© Copyright 2007 Geoff Knorr
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Geoff Knorr (b.6/13/1985) is a young composer of contemporary concert music who will begin graduate studies in Composition and finish undergraduate studies in recording arts and sciences at the Peabody Conservatory of The Johns Hopkin
s University in Baltimore, MD this fall, 2007. His composition professors at Peabody have thus far included Christopher Theofanidis and Michael Hersch. Since the creation of his first composition at age 13, Mr. Knorr's works have been performed across the country including professional performances by the Hartford Symphony Orchestra as part of their Talcott Mountain Music Festival and student performances at Humboldt State University in Arcata, CA, the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore, MD, and Wheeler High School in Marietta, GA. Mr. Knorr's Hymn for three cellos was performed at the 2004 ASCAP Ninth Annual Foundation Awards Concert at the Walter Reade Theater at Manhattan's Lincoln Center. The Hymn for three cellos was also featured on The Johns Hopkins University Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies “Discover SAIS” DVD. Mr. Knorr has been the recipient of a 2004 ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer Award, Humboldt State University Brass Workshop Composition Competition Award, and an Ada Arens Morawetz Memorial Award in Composition. In addition to composing, Mr. Knorr is also an amateur cellist, having played in the Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra, as well as an amateur pianist, guitarist, and bass guitarist. He currently resides in Baltimore, MD and is working as a summer audio intern at Studio Unknown. He holds a BM in Music Composition from the Peabody Conservatory of The Johns Hopkins University.
s University in Baltimore, MD this fall, 2007. His composition professors at Peabody have thus far included Christopher Theofanidis and Michael Hersch. Since the creation of his first composition at age 13, Mr. Knorr's works have been performed across the country including professional performances by the Hartford Symphony Orchestra as part of their Talcott Mountain Music Festival and student performances at Humboldt State University in Arcata, CA, the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore, MD, and Wheeler High School in Marietta, GA. Mr. Knorr's Hymn for three cellos was performed at the 2004 ASCAP Ninth Annual Foundation Awards Concert at the Walter Reade Theater at Manhattan's Lincoln Center. The Hymn for three cellos was also featured on The Johns Hopkins University Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies “Discover SAIS” DVD. Mr. Knorr has been the recipient of a 2004 ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer Award, Humboldt State University Brass Workshop Composition Competition Award, and an Ada Arens Morawetz Memorial Award in Composition. In addition to composing, Mr. Knorr is also an amateur cellist, having played in the Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra, as well as an amateur pianist, guitarist, and bass guitarist. He currently resides in Baltimore, MD and is working as a summer audio intern at Studio Unknown. He holds a BM in Music Composition from the Peabody Conservatory of The Johns Hopkins University. 
