1. Michael Marcus Hearst was born on December 27,1972 and is a composer, multi-instrumentalist, writer, and producer.
13 Facts About Michael Hearst
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Michael Hearst is best known for his solo albums Songs For Ice Cream Trucks, Songs For Unusual Creatures, Songs For Fearful Flyers, Songs For Unconventional Vehicles and Songs For Extraordinary People, as well as the children's books Unusual Creatures, Extraordinary People, Curious Constructions and Unconventional Vehicles.
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Michael Hearst has composed the music for a number of films including The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin, Chicken People, To Be Takei, Magic Camp, and House of Suh.
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In 2007 Michael Hearst composed a collection of songs to reminisce ice cream truck music.
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In 2017 Michael Hearst released Songs For Extraordinary People as a companion to his children's book Extraordinary People.
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Michael Hearst established Urban Geek Studios and Urban Geek Records, where he has produced, recorded, and worked on post-production for Guided by Voices, Tanya Donelly, Kansas, The Holy Modal Rounders, and Robert Creeley.
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Michael Hearst has performed and given lectures and workshops at universities, museums, and cultural centers around the world.
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Michael Hearst has appeared on NPR's Fresh Air, A+E's Breakfast With The Arts, and NBC's The Today Show.
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Michael Hearst wrote the non-fiction children's books Unusual Creatures, Extraordinary People, and Curious Constructions.
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In 2008, Michael Hearst toured with The Magnetic Fields as their support act, reading flash-non-fiction stories, and performing selections from Songs For Newsworthy News.
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Michael Hearst began co-writing music with Tanya Donelly in 2010 for her album Swan Song Series, and in October 2011 performed with her at concerts in New York City and Boston, along with Rick Moody, Claudia Gonson, Hannah Marcus, Sam Davol, and Carrie Bradley.
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Michael Hearst earned a degree in music composition from Virginia Commonwealth University in 1995, where he studied under Dika Newlin.
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In 2017 Michael Hearst returned to VCU to deliver the commencement address to the graduating class of the School of the Arts.