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Douglas
Geers
Past Performances 2009: - Inanna: Euphrates Survival Song, a 90-minute multimedia theatrical work, premiered at the Rigiblick theater in Zürich, Switzerland September 5, 2009. Additional performances September 13, 17, and 18. Public preview performance August 29. Beren Tuna, actress; Maja Cerar, violin/actress; Douglas Geers, laptop/actor; Thomas Unternährer, voice. - No York Globe Cell, electroacoustic music, premiered November 11, 2009 as part of the International Festival of Electroacoustic Music, Brooklyn College. - Tremor Transducer, for flute, percussion, piano, violin, cello, and electroacoustic music, performed at the 2009 International Computer Music Conference in Montreal, Canada, August 17. - Sweep, for violin, percussion, and laptop orchestra, performed February 20, 2009 at the Cedar Cultural Center, Minneapolis as part of the 2009 Spark Festival of Electronic Music and Arts. - Sweep, for violin, percussion, and laptop orchestra, performed April 4, 2009 at Elebash Hall, CUNY Graduate Center, New York City, as part of the 2009 New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival. - Enkidu, performed by Jinsoo Lim on the WordPlay series, Poncho Concert Hall, Cornish University, Washington, January 16, 2009. 2008: - Calling, a 90-minute opera. 15 performances September 10-28, 2008 at the La Mama Experimental Theater, New York City. - Lesser of Two Evils (excerpt from Calling), Premiered June 26, 2008 at the Boyle/Minor Loft, New York City. Kamala Sankaram, soprano; Jesse Murray, boy soprano; Maja Cerar, violin; Douglas Geers, conductor. - Community Rising, Premiered March 10, 2008 as part of the ComposersCollaborative Serial Underground series, Cornelia St. Café, New York City. - Sweep, for violin, percussion, and laptop orchestra, premiered April 8, 2008 at the Sonic Divergence festival, Northwestern University, by PLOrk with Maja Cerar, violin, and Cameron Britt, percussion. Douglas Geers, conductor. - Sweep, for violin, percussion, and laptop orchestra, performed May 17, 2008 at Taplin Auditorium, Princeton University by PLOrk, violinist Maja Cerar, and percussionist Cameron Britt. Douglas Geers, conductor. - Verbosity Ore, Kentucky New Music Festival, November 11, 2008. - Verbosity Ore, Series XXVII, Salle de concert Oscar Peterson Concert Hall, Montréal, Canada, November 6, 2008. - How Long, performed February 27, 2008, Spark Festival of Electronic Music and Art, Ted Mann Concert Hall, Minneapolis. Laura Anderson, soprano; Tim Bruett, baritone; Julie A Brousseau, soprano; Elizabeth L Davies, alto; Morris Johnson, dance; Patrick O'Keefe, clarinet; Heather Barringer, percussion; Shannon Wettstein, piano; Maja Cerar, violin; Jacqueline Ultan, cello; James Patrick Miller, conductor; David Walsh, director. - Play of Lights, performed on Hyperion Ensemble concert, Bucharest, Romania, June 11, 2008. - Play of Lights, performed on Hyperion Ensemble concert, George Enescu Concert Hall, Bucharest, Romania, October 22, 2008. - Rescue (excerpt from Calling), performed February 27, 2008, Spark Festival of Electronic Music and Art, Ted Mann Concert Hall, Minneapolis. Laura Anderson, soprano; Tim Bruett, baritone; Julie A Brousseau, soprano; Elizabeth L Davies, alto; Morris Johnson, dance; Patrick O'Keefe, clarinet; Heather Barringer, percussion; Shannon Wettstein, piano; Maja Cerar, violin; Jacqueline Ultan, cello; James Patrick Miller, conductor; David Walsh, director. 2007: - Rescue (excerpt from Calling), premiered November 10, 2007 as part of the Serial Underground performance series, Cornelia Street Café, New York City. Kamala Sankaram, soprano; Troy Rucker, baritone; Tom Piercy, clarinet; Mike McCurdy, percussion; Maja Cerar, violin; Mairi Dorman, cello; Douglas Geers, computer; Jed Distler, conductor. - Verbosity Ore, performed at Electronic Music Midwest Festival 2007, with video by Zlatko Cosic, October 12 2007, Kansas City Kansas Community College. - Verbosity Ore, premiered at the Kentucky New Music Festival, October 9 2007, John Jacob Niles Gallery, University of Kentucky Fine Arts Library. - How Long, premiered June 11, 2007 as part of the Serial Underground performance series, Cornelia Street Café, New York City. Erin Heisel, soprano; Lesley Watson, mezzo-soprano; Summer Boggess, cello; Douglas Geers, computer. (NY Times review.) - Meer Seer Jog, chosen and Performed in Copenhagen, Denmark as part of the 2007 International Computer Music Conference, August 31. - Meer Seer Jog, premiered as part of the Projet d’Oeuvre Ouverte at the 2007 Festival "Synthèse 2007", Bourges, France, June 1-10 2007. - Enter Uruk, performed June 15, 2007 at the Devantgarde festival, Königsplatz München und Hochschule für Musik und Theater, Munich, Germany. - Enter Uruk, performed April 20, 2007 at