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1/23/2012:
The score and recording to Grandma and Grandpa's Music Box, a chamber piece written about two years ago dedicated to my grandparents has been posted. Click here to listen.
7/8/2011:
Play! A Video Game Symphony comes to the National Symphony and Chorus. A suite of music from Civilization V will be performed. 8:30pm, Wolf Trap; Vienna, VA.
6/22/2011:
A second night of Play! A Video Game Symphony by the Seattle Symphony. 8pm, Benaroya Hall.
6/21/2011:
Play! A Video Game Symphony comes to the Seattle Symphony. A suite of music from Civilization V will be performed. 8pm, Benaroya Hall.
3/31/2011:
Play! A Video Game Symphony comes to the Dayton Philharmonic. A suite of music from Civilization V will be performed. 8pm, Schuster Center.
12/9/2010:
Geoff's music for the Civilization V Mongolian leader, Genghis Khan has been posted. Listen and read more about the music here.
12/9/2010:
Geoff now has a Facebook page for his composing work! Click here to check it out.
12/6/2010:
The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra premieres a suite of music from Civilization V as part of a Play! A Video Game Symphony concert. A review of the concert can be found here. Geoff and Michael attended the concert and gave away about 200 signed free copies of the soundtrack afterwards.
12/4/2010:
Geoff's younger sister, Melissa, gives the world premiere of Five Short Pieces for viola and cello with cellist Brian Hayslett as part of her senior viola recital at the Hartt School of Music.
11/19/2010:
Geoff recorded and mixed a piece composed and performed by cellist, Caleb Jones, for a Haiti benefit concert.
9/28/2010:
The opening movie for Civilization V has now been posted. Geoff provided the 5.1 surround mix and music orchestration for the movie. Sound design and sound effects editing was done by both Michael Curran and Geoff. Check it out here.
9/27/2010:
New pictures posted, including some from the Civilization V recording sessions. Check it out here.
9/21/2010:
Sid Meier's Civilization V to be released. Geoff composed approximately half the original music and completed all of the orchestration and music preparation for the game. He also mixed the opening movie.
9/20/2010:
More info. on the pieces I composed for Civilization V has now been posted! Click here to read more about the melodies used, see what instruments were used, hear some of the things that inspired me, and even view some of the orchestra scores used for the recording sessions.
9/9/2010:
Michael Curran, co-composer and audio lead for Civilization V, and Geoff were interviewed by Vince Torre on WLOY Loyola Radio. Geoff and Michael discussed the music and audio of Civilization V. Listen below:
Photos from the interview can be viewed here. Many thanks to Vince and WLOY for inviting us!
8/29/2010:
A Sundays at Central concert will be featuring a few of Geoff's concert works: an arrangement of the Hymn for three cellos, Meditations for solo cello, an arrangement of Scott Joplin's Maple Leaf Rag, and the premiere of a new work for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, and toy piano. The program will also feature the music of Karen Amrhein. Central Presbyterian Church, 3pm.
8/27/2010:
Preview concert for the Sundays at Central concert. Central Presbyterian Church, 8pm.
8/26/2010:
Three Songs, a new three-movement work for chamber ensemble composed for the Halo Ensemble to be premiered. Vanha kirkko, Helsinki, Finland, 7pm.
8/13/2010:
Much of the music Geoff composed and orchestrated for Civilization V is now posted! Check it out here.
8/9/2010:
Geoff composed a string arrangement to a song by the local Baltimore band, Medicine Lake. He also played cello in the recording session ensemble. Audio to be posted soon.
7/7/2010:
2K Games has posted a podcast on the sound and music for Civilization V. Michael Curran, co-composer and audio lead for the game, and Geoff were interviewed by Elizabeth Tobey. Listen below. A transcript of the interview is here.
July/August 2010:
Geoff is currently worknig on two concert works: a three movement piece for the Halo Ensemble to be premiered in Helsinki, Finland, and a short piece for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, and toy piano to be premiered on a Sundays at Central concert on August 29, 2010.
5/16/2010:
Shadows of the Infinite to be performed by the Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra on their Spring Concert. 7:30pm at Atlanta Symphony Hall.
4/24/2010:
Shadows of the Infinite to be performed by The Wheaton College Symphony Orchestra. 8pm at Edman Chapel.
4/21/2010:
Geoff will be presenting for Peabody's Computer Music Seminar. Presentation to include: tips for creating realistic orchestral mock-ups, creating interactive music structures for games using middleware software. 6-7pm at Peabody in Conservatory room 314.
2/18/2010:
Geoff's current project at Firaxis, Civilization 5, has been announced! Geoff is working on ethnic orchestral pieces for the game. One of his pieces is featured in the recent CivV trailer on IGN! More details and sound samples forthcoming.
11/30 - 12/6 2009:
Minnesota Public Radio streamed the "Future Classics" concert, the culminating event of the Minnesota Orchestra Composer's Institute. The broadcast is now offline.
11/21/2009:
Shadows of the Infinite to be performed by the Minnesota Orchestra. Geoff's piece is in the good company of two other pieces by Peabody alumni Roger Zare and Angel Lam. 8pm, Symphony Hall, Minneapolis, MN.
11/17-22:
Geoff is to attend the Minnesota Composer's Institute.
11/19/2009:
Of Consonance and Contention... to be performed by the University of Illinois New Music Ensemble on the Martirano Award Concert.
11/16/2009:
New website debuts.
11/15/2009:
Ligetisplit Ensemble is to perform Of Consonance and Contention...
