Geoff Knorr, Peabody '07, Composer and Engineer

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Geoff Knorr is an award-winning composer of music for media and the concert hall. He has worked as a composer, orchestrator, sound designer, and mixing engineer on many titles, including Civilization V, Civilization V: Gods and Kings, and Civilization V: Brave New World, among others . Recently, he worked as the lead composer, orchestrator, and mixing engineer for Civilization: Beyond Earth, which won the 2014 IFMCA Best Original Score for a Video Game or Interactive Media award. His concert music has been performed by the Minnesota Orchestra, Hartford Symphony Orchestra, Peabody Symphony Orchestra, Wheaton College Symphony, and Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra. Geoff also teaches an introductory course in video game sound and music at the Peabody Institute in Baltimore.

Geoff is a graduate of the Peabody Conservatory, having received a BM and MM in Music Composition and BM in Recording Arts and Sciences. While at Peabody, he studied with composers Christopher Theofanidis and Michael Hersch. He currently resides in Towson, MD with his wife and daughters.

Awards and Honors:

2015 ASCAP Composers' Choice Awards - 2014 Video Game Score of the Year Nominee (Beyond Earth)

2014 IFMCA Best Original Score for a Video Game or Interactive Media (Beyond Earth)

2009 Minnesota Orchestra Composer's Institute Participant

2009 Salvatore Martirano Memorial Composition Competition, Honorable Mention

2007 NACUSA Young Composers Competition, Honorable Mention

2004 ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer Award