Doug Geers

In this workshop, attendees will build their own square wave analog oscillators. The mini synth circuits will squawk and glissando, and will be housed in toy-sized boxes, controlled by knobs and a light sensor.  All participants will be able to take home their finished creations.  $14 fee for project parts.

Bio

Douglas Geers is a composer who uses technology in nearly all of his works, whether in the compositional process, as part of their sonic realization, or both. He has created concert music, installations, and several large multimedia theater works. He has also performed as an improviser, playing laptop and his own custom electronic instruments. Reviewers have described his music as "glitchy... keening... scrabbling... contemplative" (New York Times), "kaleidoscopic" (Washington Post), "fascinating...virtuosic...beautifully eerie" (Montpelier Times-Argus), "Powerful" (Neue Zuericher Zietung), "arresting... extraordinarily gratifying" (TheaterScene.net), and have praised its "virtuosic exuberance" (Computer Music Journal) and "shimmering electronic textures" (Village Voice.) Geers completed his DMA at Columbia University, where he studied with Brad Garton, Tristan Murail, Fred Lerdahl, and Jonathan D. Kramer. His works have been performed widely, and he has won numerous awards and grants, including from the Jerome, McKnight, Argossy, and Bush foundations, among others. Today Geers is a Professor of Music Composition at Brooklyn College, a campus of the City University of New York (CUNY). There he is Director of the Center for Computer Music and the MFA program in Sonic Arts. He also serves on the Ph.D. composition faculty of the CUNY Graduate Center. www.dgeers.com .