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Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Dominic Dousa

Associate Professor of Music

The University of Texas at El Paso

http://faculty.utep.edu/ddousa

UTEP Department of Music, FFA 437 (915) 747-7819

El Paso, TX 79968 [email protected]

EDUCATION

DEGREE STUDY

D.A., Music Theory & Composition (secondary area of emphasis: Music History),

Ball State University, May 2003. Dissertation: “Assessing the Degree of Relatedness Between Key

Areas: A Quantitative Model of Key Distance and Tonal Similarity”

(includes an original composition for symphonic band and an analysis of this piece)

M.M., Music Composition, Central Michigan University, 2000

M.S., Statistics, Iowa State University, 1998

A.B. summa cum laude, Music, Harvard University, 1995

NON-DEGREE STUDY

Academy of Musical and Dramatic Arts, Prague, 1995-96

(Studied composition with Milan Slavický, attended weekly composition seminar.)

FACULTY POSITIONS / TEACHING EXPERIENCE

THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO (Fall 2004-present)

Assistant Professor Courses Taught: Music Theory III, IV (10 semesters each)

Aural Skills III, IV (10 semesters each)

16th

-Century Counterpoint (3 semesters)

Music Theory Seminar (5 semesters)

Introduction to Composition (15 semesters)

Advanced Composition (10 semesters)

Graduate Composition (6 semesters)

Graduate Theory, Selected Topic (3 semesters)

Graduate Theory, Analysis of Modern Music (1 semester)

Graduate Thesis (3 semesters)

Graduate Independent Study (6 semesters)

ST. MARY’S UNIVERSITY / Winona, MN (Fall 2003-Spring 2004)

Lecturer Courses Taught: Music Appreciation (2 semesters)

Aural Skills I (1 semester)

ROCHESTER (MN) COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGE (Fall 2003-Spring 2004)

Adjunct Instructor Course Taught: Business and Economic Statistics (2 semesters)

http://faculty.utep.edu/ddousa

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OTHER TEACHING EXPERIENCE

BALL STATE UNIVERSITY / Muncie, IN (Fall 2000-Spring 2003)

Doctoral Fellow and Courses Taught: Music Theory I, IV (1 semester each)

Graduate Assistant Aural Skills I (2 semesters)

Aural Skills II, IV (1 semester each)

Graduate Theory Review (1 semester)

Music Appreciation (1 semester)

ANDERSON UNIVERSITY / Anderson, IN (Fall 2002)

Instructor Course Taught: Choral Arranging (1 semester)

(Externship from Ball State University)

CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY / Mt. Pleasant, MI (Spring 1999)

Graduate Assistant Course Taught: Aural Skills II (1 semester)

IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY / Ames, IA (Spring 1997-Spring 1998)

Teaching Assistant Courses Taught: Principles of Statistics (for non-majors) (2 semesters)

Engineering Statistics (1 semester)

AWARDS & HONORS

• Winner, Holyoke Civic Symphony Composition Competition (2014)

• Elected as Honorary Member of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia (2009)

• Outstanding Graduate Student Award, Ball State University School of Music

(2001-2002, 2002-2003 / awarded on a vote of the BSU School of Music Faculty)

• University Graduate Fellowship, Ball State University (2000-2001, 2001-2002)

• Winner, Bay Youth Orchestras of Virginia Young Composers Competition (2000)

• Graduate Research Fellowship, Central Michigan University (1999-2000)

• National Science Foundation, Graduate Fellowship Honorable Mention (1997)

• Miller Fellowship, Iowa State University (1996-1997, 1997-1998)

• Benjamin Trustman Traveling Fellowship, Harvard University (1995-1996)

• Elected to Phi Beta Kappa, Harvard University Chapter (1995)


ORIGINAL COMPOSITIONS PRESENTED AT CONFERENCES

• ’Til We Meet Again

October 22, 2013 / 1st International Trumpet Competition / Lodz, Poland

Richard Stoelzel, trumpet / Macieb Labecki, violin / Marta Maciezynska, piano

• Down by a River’s Side

August 9, 2013 / National Flute Association National Conference / New Orleans, LA

Ambrosia Flute Trio: Alexandra Aguirre / Brielle Frost / Nathaniel Berman (doubling clarinet)

Commissioned by the Ambrosia Flute Trio

• Ludington Woods, Movement 1

July 14, 2012 / World Saxophone Congress XVI / St. Andrews, Scotland

Cross Town Trio: Jackie Lamar, saxophone / Karen Griebling, viola / John Krebs, piano

• Pastorale for flute choir

May 21, 2011 / Texas Flute Society 34th

Annual Festival / Denton, TX

Advanced Flute Choir / Melissa Colgin-Abeln, conductor

• Ludington Woods, Movement 1

April 8, 2011 / North American Saxophone Alliance, Region 4 Confernece / Huntsville, TX

