George Brunner is an American composer and performer born in

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. He has founded the International Electroacoustic Music Festival at Brooklyn College in 1995 where he has produced renowned composers such as

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. 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). George Brunner has presented his lecture, "Text Sound: Interlingua, Intermedia, Electronica", at the Spark festival. His works have been performed around the world festivals and concerts including the Spark Festival, the Electronic Music Midwest Festival (EMM), Experimental Intermedia, Compendium International - Bourges (2003), and the

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project in 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006. George Brunner is also a sound engineer who has recorded well known composers such as

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. and

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Reviews and articles

"''Ingenuity and madness?''"
Malcolm Miller, "Music & Vision Daily", December 24, 2005

John Rockwell, "New York Times" May 21, 1990

Discography

*''From Pianalan'
60x60 (2004-2005)

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VN-001 *''Within/Without'' "Chrysopée électronique" Vol.25 : Compendium International 2003 Bourges (LCD 2781131/32) *''Radio Play'
60x60 (2003)
Capstone Records CPS-8744

References

External links

Biography in French

Brooklyn College Center for Computer Music (BC-CCM)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Brunner, George Living people American male composers 21st-century American composers Musicians from Philadelphia 21st-century American male musicians Year of birth missing (living people) Brooklyn College faculty