John Jacob Niles Center for American Music, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky. - Enter Uruk, performed at Westbrook Auditorium, Illinois Wesleyan University School of Music, Bloomington, Illinois, April 5, 2007, as part of the 2006 60x60 Project. - Enter Uruk, performed at Free Play Six: Listening Chamber, Grand Valley State University Art Gallery, Allendale, Michigan, January 25, 2007, as part of the 60x60 Project. - Enter Uruk, performed at the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, Missouri, January 12, 2007, as part of the 60x60 Project. - Enter Uruk, performed at Winifred Moore Auditorium, Webster University, St. Louis, Missouri, January 7, 2007, as part of the 60x60 Project. - Shadow, performed by Maja Cerar, violin, and Douglas Geers, computer, February 22, 2007 at the Southern Theater, Minneapolis, as part of the 2007 Spark Festival of Electronic Music and Arts. - Grotto, performed at the John Jacob Niles Center for American Music, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, April 20, 2007. - Enkidu, performed by the Verge Ensemble, The Stone, New York City, October 4, 2007. - Enkidu, performed by the Verge Ensemble, Corcoran Gallery, Washington, D.C., October 28, 2007. - Ripples, Performed at Theater Weimar, Malmö, Sweden, May 18, 2007. - Ripples, performed at SEAMUS 2007 conference, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, March 10, 2007. 2006: - Laugh Perfumes, concerto for violin and symphonic orchestra, premiered by Radio-Television Orchestra of Slovenia as part of Festival Unicum contemporary music festival, October 26-27, Gallus Hall, Cankarjev Dom Performing Arts Center, Ljubljana, Slovenia. Evan Christ, conductor; Maja Cerar, violin. This performance was broadcast live on Slovene National Radio and broadcast on Slovene National Television on the evening of November 9. Choreography, Maja Cerar; Stage, Andrej Senk; Light, Janez Kocjan. - Enter Uruk, premiered October 11, 2006, at the Electronic Music Midwest Festival, Romeoville, Illinois, as part of the 60x60 project. - Wormy, performed on the EuCuE Concert XXV.6, Wednesday, November 8, 2006, Condordia University, Montreal, Canada. - Started Saying, performed on the EuCuE Concert XXV.8, Thursday, November 9, 2006, Condordia University, Montreal, Canada. - Lunar Crescent, performed by Matthew Polashek March 23, 2006 on the Livewire Electronic Music series, Ultan Recital Hall, University of Minnesota. - Syndrome Gear, selected and performed at the ICMC 2006 conference in New Orleans, Louisiana, November 10. - Syndrome Gear, chosen and performed at the SEAMUS 2006 conference in Eugene, Oregon, March 31. - Grotto, National University of Music, Bucharest, Romania, October 19, 2006. - Grotto, 3rd All Ears Contemporary Music Festival, Forum London Composers Group, London, England, September 30, 2006. - Grotto, AERO Conference, Sage College, Troy, New York, June 30, 2006. - Grotto, Bijou Theater, CalArts, Valencia, California, May 9, 2006. - Grotto, St. Louis Community College at Forest Park, St. Louis, Missouri, May 6, 2006. - Grotto, University of Maine Farmington, Farmington, Maine, April 7, 2006. - Grotto, performed with video by Shimpei Takeda, Sydney Conservatorium of Music, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia, March 14, 2006. - Grotto, performed in multimedia collaboration with Gisela Gamper, Kulturkiosken, Gavle, Sweden, March 11, 2006. - Grotto, Mills College, Oakland, California, February 23, 2006. - Grotto, performed in multimedia collaboration with Gisela Gamper, University at Albany, Albany, New York, February 9, 2006. - Polk Pond, Performed with video by Shimpei Takeda at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia, March 14, 2006. - Polk Pond, performed with video by Shimpie Takeda at Chashama, New York, New York, January 2, 2006. - Enkidu, performed by Maja Cerar and Douglas Geers, February 25, 2006, at the Spark Festival of Electronic Music and Art, Ultan Recital Hall, University of Minnesota School of Music. - Turnstile, performed by Chen-Yu Hsu, violin, October 21, 2006 at the annual School of Music Collage Concert, University of Minnesota. - Turnstile, performed by Chen-Yu Hsu, violin, April 1, 2006 at the New Music Ensembles Consortium Weekend, Ultan Recital Hall, University of Minnesota. - Turnstile, performed by Chen-Yu Hsu on U. Minnesota New Music Ensemble tour, University of Iowa, April 22, 2006. - Turnstile, performed by Chen-Yu Hsu on U. Minnesota New Music Ensemble tour, University of Wisconsin, April 29, 2006. 