Cross Town Trio: Jackie Lamar, saxophone / Karen Griebling, viola / John Krebs, piano

• Three Miniatures for Flute and Soprano Saxophone

• All Aflutter

February 18-19, 2011 / North American Saxophone Alliance, Region 2 Confernece / Las Vegas, NV

Madera Winds: Alexandra Aguirre, flute / Nathaniel Berman, soprano and alto saxophones

Both works commissioned by the Madera Winds

• Dauntless, Boldly Forth

February 11, 2010 / Texas Music Educators Association Annual Conference / San Antonio, TX

UTEP Wind Symphony / Curtis Tredway, conductor

Commissioned by the UTEP Wind Symphony

• All Aflutter

January 16, 2010 / 33rd

Annual International Saxophone Symposium / George Mason University /

Fairfax, VA

Madera Winds: Alexandra Aguirre, flute / Nathaniel Berman, alto saxophone

Commissioned by the Madera Winds


• The Winds of a Summer Night

March 15, 2008 / College Music Society Pacific Central-Pacific Southern SuperRegional Conference /

Westmont College / Santa Barbara, CA

Renée Skerik, viola / Dominic Dousa, piano.

• Westward Journey

August 24, 2007 / International Trombone Festival / Beijing, China

Continental Trombone Quartet: Doug Farwell / Mark Sheridan-Rabideau / Peter Madsen / Steve Wilson

• Pastorale for flute choir

August 10, 2007 / National Flute Association Annual Convention / Albuquerque, NM

UTEP Flautistas / Melissa Colgin-Abeln, director

Commissioned by Melissa Colgin-Abeln for the UTEP Flautistas


March 9, 2007 / College Music Society Rocky Mountain Regional Conference / Red Rocks Community

College / Lakeland, CO (Denver metro area)

Stephanie Schweigart, viola / Dominic Dousa, piano


September 15, 2006 / College Music Society National Conference Composers’ Concerts / San Antonio,

TX


• Airstreams

July 7, 2000 / World Saxophone Congress / Montreal, PQ, Canada

John Nichol, saxophone / Aaron Lack, vibraphone

Commissioned by John Nichol, faculty saxophonist at Central Michigan University

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS (ACADEMIC)

• “A Quantitative Model of Key Distance, with an Analysis and Performance of Schumann’s

Märchenbilder, Op. 113, for viola and piano”

September 30, 2006 / Schumann Perspectives: A View Across Disciplines, an International Conference

commemorating the 150th anniversary of Robert Schumann’s death / Texas Tech University / Lubbock,

TX

A 45-minute lecture-recital. Lecture involved the presentation of an original theoretical analytic

technique. Musical performance involved a presentation of a 16-minute composition by Schumann.

Presented by Renee Skérik, viola (Texas Tech University), and Dominic Dousa, lecturer/piano.


• “The Poetry of Langston Hughes, in Song”

January 12, 2006 / Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities / Honolulu, HI

A performance of my original composition for solo voice and piano Six Songs on the Poetry of Langston

Hughes, along with three other settings of Hughes’s poetry by African-American composers. Presented

by Gerald Blanchard, baritone (Kellogg Community College / Battle Creek, MI), and Dominic Dousa,

piano.

PUBLICATIONS OF ORIGINAL COMPOSITIONS

• Little Suite, “In Early Spring”, for oboe or soprano saxophone and piano

(duration: 8 minutes) / Dorn Publications, Inc. (www.dornpub.com)

• A View from Within, for soprano saxophone and piano (10 minutes) / Dorn Publications, Inc.

• Soaring, for concert band (8 minutes) / TRN Music Publisher, Inc. (www.trnmusic.com)

• *New Day Dawning, for string orchestra (8 minutes) / TRN Music Publisher, Inc.

* Reviewed in The Instrumentalist, December 2008, p. 62

COMMERCIAL RECORDING OF ORIGINAL COMPOSITIONS

“With a Song in My Heart” / Blue Griffin Recording (Lansing, MI), BGR 117 (www.bluegriffin.com)

CD includes the complete song cycles With a Song In My Heart (26 minutes) and Six Songs on the

Poetry of Langston Hughes (19 minutes). Recorded by Gerald Blanchard, baritone, and Dominic Dousa,

piano

SELECTED PUBLIC PERFORMANCES OF ORIGINAL COMPOSITIONS

SOLO FACULTY COMPOSITION RECITALS (UTEP Faculty Recital Series)

• October 26, 2013 / Fox Fine Arts Recital Hall / El Paso, TX

Lands of Enchantment

Nayeli Dousa, piano / Dominic Dousa, piano

• Feburary 12, 2012 / Fox Fine Arts Recital Hall / El Paso, TX

Six Songs on the Poetry of Langston Hughes / With a Song in My Heart

Gerald Blanchard, baritone / Dominic Dousa, piano


A View from Within / Two Pieces for Flute and Piano / Sonata for Violin and Piano

