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Specialties
- technology in composition, performance, and multimedia collaborations
- composer
- classical concert music
- electroacoustic music
- pop songs
- television and film scores
- auditory display research
Educational Background
- D.M.A.: Music Composition, Columbia University, New York City, New York, 2002.
- M.M.: Music Composition, University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1994.
- B.A.: English/Music, Xavier University, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1990.
Publications
- Oblique Strategies: Geers, Douglas Edward, Current Musicology, 67-68, 2002.
Research Activities
- Music Composition: Creation of new works of music for concerts, multimedia, film, art installations, and other venues., 1990 - present
- Development of Music Performance Technologies: Create hardware and software musical instruments
- Computer Aided Music Composition: Program software that aids processes of musical composition
- Cultural Roles of New Music Technologies: Investigate how new music technologies are effecting how, when, and where people create music.
- Auditory Display: Investigate and experiment methods for using audio/music to convey information for research, therapeutic, and commerical/busincess purposes., 2005 - present
Creative Activities
- Atomic Tango performed with video accompaniment at the Gallery of Art and Design, North Carolina State University, as part of the North Carolina Computer Music Festival.: March 18, 2002
- Shambat, for solo amplified violin with reverberation. Premiered by Maja Cerar at The Slipper Room, New York City.: May 28, 2002
- Uruk premiered at the Engine 27, New York City. Maja Cerar, violin; Douglas Geers, computer.: April 27, 2002
- Commissioned by percussionist Greg Beyer to write Exit to City for berimbau and interactive electronics.: 2002
- Gilgamesh, a 70-minute multimedia theatrical composition, premiered in three performances at der Theater an der Sihl in Zurich, Switzerland.: June 21, 2002 - June 23, 2002
- Commission for the Composers Collaborative, Inc., The Astronomer's Eye: March 2002
- Completed composition of Gilgamesh, a 70-minute multimedia concerto.: 2002
- Enkidu performed at Philosophy Hall, New York City. Mafa Cerar, violin; Douglas Geers, computer.: March 3, 2002
- Co-fouder and co-director of the Electric Music Collective, and internationally-based electoacoustic music composition/performance group.: 2002
- International Computer Music Conference: September 29, 2003 - October 4, 2003
- Incandescence, The debut CD of the Electric Music Collective: July 2003
- Hannelor Improvisation performed at Macalester Gallery, St. Paul, MN: November 14, 2002
- Sugar Cookie, performed at Ted Mann Concert Hall, Minneapolis, MN: October 12, 2002
- Commission for the American Composers Forum, Composers Commissioning Project, a 45-minute multimedia concerto, Gilgamesh
- Co-composed Hannelore Improvisation for acoustic guitar, synthesizer, computer, and percussion with Alex Lubet and Elliott Schwartz.: 2002
- Twisted Pair performed at SEAMUS conference: Annual conference of the Society for Electroacoustic Music in the United States, March 2004
- Memory Dust composed: Work for big band and computer music., April 2003
- Turnstile performed at American Composers Alliance Festival: Annual festival in New York City., July 2004
- How I Learned to Draw a Sheep: Work for voices and electronic sounds composed and performed in New York City., April 2004
- Enkidu performed at World Music Days festival: Annual festival of the International Society for Contemporary Music., October 2003
- Enkidu performed at International Computer Music Conference: Work for violin and computer performed in Singapore., September 2003
Professional Activities
- Member, Musicology-Theory-Composition Division, School of Music, University of Minnesota: 2002 - 2009
- Member, Theory-Composition Division, School of Music, University of Minnesota: 2002 - 2009
- Member, Graduate Studies Committee, School of Music, University of Minnesota: 2002 - 2005
- Member, Technology Enchanced Learning Committee, College of Liberal Arts, University of Minnesota: 2002 - 2005
- Member, Creative/Ensembles Committee, School of Music, University of Minnesota: 2002 - 2004
- Secretary/Treasurer, International Computer Music Association: 2001 - 2003
- Co-Director, Musicians and Artists of New York: 1999 - 2003
- "Sound Synthesis as Composition," lecture presented at the College Music Society Northeast Chapter annual meeting.: 2002
- Doctorate, Columbia University: 2002
- "Interactive Composition with MSP," a presentation given to the Advanced Signal Processing Techniques class of instructor Luke Dubois, New York University.: 2002
Outreach Activities
- Manager, JP Morgan-Chase Kids Digital Movement and Sound Project, Columbia University: 2002
Awards
- Commission Grant from Argossy Foundation, 2008
- Composers Commissioning Project prize from the American Composers Forum, 2008
- McKnight Foundation Fellowship for Performing Artists, 2007
- Stipend for Residency, Experimental studio der Heinrich-Strobel-Stiftung des Südwestrundfunks e.V. of Freiburg, August 2003
- Hochscule fur Musik und Theater, Zurich, Switzerland for production and performances of Gilgamesh., 2002
- Dynamic Duos commission from Composers Collaborative, Inc., 2001
- ASCAPlu$ Award to recognize "active writers in the early stages of their careers and writer members whose catalogs have a unique prestige value.", 2002
- Fulbright Scholarship, 2000 - 2001
- Roth-Thomson award for "Impressive project for musical composition", 2000
- Composers Commissioning Project prize from the American Composers Forum, 2001
Courses Taught
- MUS 5591 - Electronic Music
- MUSA 5550 - Composition
- MUSA 8550 - Composition
- MUS 5592 - Interactive Electronic Music
- MUS 5950 - Interdisciplinary Collaborations
- MUS 5950 - Music Technology
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