Gregory Hall

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. In 2000 he was elected to the membership of the American Composers Alliance (ACA). His works are published by the ACA. He is a Fellow of the Ucross Foundation, a member of the American Composers Forum, and the American Music Center. He is the recipient of numerous commissions. Mr. Hall’s Water: 2 Poems of W.S. Merwin for Soprano and Orchestra will appear in Vol. 13 of ERMMedia’s Masterworks of the New Era CD series. He has composed nearly forty works for varied ensembles, and has participated in concerts by the ACA, Society of Composers, Inc., Gamper Festival, The Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States, and the Ought-One Festival. 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. He has reviewed CD’s for the Contemporary Record Society (CRS) Society News Magazine. Mr. Hall is listed in Marquis’ Who’s Who in America and Who’s Who in the World.