Greg Luffey, soprano saxophone / Melissa Colgin-Abeln, flute / Mark Schuppener, violin / Dominic

Dousa, piano


• November 7, 2010 / Fox Fine Arts Recital Hall / El Paso, TX

Musings of a Desert Evening / Little Suite, “In Early Spring” / A Summer Pastorale / Psalm 23

(Korean) / Evocations from the Plains

Stephen Haddad, tuba / Don Wilkinson, soprano saxophone / Mark Schuppener, violin / Sang-In Han,

tenor / La Catrina String Quartet (New Mexico State University) / Dominic Dousa, piano

• February 17, 2009 / Fox Fine Arts Recital Hall / El Paso, TX

Mountain Song / Two Pieces for Viola Choir / Sonata for Viola and Piano,“From a Land Wild and

Free”

Renée Skerik, viola / Dominic Dousa, piano / Texas Tech University Viola Choir


The Winds of a Summer Night / Evening Piece and Summer Dance

(recital also included Brahms, Sonata No. 1 for Viola and Piano / Clarke, I’ll Bid My Heart Be Still)

Renée Skerik, viola / Dominic Dousa, piano


Suite for Flute and Guitar / Pastorale / Outdoors Music / Airstreams / Quintet for SATB Saxophone

Quartet and Piano

Melissa Colgin-Abeln, flute / John Siqueiros, guitar / Don Wilkinson, alto and soprano saxophones /

Dominic Dousa, piano / UTEP students and musicians from the El Paso Professional Music Community

• November 9, 2006 / Fox Fine Arts Recital Hall / El Paso, TX

Winter in the Country / Dream Land / Views from the Hills and Valleys

Elisa Fraser Wilson, mezzo-soprano / Lesley Chen, violin / Dominic Dousa, piano


High Vistas / Suite for Solo Guitar / Songs of Sea and Life / Ludington Woods

Dena Kay Jones, piano / John Siqueiros, guitar / Christopher Meerdink, tenor / Don Wilkinson, soprano

saxophone / Laurence Gibson, viola / Dominic Dousa, piano


A Festive Piece / Changes in the Air / A Winter Pastorale / Five Winter Pieces

Stephanie Schweigart, violin / Dominic Dousa, piano

PERFORMANCES OF INDIVIDUAL COMPOSITIONS (AND ARRANGEMENTS)

2014

• High Vistas

• Lands of Enchantment

May 31, 2014 / La Mesa United Church of Christ / LaMesa, CA

Nayeli Dousa, piano / Dominic Dousa, piano


• New Era Overture

May 4, 2014 / Holyoke Community College Fine & Performing Arts Building / Holyoke, MA

Holyoke Civic Symphony / David Kidwell, Conductor

Winning Entry for 2014 Holyoke Civic Symphony Composition Competition

• Estrella del Norte, Concierto Sinfónico para Piano y Orquesta

April 13, 2014 / Paso del Norte Theater / Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, México

Nayeli Dousa, piano soloist / Orquesta Sinfónia de Ciudad Juárez / Guillermo Quezada, conductor

Commissioned by the Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez as part of the institution’s 40th

Anniversary Celebration

• Through the Refining Fire (settings of the poetry of Bernice Love Wiggins, Claude McKay, Countee

Cullen)

February 6, 2014 / UTEP Fox Fine Arts Recital Hall / El Paso, TX

Eric Hanson, tenor / UTEP Virtuosi / Mark Schuppener, conductor

Commissioned by the UTEP Virtuosi for a concert celebrating Black History Month at UTEP

2013

• Sonata for Violin and Piano

• Evocations from the Plains

November 11, 2013 / Paso del Norte Theater / Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, México

Iliana Vasileva, violin / Roberto Jurado, violin / Guillermo Quezada, viola / Anna Zofia Analewicz,

cello / Nayeli Dousa, piano

• Riding the Wave (3 performances)

November 8, 2013 / South Country Library / Bellport, NY

July 7, 2013 / Old Westbury Gardens / Old Westbury, NY

April 15, 2013 / Distinguished Artist Series, Old Bethpage Library / Oyster Bay, NY

Thomas Piercy, clarinet (Oyster Bay) / Sandy Tepper, clarinet (Old Westbury & Bellport) / Suzanne

Mueller, cello / Elinor Abrams Zayas, piano

One of 15 winning compositions selected for the VoxNovus 15-Minutes-of-Fame concert (over 75 entries)

• Six Songs on the Poetry of Langston Hughes

October 29, 2013 / University of North Carolina at Greensboro / Greensboro, NC

Lesly Dumé, tenor

• Mountain Song (4 performances)

