George Brunner (composer)

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George Brunner is an American composer and performer born in Philadelphia. He has founded the International Electroacoustic Music Festival at Brooklyn College in 1995 where he has produced renowned composers such as Pauline Oliveros and Noah Creshevsky. [1] [2] He is also the founder of the Brooklyn College Electroacoustic Music Ensemble. Currently, he is the Director of the Music Technology Program for the Conservatory of Music at Brooklyn College and on the faculty of the Brooklyn College Center for Computer Music (BC-CCM). [3] [4]

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George Brunner has presented his lecture, "Text Sound: Interlingua, Intermedia, Electronica", at the Spark festival. [5] His works have been performed around the world festivals and concerts including the Spark Festival, [6] the Electronic Music Midwest Festival (EMM), [7] Experimental Intermedia, [8] Compendium International - Bourges (2003), [9] and the 60x60 project in 2003, [10] 2004, [11] 2005, [12] and 2006. [13]

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  2. ↑ "Electro-Aucustic Music Festival". Brooklyn.cuny.edu. Retrieved 2012-11-24.
  3. ↑ "Brooklyn College Conservatory of Music". 146.245.216.120. Archived from the original on 2012-02-09. Retrieved 2012-11-24.
  4. ↑ "George Brunner". Voxnovus.com. Retrieved 2012-11-24.
  5. ↑ "Media Archive". Spark. Regents of the University of Minnesota. Retrieved 7 April 2013.
  6. ↑ "Concert Schedule" (PDF). Electronic Music Midwest. 2002. Retrieved 7 April 2013.
  7. ↑ "Electronic Music Midwest" (PDF). 2004. Retrieved 7 April 2013.
  8. ↑ "Ciam - Activités". Ciam-arts.org. Retrieved 2012-11-24.
  9. ↑ "Events". EULEC (in German). Retrieved 7 April 2013.
  10. ↑ "60x60 (2003) project - Vox Novus - the new voice in contemporary music". Vox Novus. 2002-05-01. Retrieved 2012-11-24.
  11. ↑ "60x60 (2004) - 60 audio works 60 seconds long". Voxnovus.com. Retrieved 2012-11-24.
  12. ↑ "60x60 (2005) - 60 audio works 60 seconds long". Voxnovus.com. Retrieved 2012-11-24.
  13. ↑ "60x60 - New York Minutes Mix - Vox Novus - the new voice in contemporary music". Vox Novus. Retrieved 2012-11-24.
  14. ↑ "ihatemusic • View topic - 10-16 CHI: EXPO '70. DEEP EARTH. CLEARED. RER". Ihatemusic.noquam.com. 2010-10-10. Retrieved 2012-11-24.
  15. ↑ "A Reflection on Three Voices by Joan La Barbara". Cnvill.net. Retrieved 2012-11-24.
  16. ↑ "Taped Audio-Musical Works". RichardKostelanetz. Retrieved 7 April 2013.
  17. ↑ Malcolm Miller (2005-12-24). "Malcolm Miller investigates Robert Voisey's '60x60' project". Mvdaily.com. Retrieved 2012-11-24.
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