinetech Arts.

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  • George Hurd is an American composer whose work focuses primarily on electroacoustic music combining classical instrumentation and electronics. He has also written a substantial amount of music for solo electronics and classical chamber ensemble. He is based in San Francisco, CA and heads The Hurd Ensemble, a chamber group dedicated to performing his pieces. A large portion of his work is concert music for The Hurd Ensemble and other groups, and music for dance, most notably having collaborated with choreographer Loni Landon and LEVYdance on Meet Me Normal (2014) and the murmur of yearning for Kinetech Arts. He has launched a travel-based composition project called Echolocation based on his travels throughout Europe using location-specific sound-recordings to write pieces about each place he visited. In July 2016 he released Nightmare Light, the self-titled all-electronic EP with fellow composer Joel St. Julien. (en)
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  • George Hurd is an American composer whose work focuses primarily on electroacoustic music combining classical instrumentation and electronics. He has also written a substantial amount of music for solo electronics and classical chamber ensemble. He is based in San Francisco, CA and heads The Hurd Ensemble, a chamber group dedicated to performing his pieces. A large portion of his work is concert music for The Hurd Ensemble and other groups, and music for dance, most notably having collaborated with choreographer Loni Landon and LEVYdance on Meet Me Normal (2014) and the murmur of yearning for Kinetech Arts. (en)
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  • George Hurd (en)
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