October 27, 2013 / White Rose Society / Benzonia, MI

March 9, 2013 / Interlochen Arts Academy / Interlochen, MI

February 23, 2013 / Los Alamos Methodist Church / Los Alamos, NM

February 22, 2013 / Albuquerque Youth Symphony Recital / Albuquerque, NM

Renée Skerik, viola / Susan Snyder, piano


• Dance for Guitar Quartet (3 performances)

August 8, 2013 / UTEP Fox Fine Arts Recital Hall (Student Recital: Manuel Flores) / El Paso, TX

May 15, 2013 / UTEP Fox Fine Arts Recital Hall (Student Recital: Luis Aguilera) / El Paso, TX

May 3, 2013 / UTEP Fox Fine Arts Recital Hall / El Paso, TX

Luis Aguilera / Manuel Flores / Hiram Rodriguez / Juan Cabrales, guitars

• Songs from a Child’s Garden

April 14, 2013 / UTEP Fox Fine Arts Recital Hall / El Paso, TX

Faculty Recital Series: Orit Eylon, soprano / Dominic Dousa, piano

• Western Evening Vistas


UTEP Wind Symphony / Ron Hufstader, conductor

• Rise Up!

January 26, 2013 / UTEP Magoffin Auditorium / El Paso, TX

2012-2013 TMEA Region 22 All-Region Symphonic Band / André Feagin, conductor

2012

• “Breeze” from Airstreams, for alto saxophone and vibraphone

April 24, 2012 / Bethel University / McKenzie, TN

Wesley Brockman, alto saxophone / Joshua Smith, vibraphone

• Six Songs on the Poetry of Langston Hughes (four selections)

February 26, 2012 / Kellogg Community College / Battle Creek, MI

Faculty Artists Recital / Gerald Blanchard, baritone / Nancy Brown, piano

• Sweet Little One

October 12, 2012 / Sul Ross State University / Alpine, TX

Sul Ross State University Wind Ensemble / Chris Dobbins, conductor

One of 5 winning compositions selected in Sul Ross University Wind Ensemble Composition Competition

• Desert Rain (2 performances)

October 9, 2012 / Texas State University / San Marcos, TX

October 1, 2012 / Fox Fine Arts Recital Hall / El Paso, TX

Lynn Ledbetter, violin / Stephanie Meyers, viola

• Behold I Build a House (2 performances)

September 9, 2012 / First Presbyterian Church / El Paso, TX

April 29, 2012 / First Presbyterian Church / El Paso, TX

First Presbyterian Church Choir / William Dickinson, conductor\

Commissioned for the 130th

anniversary celebration of First Presbyterian Church, El Paso


• Musings in the Night

September 7, 2012 / UTEP Fox Fine Arts Recital Hall / El Paso, TX

Departmental Faculty Recital / Charles Leinberger, flugelhorn / Dominic Dousa, piano

• Celebración Mexicana


UTEP String Orchestra / Lowell Graham, conductor

Commissioned by the UTEP String Orchestra

• Dusk on the Santa Fe Trail

March 29, 2012 / UTEP Fox Fine Arts Recital Hall / El Paso, TX

UTEP Symphony Band / André Feagin, conductor

• New Day Dawning

January 14, 2012 / Texas All-Region 22 Orchestra Program / El Paso, TX

TMEA Region 22 All-Region Orchestra / Mark Schuppener, conductor

2011

• Intrada

December 5, 2011 / Willie Pigg Auditorium / Mansfield, TX

Texas All Region 5 Band / Barbara Lambrecht, conductor

Chase on the High Plains

November 30, 2011 / UTEP Fox Fine Arts Recital Hall / El Paso, TX

UTEP Chamber Players / André Feagin, conductor

Commissioned by the UTEP Chamber Players

• Songs of Sea and Life

November 21, 2011 / First United Methodist Church / Tucson, AZ

Master’s Degree Recital (University of Arizona): Luciano Marazzo, tenor / Kyungsun Choi, piano

• Southwestern Fanfare / Intrada

November 20, 2011 / Coronado High School / El Paso, TX

The Edge of Texas Concert Band / Barbara Lambrecht, conductor

• New Era Overture (3 performances)

July 23, 2011 / Silver Center for the Arts / Plymouth, NH

July 8, 2011 / Gilford Auditorium / Gilford, NH

July 7, 2011 / Silver Center for the Arts / Plymouth, NH

New Hampshire Summer Festival Orchestra / Benjamin Loeb, conductor



May 3, 2011 / UTEP Magoffin Auditorium / El Paso, TX

UTEP Department of Music Gala / UTEP Symphony Orchestra / Lowell Graham, conductor

• Mountain Song / Sonata for Viola and Piano, “From a Land Wild and Free”

