About the Composer
Samuel Hunter (b. 1988) has been writing music for over twenty years, specializing in chamber works and music for voice. Commissioning ensembles include Houston Grand Opera’s HGOco, Vox Cordis, Furman University's Chancel Choir, Pastyme, the Association of Anglican Musicians, the AURA Contemporary Ensemble, and a variety of Anglican church choirs, and his music has been performed by Coro Città di Roma, the Association of Anglican Musicians Conference Choir, the Furman University Chamber Choir, The Meridian Symphony Orchestra, and many others. Samuel is a graduate winner of the Sarofim Composition Competition and recipient of the Sarofim Graduate Commission, and is a member of Pi Kappa Lambda. Samuel holds degrees from Furman University and the University of Houston, and has studied with Mark Kilstofte, Lorenzo Donati, Benjamin Broening, and Rob Smith.
In addition to his work as a composer, Samuel is an experienced orchestrator and arranger, and is the Principal Orchestrator and publisher of Frances Pollock's critically acclaimed debut opera Stinney: An American Execution. Samuel is currently an Instructor in Music Theory and History and the Composer in Residence at the Fine Arts Center in Greenville, South Carolina. Samuel is also an Adjunct Professor of Music Composition at Furman University. He is married to répétiteur Hailey Anthum Hunter, and they live in Flat Rock, North Carolina, with their cat Dinah.