American art song composer Juliana Hall is a prolific and highly-regarded composer of vocal music that has been called “brilliant” (Washington Post), “beguiling” (The Times, London), “strikingly original” (Austin Chronicle), “stunning” (Planet Hugill, London), “kaleidoscopic” (Voix des Arts), “profound” (Classical Net), and “the most genuinely moving music of the afternoon” (Boston Globe).Hall began formal composition studies as an elective for her graduate piano degree at the Yale School of Music. Her composition teachers there—Martin Bresnick, Leon Kirchner, and Frederic Rzewski—encouraged her to become a composer, though, so she received her master’s degree in the field of composition in 1987. Later that year, while studying with renowned composer Dominick Argento in Minneapolis, she received her first commission: a song cycle for star soprano Dawn Upshaw, commissioned by the Schubert Club of Saint Paul. Two years later she received a second commission, for Metropolitan Opera baritone David Malis, as well as the honor of a Guggenheim Fellowship. Hall has since composed works for dozens of singers, among them Brian Asawa, Stephanie Blythe, Molly Fillmore, Zachary James, Randall Scarlata, and Kitty Whately. More than 500 musicians have performed Hall’s music in 33 countries on six continents, at venues including Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall, Herbst Theater, the Library of Congress, Snape Maltings, St. Paul’s Cathedral, the Warehouse Waterloo, and Wigmore Hall, as well as the Buxton and Salisbury International Arts Festivals, London Festival of American Music, Ojai Music Festival, Oxford Lieder Festival, Rhonefestival für Liedkunst, Schumannfest Düsseldorf, and the Tanglewood Music Center.Organizations presenting concerts devoted to Hall’s music include New York’s Sparks & Wiry Cries, Princeton’s Contemporary Undercurrent of Song Project, London’s Re-Sung series, and Calliope’s Call of Boston, as well as the Fall Island Vocal Arts Seminar and the University of North Texas’ CollabFest program. Hall’s music has also been presented by the Bitesize Proms, Boston Art Song Society, CHAI Collaborative Ensemble, Cincinnati Song Initiative, Ensemble for These Times, Feminine Musique, Joy in Singing, Lynx Project, Lyric Fest, Mirror Visions Ensemble, Northern Ireland Opera, Seattle Art Song Society, Société d’Art Vocal de Montréal, The Song Company, and Voices of Change.Hall received SongFest’s prestigious Sorel Commission in 2017, and she maintains an active network of residencies and partnerships with organizations like the Hartt and Manhattan Schools of Music, Westminster Choir College, the Collaborative Piano Institute, and On Site Opera, where she has given master classes and presentations on her music. Hall was asked to serve as a composer mentor for the inaugural year of the NATS Composer Mentorship Program, and she has judged both the preliminary and final rounds of the NATS Art Song Composition Award Competition.A favorite of teachers and students alike, Juliana Hall's music has been studied, researched, and performed at numerous music schools, including the Bard and Cincinnati College Conservatories, Cleveland and Peabody institutes, the Eastman, Juilliard, Longy, and Mannes schools of music, and the universities of Michigan, Indiana, and Southern California, as well as the Guildhall School of Music & Drama, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, and the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama. Hall’s works have been broadcast over the BBC and NPR radio networks, as well as other stations in Amsterdam, Calgary, Madrid, New York, Paris, Québec, and Zürich. Her solo album—Love’s Signature—was released in 2017 on MSR Classics, featuring renowned countertenor Darryl Taylor, Grammy-winning soprano Susan Narucki, and pianist Donald Berman. Gramophone wrote of the recording that “[Hall’s] sensitivity to words is on impressive display...these songs show Hall to be a composer who savours lyrical lines and harmonies peppered with gentle spices” and the NATS Journal of Singing remarked that “One comes away from this disc with a profound appreciation for the excellence and innovation of [Hall’s] music,” adding that her songs are “meticulously and sensitively crafted...music whose beauty could enhance the text at hand without drawing attention away from that text. This is masterful writing in every respect.”Juliana Hall's art songs are published by E. C. Schirmer and Boosey & Hawkes.JULIANA HALL - VOCAL MUSIC:E. C. SchirmerBoosey & HawkesClassical Vocal ReprintsJULIANA HALL - LISTEN:SoundCloudYouTubeJULIANA HALL - SOCIAL MEDIA:FacebookTwitterJULIANA HALL - MORE INFORMATION:Juliana HallThe LiederNet ArchiveNew Music USANew Music USA Online Library