April 16, 2011 / Hemmle Recital Hall, Texas Tech University / Lubbock, TX

TTU Faculty Recital: Renée Skerik, viola / Dominic Dousa, piano

• Two Pieces for Viola Choir

April 10, 2011 / Hemmle Recital Hall, Texas Tech University / Lubbock, TX

TTU Faculty Recital: Texas Tech University Viola Choir / Renée Skerik, director

• Summer Dance


Faculty Recital Series: Stephanie Meyers, violin and viola / Dominic Dousa, piano


January 15, 2011 / Middle Tennessee School Band and Orchestra Association / Murfreesboro, TN

2011 All Middle Tennessee Senior High Orchestra / Lowell Graham, conductor

2010

• Czech Christmas Medley, arrangement of Czech Christmas music for choir and orchestra

December 19, 2010 / “Hear the Angels Sing”: A Christmas Concert / St. John’s Episcopal Church /

Lynchburg, VA

Cantate, the Children’s and Youth Choir of Central Virginia / Peggy Howell, director

• Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott, arrangement for piano four hands (3 performances)

October 29-31, 2010 / Reformation Lutheran Church, festival events / Las Vegas, NV

Linda Hunt / Joy Heideman / Lillian Kolar / Alice Hohenthaner, piano

Commissioned by Reformation Lutheran Church for their Reformation Sunday Retreat

• Prelude for Solo Guitar (3 performances)

December 4, 2010 / Fox Fine Arts Recital Hall / El Paso, TX

November 21, 2010 / Branigan Cultural Center / Las Cruces, NM

November 14, 2010 / El Paso Music Forum concert series, Museum of Art / El Paso, TX

John Siqueiros, guitar



UTEP Symphony Orchestra / Lowell Graham, conductor

Commissioned for season-opening concert of the UTEP orchestra under the direction of Dr. Lowell

Graham


• Mountain Spirit Rising

April 30, 2010 / Holsclaw Recital Hall / Tucson, AZ

Doctoral Recital: Nayeli López, piano

• Musings of a Desert Evening (3 performances)

September 5, 2010 / Facutly Departmental Recital

May 11, 2010 / Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia American Composer’s Recital

March 6, 2010 / Faculty Recital Series

UTEP Fox Fine Arts Recital Hall / El Paso, TX

Stephen Haddad, tuba / Dominic Dousa, piano

• Prairie Evening Song (4 performances)

April 30, 2010 / Choice Music Events Festival / Dallas, TX

April 24, 2010 / New Mexico State Band Contest / Los Lunas, NM

March 31, 2010 / Cobre Small School Band Festival / Bayard, NM

March 26, 2010 / “Music in Our Schools” concert / Deming, NM

March 10, 2010 / SWNMMEA Large Group Festival / Las Cruces, NM

Deming, NM High School Band / Bernie Chavez, director

• Ludington Woods, Movement 1 (2 performances)

April 26, 2010 / Reeves Hall, Hendrix College / Conway, AR

April 18, 2010 / First United Methodist Church, “Under the Dome” concert / Conway, AR

Cross Town Trio / Jackie Lamar, saxophone / Karen Griebling, viola / John Krebs, piano

• All Afultter

February 28, 2010 / St. Paul’s United Methodist Church / Las Cruces, NM

St. Paul’s Sunday Afternoon Series, Madera Winds – Alexandra Aguirre, flute / Nathaniel Berman, alto

saxophone

Commissioned by the Madera Winds

• Ludington Woods (version for two saxophones and piano)


Faculty Recital Series: Greg Luffey, soprano saxophone / Don Wilkinson, alto saxophone / Dominic

Dousa, piano

• 2010 EPSO Young Composer’s Medley, Arrangement (6 performances)

February 17-19, 2010 / Abraham Chavez Theatre / El Paso, TX

EPSO Young People’s Concerts / El Paso Symphony Orchestra / Andres Moran, conductor

Commissioned by the EPSO; arrangement/orchestration of winning entries for EPSO Young Composer’s

Competition


• Dauntless, Boldly Forth (3 performances)

February 10, 2010 / The University of Texas at Austin / Austin, TX

February 9, 2010 / Midland Lee High School / Midland, TX


UTEP Wind Symphony / Curtis Tredway, conductor

2009

• Prairie Evening Song

October 18, 2009 / New Mexico State University Recital Hall / Las Cruces, NM

Mesilla Valley Concert Band / William Clark, conductor

• Dream Land

October 8, 2009 / UTEP Fox Fine Arts Recital Hall / El Paso, TX

Faculty Recital Series: Melissa Colgin-Abeln, flute / Orit Eylon, soprano / Dominic Dousa, piano

• “A Voice Calls in the Wilderness” from Sonata for Viola and Piano, “From a Land Wild and Free”


