Nathan Hall
Rock Music

Nathan hall was an Artist in Residence at Black Rock in the spring of 2023. Rock Music is a collection of graphic scores that evoke the plants and landscape features common to Joshua Tree, as well as often-overlooked or underappreciated elements of the park. The textures of individual stones, the colors of flowers at their peak, the ebb and flow of campsites, the sounds of visitors in buildings, and even a tortoise tracking device, all make appearances as shapes and lines on the page. Each piece is accompanied by a short music realization to accompany the work, performed by the artist along with several by Denver-based violinist and composer Michiko Theurer.

The exhibition ran from October 10 , 2025 until January 5, 2026.

Artist Bio:
Nathan Hall is an artist and composer who explores sound, site, and sexuality. His creative works are situated in-between music, visual art, performance, and multimedia and have been performed in 18 countries and 24 US States. His passions for science, travel, and stories of lived history have led to a Fulbright in Iceland, the McKnight Visiting Composer Fellowship, a project award from FEMA, and a New Music USA grant, and two National Park residencies. Nathan holds his Doctorate of Musical Arts from CU Boulder and currently teaches music composition at the University of Denver and at RMCAD. He is an artist in residence at RedLine Contemporary Art Center and lives in Denver with his husband, Andy.

Artist website: nathan-hall.net