Faculty Profile for Richard D Hall

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Richard D Hall
Senior Lecturer — School of Music
MUS 212
phone: (512) 245-3974
Scholarly/Creative Work
Awards
Service

Biography Section

Biography and Education

 Richard Hall is a musician, composer, animator and music educator based in central Texas. His main interest is performing live laptop “art” music in concert settings. Richard has performed at several national and international conferences and festivals including those sponsored by the College Music Society, the National Association of Composers USA, the Association for Technology in Music Instruction, the International Society of Improvising Musicians, the National Association of College Wind and Percussion Instructors, and the Texas Society of Music Theorists. His music has also been featured at conferences by the National Flute Association, the Society of Composers, Inc., the Vox Novus 60x60 Contemporary Music Project, the Electronic Music Midwest Festival and the International Computer Music Association as wells as the Sonic Art Oxford Festival in England and the LOOP Video Art Festival in Spain. His electronic music has been used at art museums in many major US and European cities. He has also created several animated Digital Art works that have been featured in numerous national and international performances. Richard has received numerous commissions throughout the country, scored several independent films, written for television series, documentaries and theatrical productions and has pieces published by Dorn Publications and GoFish Music. His 2019 piece Desert Waves, Wilderness of Water for saxophone and electronics and 2014 score for the Spanish film drama "Viva La Reina De La Muerte" both won medals from the Global Music Awards, a peer reviewed, prestigious international music competition. In 2020, he was co-composer for the screen-dance film, "THULE," which won Best Original Score at the Frostbite Film Festival and in 2011, his music score for the theatrical production "Electra," won an award for Excellence in Musical Score from the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival. His music has also been recorded by the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra for ERM Media and the Wild Basin Winds with the Emmy award-winning children's group The Biscuit Brothers. He is also the recipient of several ASCAP Plus Awards grants. His musical collaborations with dancers have been featured in Brazil, Mexico, Uruguay, Romania, Scotland, Guatemala, Egypt, South Korea, India, Iran and Berlin, Germany. He has published software and book reviews for the South Central Music Bulletin for which he was also the music graphics editor. Richard is a Senior Lecturer at Texas State University. More information can be found at richallmusic.com

Teaching Interests

 Collaborative learning, multidisciplinary learning/projects.

Research Interests

 Music Composition, Electronic Music, Experimental Music, Modern Music, Film Music

Selected Scholarly/Creative Work

  • Lady Bird Suite. 2020.
    Performances:
    • Texas State University Faculty Artist Concert Series "Karla Hamelin Cello Recital,”. February 24, 2020 University Performing Arts Center Recital Hall, San Marcos, TX.
    • Texas State University Faculty Artist Concert Series "Composition Faculty Recital,”. November 19, 2020 University Performing Arts Center Recital Hall, San Marcos, TX.
    • Dallas New Music Virtual Festival. May 21, 2021 Virtual, Dallas, TX.
  • Espacios Latentes/Latent Spaces, Texas State University. Composer/Sound Designer. May 28, 2018 - June 5, 2018.
  • Honored Guest, Going to the Sun. Honored Guest, Going to the Sun. Kyle, TX. Public. February 2018 - March 2018, Wind Band.
  • Music composer/performer/recordist, Being Together (2020) - 2023. December 2023.
    Showings:
    • ROLLOUT Dance Film Festival. December 27, 2020 - January 11, 2021 Macao, China.
    • COCO Dance Festival Online 2021. October 30, 2021 - October 31, 2021 Port of Spain, Trinidad.
    • Brazil’s International Disability Film Fest, Assim Vivemos. April 25, 2021 Rio De Janeiro.
    • An Ordinary Film Festival. April 13, 2021 - April 18, 2021 Stockholm, Sweden.
    • Petit Plan Festival. March 29, 2021 - April 1, 2021 Athens, Greece.
    • Ziel Spring Dance Film Festival. March 26, 2021 - March 28, 2021 Brooklyn, NY.
    • Festival RNAB. March 25, 2022 - March 30, 2022 Sao Paulo, Brazil.
    • PlatArtistic-Spring Dancefilm Fest. April 19, 2022 - May 8, 2022 Museu D’Art de Cerdanyola, Catalunya, Spain.
    • Screen ATX. May 5, 2022 Austin, TX.
    • InArt – Community Arts Festival. July 18, 2022 - July 23, 2022 Lisbon Portugal.
    • Eku’e Muestra Internacional de Videodanza. September 5, 2022 Asunción, Paraguay.
    • 6th annual Austin Spotlight Film Festival. September 24, 2022 Austin, TX.
    • SECiNDI Festival of Inclusive Cinema and Disability. October 3, 2022 - October 8, 2022 Mérida, Spain.
    • Festival Internacional de Cinema Socioambiental. October 12, 2022 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
    • Art Without Limit International Film Festival. December 1, 2022 - December 3, 2022 Prishtina, Kosovo.
    • Experimental Film Online, MX. November 13, 2023 Mexico.
    • Lift-Off Sessions. January 15, 2023 England, UK.
  • Music composer/performer/recordist, HinterTerra (2023) - 2023. December 2023.
    Showings:
    • Lift-Off Filmmaker Sessions. March 27, 2023 Hosted by @LifftOffGlobalNetwork.
    • One Earth Awards. March 31, 2023 Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
    • Festival Internacional DVDanza, Movimiento y Ciudad. April 21, 2023 - April 22, 2023 La Habana, Cuba.
    • Dance Days Chania. July 27, 2023 - July 29, 2023 Chania, Greece.
    • FilmFest by Rogue Dancer. June 1, 2023 Raleigh, NC, USA.
    • The Huntington Beach Cultural Film Fest, USA. August 25, 2023 - August 27, 2023 USA.
    • Festival de Video Danza Cuerpo Digital. August 25, 2023 - September 1, 2023 Cochabamba, Colombia.
    • Festival del Cinema di Cefalú. September 1, 2023 Palermo, Italia.
    • Land Art Moving Biennale 2023/24. September 4, 2023 - September 17, 2023 Agueda, Portugal.
    • Women in Dance International Dance Film Fest. October 14, 2023 - October 15, 2023 Yokohama, Japan.
    • Cinematica Videodance Competition. October 29, 2023 Ancona, Italy.
    • Women in Dance International Dance Film Fest. November 19, 2023 online screening, LA, CA.
    • Tokyo Documentary Film Festival. December 9, 2023 - December 22, 2023 Tokyo, Japan.
    • Athens Video Dance Project. December 18, 2023 - December 19, 2023 Athens, Greece.

Selected Awards

  • Award / Honor Recipient: Huntington Beach Cultural Film Festival 2023 *Best Super Short Film, Huntington Beach Cultural Film Festival 2023. August 27, 2023
  • Award / Honor Recipient: One Earth Awards Film Festival 2023 *Best Short Film - Environment & Sustainability, One Earth Awards Film Festival 2023. May 4, 2023
  • Award / Honor Recipient: ASCAP Plus Awards Grant, ASCAP. December 2022
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Austin Spotlight Film Festival - Best Experimental Film, Austin Spotlight Film Festival. September 2022
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Tulum World Environment Film Festival - Best Original Music Short Film, Tulum World Environment Film Festival. July 2022

Selected Service Activities

Volunteer
Hays Band Pit Crew
August 2023-Present
Member
School of Music Planning Group
2022-Present
Chair
Public Relations Committee
2021-Present
Chair
BA Upper Level Review/Interview Committee
August 2020-Present
Member
BA Upper Level Review/Interview Committee
January 1, 2016-Present