Faculty Recital Series: Stephanie Meyers, viola / Dominic Dousa, piano

• Psalm 23 (setting in Korean)


Faculty Recital Series: Sang-In Han, tenor / Dominic Dousa, piano

• Departed Days

May 4, 2009 / UTEP Magoffin Auditorium / El Paso, TX

UTEP Music Department Gala, “Americana” / UTEP Chorale / William McMillan, conductor

• The King’s Folktale

April 21, 2009 / Nolan Richardson High School / El Paso, TX

Nolan Richardson Middle School Orchestra / Kelly Weddington, music director

• Hymn of Trust


UTEP Chorale / William McMillan, conductor

• Mountain Song (3 performances)

April 7, 2009 / Texas Tech University, Hemmle Recital Hall / Lubbock Texas

April 2, 2009 / Oklahoma University Recital Hall / Norman, OK

March 30, 2009 / Baldwin-Wallace Conservatory, Gamble Auditorium / Cleveland, OH

Renée Skerik, viola / Jim Howsmon, piano (B-W) / Stephanie Shames, piano (OU) / Susan Wass, piano

(TTU)


• Departed Days



• Young Composer’s Medley, Arrangement (6 performances)

January 28-30, 2009 / Abraham Chavez Theatre / El Paso, TX

EPSO Young People’s Concerts / El Paso Symphony Orchestra / Benjamin Loeb, conductor


Competition

• Evocations from the Plains

January 15, 2009 / El Paso Museum of Art / El Paso, TX

El Paso Pro Musica Chamber Music Series

Biava String Quartet (Austin Hartman and Hyunsu Ko, violins / Mary Persin, viola / Jason Calloway,

cello) / Doris Stevenson, piano

Commissioned by El Paso Pro Musica

2008

• Christmas Morning

December 14, 2008 / Plaza Theatre / El Paso, TX

Holiday Concert / El Paso Symphony Orchestra / Benjamin Loeb, conductor

• Two Pieces for Flute and Piano (2 performances)

May 25, 2008 / Atelier Series / American Church in Paris / Paris, France

May 22, 2008 / U.S. Embassy, Ambassador’s Residence / Paris, France

Melissa Colgin-Abeln, flute / Dominic Dousa, piano

Invited performances by the U.S. Ambassador’s Residence and the American Church in Paris

• Two Pieces for Flute and Piano


Faculty Recital Series: Melissa Colgin-Abeln, flute / Dominic Dousa, piano

• Southwestern Fanfare

April 29, 2008 / UTEP Magoffin Auditorium / El Paso, TX

UTEP Music Department Gala, “Sounds of the Southwest” / UTEP Chamber Brass Ensemble / Stephen

Haddad, director

Commissioned by the UTEP Department of Music for the 2008 UTEP Music Gala

• Aedh Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven




• Three Songs of Love


UTEP Women’s Glee Club / Elisa Wilson, conductor

• Title-Waves


Student Senior Recital: Krystal Mata, flute / Gilbert Mata, guitar / Michael Mata, marimba


March 29, 2008 / Wuhan Youth Palace Concert Hall / Wuhan, China

Wuhan Orchestra / Benjamin Loeb, conductor

• Hymn of Hope



• Sun City Medley, Arrangement (4 performances)

February 28-March 1, 2008 / Abraham Chavez Theatre / El Paso, TX

EPSO Young People’s Concerts / El Paso Symphony Orchestra / Benjamin Loeb, conductor


Competition

2007


December 16, 2007 / Abraham Chavez Theatre / El Paso, TX

El Paso Symphony Youth Orchestras / Benjamin Loeb, conductor

Commissioned by the EPYSOs as part of Composer-in Residence duties

• Czech Christmas Medley (2 performances)

December 8, 2007 / “Music with the Classic Touch” / Clark County Library Theater / Las Vegas, NV

December 5, 2007 / “A Celebration of Holiday Music” / Ronzone Elementary School / Las Vegas

Las Vegas Chamber Orchestra / Rodolfo Fernandez, conductor

Ronzone Elementary School Honor Choir / John Scheuer, music director

Commissioned for concerts sponsored in part by a grant from the Nevada Arts Council (State of Nevada)

and a PALS grant (City of Las Vegas)


October 11, 2007 / North Dakota State University, Beckwith Recital Hall / Fargo, ND

NDSU Faculty Recital: Robert Jones, baritone / Andrew Froelich, piano


• Mountain Song

October 5, 2007 / UTEP Fox Fine Arts Recital Hall / El Paso, TX

Faculty Recital Series: Stephanie Schweigart, viola / Dominic Dousa, piano


• Evening Piece and Summer Dance (4 performances)