2005: - Twisted Pairings, Wired at Tip, premiered by the New York University New Music Ensemble and the composer under the direction of Professor Esther Lamneck, Frederick Lowe Theater, New York City, December 5. - Obsessive Currents, premiered by Maja Cerar and the composer, October 28, 2005 in Ljubljana, Slovenia as part of the 2005 Festival of Creativity and Free Culture. - Lunar Crescent, Premiered by Matthew Polashek, baritone saxophone, April 8, 2005 at the Faust-Harrison Salon in New York City as part of the 2005 American Festival of Microtonal Music. - Syndrome Gear, premiered at the Bourges Festival Synthese Work Overture Project, Bourges, France June 2005. - Shadow, premiered by Maja Cerar, violin, April 8, 2005 at the Faust-Harrison Salon in New York City as part of the 2005 American Festival of Microtonal Music. - Shadow, performed by Maja Cerar, violin, and Douglas Geers, computer, at Thru the Walls, a composer showcase sponsored by ASCAP, the Cutting Room, New York City, December 1, 2005. - Grotto, Hartford Art School, University of Hartford, West Hartford, Conneticut, November 29, 2005. - Grotto, Los Angeles Harbor College, Wilmington, California, November 19, 2005. - Grotto, Goldsmiths College, London, United Kingdom, November 16, 2005. - Grotto, performed November 15, 2005, Lloyd Ultan Recital Hall, Minneapolis, Minnesota. - Grotto, performed November 12, 2005 at Auditorium of the National Conservatory of Region of Lille (CNR), Lille, France. - Grotto, Roosevelt University, Chicago, Illinois, November 11, 2005. - Grotto, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, November 10, 2005. - Grotto, performed November 6, 2005 at Collective Unconscious, New York City. - Grotto, Galapagos, Williamsburg, New York City, November 5, 2005. - Grotto, Electronic Music Midwest Festival, Kansas City Kansas Community College, Kansas City, Missouri, October 21, 2005. - Grotto, Lewis University, Romeo, Illinois, September 30, 2005. - Tremor Transducer, premiered by NeXT Ens February 19, 2005: Carlos Velez, flute; Heather Brown, percussion; Shiau-uen Ding, piano; Timothy O’Neill, violin; Kaylie Duncan , cello; and Gabriel Ottoson-Deal, computer. - Tremor Transducer, performed February 22, 2005 by the NeXT Ens at the College-Conservatory of Music in Cincinnati, Ohio. - Tremor Transducer, performed at Miller Theater, New York City, December 7, 2005. - Polk Pond, performed at the Essl Collection, Klosterneuburg, Austria, December 14, 2005. - Polk Pond, performed with video by Shimpie Takeda at the Auditorium of the National Conservatory of Region of Lille, Lille, France, November 12, 2005. - Polk Pond, performed at Lucky Cat, Brooklyn, New York, May 9, 2005. - Polk Pond, performed at Collective Unconscious, New York City, March 19, 2005. - Polk Pond, performed at the University of Maine at Fort Kent, March 15, 2005. - Polk Pond, performed at the University of Maine, Presque Isle, February 18, 2005. - Polk Pond, performed at the Weisman Museum, Minneapolis, Minnesota, February 17, 2005. - Twisted Pair, performed at the Music Wired! Computer Music at Stony Brook concert, 7pm December 4, 2005, in the recital hall of the Staller Center for the Arts, Stony Brook University, New York. - Twisted Pair, performed at 2005 International Computer Music Conference in Barcelona, Spain, September 9. - Enkidu, performed by Maja Cerar and Douglas Geers at Thru the Walls, a composer showcase sponsored by ASCAP, Cutting Room, New York City, December 1, 2005. - Atomic Tango, Performed with video by Christine Sciulli at Dekk Screening, New York City, March 29, 2005. - Atomic Tango, performed with video at the SEAMUS 2005 national conference, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana, April 15, 2005. - Demons, performed in Oscar Peterson Concert Hall, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada, October 14, 2005, as part of the ÉuCuE Concert Series. - Demons, performed with video by Christine Sciulli at Dekk Screening, New York City, March 29, 2005. - Sønreel, performance at Thru the Walls, a composer showcase sponsored by ASCAP, the Cutting Room, New York City, December 1. - Sønreel performed at the International Festival of Electroacoustic Music at the Brooklyn College Conservatory of Music, November 2. - Sønreel performed at NWEAMO 2005 (New West ElectroAcoustic Music Organization annual festival) in San Diego, California on October 8. - Sønreel performed at NWEAMO 2005 (New West ElectroAcoustic Music Organization annual festival) in Portland, Oregon on October 1, with guest clarinetist Andrew Pask. - Sønreel performed forty-minute suite of works entitled LuxuryEco at the Linda Loudermilk Productions showcase, Seven on Sixth, New York City, September 15. - Sønreel, half-hour improvisatory performance at the Metronom Art Galleries as part of Off-ICMC in Barcelona, Spain September 8. - SparkPlug (Doug Geers, computer; Alex Lubet, guitar) with guest musician Ying Zhang, performed at the Coffman Whole, Minneapolis, February 17 as part of the Spark Festival of Electronic Music and Art.
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