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douglas niemela

Contemporary music composer working with hybrid constructions of acoustic and computer based sound. Graduate student at the University of Washington, Seattle. Particular interests in surround sound composition and live electronic ensembles.

Born in Gainesville, Florida. Bachelor of Arts, Interdisciplinary Humanities (art history, world literature), University of Maryland, College Park; Bass/Arranging studies with Bruce Gertz and Dick Lowell, Berklee College of Music, Boston, Massachusetts; Graphic artist, San Francisco, CA and Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA; Graduate music composition student, University of Washington School of Music, Seattle. Composition studies with Ken Benshoof, Juan Pampin, and Richard Karpen. Performances and works in Washington DC, Boston, San Francisco, Seattle.

contact: dougn@u.washington.edu