September 15, 2007 / Texas Tech University, Hemmle Recital Hall / Lubbock, TX

*June 24, 2007 / Valley Community Presbytarian Church / Golden Valley, MN

Invited performance by the Minnesota Viola Society

June 23, 2007 / Studio A, St. Olaf College / Northfield, MN

June 22, 2007 / Calvary Episcopoal Church / Rochester, MN

Renée Skerik, viola / Dominic Dousa, piano

• Inner Chambers

May 17, 2007 / Parkland High School Recital Hall / El Paso, TX

Parkland High School Orchestra / Leonid Riters, music director / Dominic Dousa, guest

composer/conductor

• Love, the Greatest (2 performances)


Bruce Nehring Consort & UTEP Chorale / Quintessential Brass / Rodney Barbour, organ / Dr. Weston

Noble, conductor

Commissioned by the BNC for the Choral Festival conducted by Dr. Weston Noble

• Quintet for SATB Saxophone Quartet and Piano

March 25, 2007 / Plattsburgh State University (SUNY), Krinovitz Recital Hall / Plattsburgh, NY

Frontier Saxophone Quartet / Karen Becker, piano

Commissioned by Dan Gordon, faculty saxophonist at SUNY-Plattsburgh

• Love, My Lord and King



• Westward Journey (2 performances)


February 25, 2007 / NMSU Recital Hall / Las Cruces, NM


• Great Plains Hymn




2006

• Onward!

December 21, 2006 / Abraham Chavez Theatre / El Paso, TX



• A Winter Pastorale

December 14, 2006 / Wolfinsohn Room, Longy School of Music / Cambridge, MA

M.M. Degree Recital: Vanessa Cedillos, violin / Naoko Sugiyama, piano



Student Senior Recital: Jose Dominguez, tenor / Dominic Dousa, piano



Faculty Recital Series: Stephanie Schweigart, viola / Dominic Dousa, piano

• “The Sky’s the Limit” from High Vistas


Departmental Faculty Recital / Dena Kay Jones, piano / Dominic Dousa, piano


July 1, 2006 / UTEP Fox Fine Arts Recital Hall / El Paso, TX

El Paso Summer Music Festival / Lesley Chen, violin / Dominic Dousa, piano

• New Day Dawning

June 11, 2006 / Plaza Theatre / El Paso, TX



• In Song We Raise Our Voices (2 performances)

May 7, 2006 / Bronson Theatre / Bronson, MI

May 6, 2006 / St. Mark’s Episcopal Church / Coldwater, MI

Branch County Community Chorus 5th

Anniversary Concert / Gerald Blanchard, conductor

Commissioned by the BCCC in celebration of their 5th

Anniversary

• The Tears of Heaven

April 29, 2006 / St. Mary’s University, Chapel of St. Mary of the Angels / Winona, MN

St. Mary’s University Concert Choir / Patrick O’Shea, conductor


• Sail On!

April 25, 2006 / UTEP Magoffin Auditorium / El Paso, TX

Music Department Gala, “Fireworks” / UTEP Choirs and Wind Symphony / Ron Hufstader, conductor

Commissioned by the UTEP Department Music for the 2006 UTEP Music Gala

• Sculptors of Life


University Chorale / William McMillan, conductor

• The Tears of Heaven (2 performances)

March 4, 2006 / MSVMA District High School Choral Festival / Grand Haven, MI

February 28, 2006 / Pre-Festival Concert / Grant Fine Arts Center / Grant, MI

Grant High School Concert Choir / Benjamin Rodgers, conductor


January 12, 2006 / Florida State University, Opperman Music Hall / Tallahassee, FL

Continental Trombone Quartet

Commissioned by the Continental Trombone Quartet

2005

• “Crossing the Bar” from Songs of Sea and Life


Departmental Faculty Recital / Christopher Meerdink, tenor / Dominic Dousa, piano

• Little Suite, “In Early Spring” (3 performances)

June 22, 2005 / Juvan kirkossa / Juva, Finland

June 19, 2005 / Pieksämäen maaseurakunnan kirkossa / Pieksämäki, Finland

June 15, 2005 / Mikkelin maaseurakunnan kirkossa / Mikkeli, Finland

Daniel Gordon, soprano saxophone / Jari Piikki, piano

• Evening Piece and Summer Dance


Student Senior Recital: John Holguin, viola / Dominic Dousa, piano



Faculty Recital Series: Christopher Meerdink, tenor / Dominic Dousa, piano



University Chorale / William McMillan, conductor



February 23, 2005 / University of Alaska at Fairbanks, Charles W. Davis Concert Hall / Fairbanks, AK

Faculty and Guest Artist Recital: Christopher Meerdink, tenor / Jamila Hla-Shwe, piano

