Bob Hurd has served as a teacher, composer and liturgist in various pastoral and academic settings, including Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, the Franciscan School of Theology in Berkeley and St. Patrick’s Seminary in Menlo Park, California. He currently teaches in the summer program of Seattle University’s School of Theology and Ministry. He also is known as an early pioneer of bilingual and multilingual music, with compositions like “Pan de Vida” and Misa de las Américas. Bob lives in Claremont, California with his wife, Pia Moriarty, who has collaborated with him on much of his bilingual music.