The score and recording to Grandma and Grandpa's Music Box, a chamber piece written about two years ago dedicated to my grandparents has been posted. Click here to listen.
7/8/2011:
Play! A Video Game Symphony comes to the National Symphony and Chorus. A suite of music from Civilization V will be performed. 8:30pm, Wolf Trap; Vienna, VA.
6/22/2011:
A second night of Play! A Video Game Symphony by the Seattle Symphony. 8pm, Benaroya Hall.
6/21/2011:
Play! A Video Game Symphony comes to the Seattle Symphony. A suite of music from Civilization V will be performed. 8pm, Benaroya Hall.
3/31/2011:
Play! A Video Game Symphony comes to the Dayton Philharmonic. A suite of music from Civilization V will be performed. 8pm, Schuster Center.
12/9/2010:
Geoff's music for the Civilization V Mongolian leader, Genghis Khan has been posted. Listen and read more about the music here.
12/9/2010:
Geoff now has a Facebook page for his composing work! Click here to check it out.
12/6/2010:
The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra premieres a suite of music from Civilization V as part of a Play! A Video Game Symphony concert. A review of the concert can be found here. Geoff and Michael attended the concert and gave away about 200 signed free copies of the soundtrack afterwards.
12/4/2010:
Geoff's younger sister, Melissa, gives the world premiere of Five Short Pieces for viola and cello with cellist Brian Hayslett as part of her senior viola recital at the Hartt School of Music.
11/19/2010:
Geoff recorded and mixed a piece composed and performed by cellist, Caleb Jones, for a Haiti benefit concert.
9/28/2010:
The opening movie for Civilization V has now been posted. Geoff provided the 5.1 surround mix and music orchestration for the movie. Sound design and sound effects editing was done by both Michael Curran and Geoff. Check it out here.
9/27/2010:
New pictures posted, including some from the Civilization V recording sessions. Check it out here.
9/21/2010:
Sid Meier's Civilization V to be released. Geoff composed approximately half the original music and completed all of the orchestration and music preparation for the game. He also mixed the opening movie.
9/20/2010:
More info. on the pieces I composed for Civilization V has now been posted! Click here to read more about the melodies used, see what instruments were used, hear some of the things that inspired me, and even view some of the orchestra scores used for the recording sessions.
9/9/2010:
Michael Curran, co-composer and audio lead for Civilization V, and Geoff were interviewed by Vince Torre on WLOY Loyola Radio. Geoff and Michael discussed the music and audio of Civilization V. Listen below:
Photos from the interview can be viewed here. Many thanks to Vince and WLOY for inviting us!
8/29/2010:
A Sundays at Central concert will be featuring a few of Geoff's concert works: an arrangement of the Hymn for three cellos, Meditations for solo cello, an arrangement of Scott Joplin's Maple Leaf Rag, and the premiere of a new work for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, and toy piano. The program will also feature the music of Karen Amrhein. Central Presbyterian Church, 3pm.
8/27/2010:
Preview concert for the Sundays at Central concert. Central Presbyterian Church, 8pm.
8/26/2010:
Three Songs, a new three-movement work for chamber ensemble composed for the Halo Ensemble to be premiered. Vanha kirkko, Helsinki, Finland, 7pm.
8/13/2010:
Much of the music Geoff composed and orchestrated for Civilization V is now posted! Check it out here.
8/9/2010:
Geoff composed a string arrangement to a song by the local Baltimore band, Medicine Lake. He also played cello in the recording session ensemble. Audio to be posted soon.
7/7/2010:
2K Games has posted a podcast on the sound and music for Civilization V. Michael Curran, co-composer and audio lead for the game, and Geoff were interviewed by Elizabeth Tobey. Listen below. A transcript of the interview is here.
July/August 2010:
Geoff is currently worknig on two concert works: a three movement piece for the Halo Ensemble to be premiered in Helsinki, Finland, and a short piece for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, and toy piano to be premiered on a Sundays at Central concert on August 29, 2010.
5/16/2010:
Shadows of the Infinite to be performed by the Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra on their Spring Concert. 7:30pm at Atlanta Symphony Hall.
4/24/2010:
Shadows of the Infinite to be performed by The Wheaton College Symphony Orchestra. 8pm at Edman Chapel.
4/21/2010:
Geoff will be presenting for Peabody's Computer Music Seminar. Presentation to include: tips for creating realistic orchestral mock-ups, creating interactive music structures for games using middleware software. 6-7pm at Peabody in Conservatory room 314.
2/18/2010:
Geoff's current project at Firaxis, Civilization 5, has been announced! Geoff is working on ethnic orchestral pieces for the game. One of his pieces is featured in the recent CivV trailer on IGN! More details and sound samples forthcoming.
11/30 - 12/6 2009:
Minnesota Public Radio streamed the "Future Classics" concert, the culminating event of the Minnesota Orchestra Composer's Institute. The broadcast is now offline.
11/21/2009:
Shadows of the Infinite to be performed by the Minnesota Orchestra. Geoff's piece is in the good company of two other pieces by Peabody alumni Roger Zare and Angel Lam. 8pm, Symphony Hall, Minneapolis, MN.
11/17-22:
Geoff is to attend the Minnesota Composer's Institute.
11/19/2009:
Of Consonance and Contention... to be performed by the University of Illinois New Music Ensemble on the Martirano Award Concert.
11/16/2009:
New website debuts.
11/15/2009:
Ligetisplit Ensemble is to perform Of Consonance and Contention...