About

Joel Hunt is a composer of acoustic and interactive electronic music. His compositions have been performed at the International Computer Music Conference (Athens, Greece and Denton, TX.), New York City Electronic Music Festival, Society of Composers, Inc Region III Conference (Huntington, WV), Electroacoustic Barn Dance (Fredericksburg, VA),  Electronic Music Midwest (Kansas City, KS), Primavera Festival of Contemporary Arts and Digital Media (Santa Barbara), California Electronic Music Exchange Concert Series (Los Angeles), National Student Electronic Music Event (Bowling Green), and at the Ethos NewSound Festival of Contemporary Music (Fredonia). His music has been performed by the Now Hear Ensemble, the UC Santa Barbara Contemporary Music Ensemble, the Fredonia Jazz Ensemble, and the Rochester Institute of Technology Concert Band. As a saxophonist, Joel has performed at the Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater (Los Angeles), Santa Barbara Museum of Art, North American Saxophone Alliance, College Band Directors National Association, Sigurd M. Rascher Centennial Celebration, Rochester International Jazz Festival, and has toured throughout the Northeast, California, and China.  Joel’s current creative pursuits include recording a collection of new works for saxophone and electronics, and a set of compositions for modular synthesizer and robotic drums.