James McHard

	James McHard



	James McHard is a freelance composer, lecturer, and author on music philosophy. He was educated at the University of Michigan, where he completed his BS in mathematics. He lives with his wife in Livonia, Michigan, and is a French horn player for various local symphony orchestras and concert bands.
His original compositions include Tremors and Virtuals. The former is scored for ten specially positioned instruments, taped sound effects (including jet aircraft and bomb noises), and UPIC computer console output; the latter is scored for UPIC console output, alone. Both were performed and enthusiastically received at the Twice Festival of Experimental Music concerts in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Mr. McHard has guest lectured several times on experimental music, and on mathematics in musical composition. He has lectured on modernism and it's future in music at UNAM (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico) for Dr. Julio Estrada's class in experimental music composition and at CCMIX (formerly Les Ateliers UPIC) in Paris. He has also the authored the book, "The Future of Modern Music", published by American Book Publishing.

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