2004

• Soaring




November 6, 2004 / First United Methodist Church / South Bend, IN

Vesper Chorale / Bob Briggs, conductor

• A Festive Piece

June 5, 2004 / Christ United Methodist Church / Rochester, MN

Rochester Civic Music Guild Recital / Dominic Dousa, piano

• Changes in the Air

February 6, 2004 / Pruis Hall, Ball State University / Muncie, IN

BSU Faculty Recital: Jody Nagel, composer / Dominic Dousa, guest composer/piano

• Winter in the Country and Five Winter Pieces (selections)

January 19, 2004 / Figulio Recital Hall, St. Mary’s University / Winona, MN

Faculty Recital Series: Marta Kirk, violin / Dominic Dousa, piano

2003

• Six Songs on the Poetry of Langston Hughes (selections)

September 23, 2003 / University of Michigan at Flint / Flint, MI

Faculty Artists Recital: Gerald Blanchard, baritone / Wendy Chu, piano

• With a Song in My Heart (selections)

November 15, 2003 / 7th

Annual Joint Fellows Conference, IMGIP, ICEOP-KCP Initiative / East

Lansing, MI

Gerald Blanchard, baritone / Sergei Kvitko, piano

• On the Trail, Hopeward Bound

May 4, 2003 / Pruis Hall, Ball State University / Muncie, IN

East Central Indiana Youth Symphony / Georgios Kouritas, conductor


• Visions of the American Great Plains (2 performances)

March 2 & 4, 2003 / National Museum / Lima, Peru

National Symphony Orchestra of Peru / José-Luis Maúrtua, conductor

2002

• Views from the Hills and Valleys

October 17, 2002 / Pruis Hall, Ball State University / Muncie IN

Sarah Umlauf, violin / Dominic Dousa, piano

• The Tears of Heaven (4 performances)

May 16, 2002 / Shanghai Conservatory of Music / Shanghai, China

May 14, 2002 / Xian Conservatory of Music / Xian, China

May 11, 2002 / Beijing Theater / Beijing, China

May 10, 2002 / Peking Traditional Opera School / Beijing, China

Central Michigan University Concert Choir / Nina Nash-Robertson, conductor

• Views from the Hills and Valleys

June 27, 2002 / First United Methodist Church / Ashland, OR

2002 Music Institute for the Development of Personal Style in memory of Jascha Heifetz

Jessica Platt, violin / Dominic Dousa, piano


June 13, 2002 / Pruis Hall, Ball State University / Muncie, IN

Doctor of Arts Recital: Jessica Platt, violin / Dominic Dousa, piano


April 24, 2002 / Pruis Hall, Ball State University / Muncie, IN

Ball State University Concert Choir / Jeffrey Carter, conductor

Commissioned by the BSU Concert Choir


April 21, 2002 / Large Recital Hall, Central Michigan University / Mt. Pleasant, MI

Central Michigan University Concert Choir / Nina Nash-Robertson, conductor

Commissioned by the CMU Concert Choir for their 2003 Summer Tour to China

• Winter in the Country

February 8, 2002 / Pruis Hall, Ball State University / Muncie, IN

Ball State University 32nd Festival of New Music / Dominic Dousa, piano


2001

• A View from Within

October 24, 2001 / Pruis Hall, Ball State University / Muncie, IN

Joey Boyer, soprano saxophone / Dominic Dousa, piano

• Three Songs of Night

September 27, 2001 / Large Recital Hall, Central Michigan University / Mt. Pleasant, MI

CMU Faculty Recital: Jeffrey Foote, bass-baritone / Dominic Dousa, guest composer/piano

• Trio for Violin, Viola, and ’Cello

June 28, 2001 / First United Methodist Church / Ashland, OR

2001 Music Institute for the Development of Personal Style in memory of Jascha Heifetz

Jamie Gregory, violin / Sarah Bishop, cello / Dominic Dousa, piano

• Visions of the American Great Plains

March 9, 2001 / Aula Magna, Edificio de la Rectoría / Toluca, Mexico

March 8, 2001 / Teatro de Tenango del Valle / Tenango del Valle, Mexico

Orquesta de Cámara de la Universidad Autonoma del Estado de México with Orquesta de Cámara de la

Universitario de Michigan Centrale / José-Luis Maúrtua, conductor

• From the High Tatras

February 27, 2001 / Virginia Beach Pavillion Theatre / Virginia Beach, VA

Bay Youth Orchestras of Virginia / Leslie Stewart, music director / Steven Loy, conductor

Composition selected as winning entry for the 2000 BYOV Young Composer’s Competition

2000

• Visions of the American Great Plains

August 11, 2000 / Teatro Municipal / Trujillo, Peru

7th International Bach Festival / Orquesta de Cámara del Festival 2000 / José-Luis Maúrtua, conductor

• “Five British Pubs I Have Known Intimately” – Jeff Foote

• Three Songs of Night

November 2, 2000 / Large Recital Hall, Central Michigan University / Mt. Pleasant, MI

Faculty Recital Series: Jeffrey Foote, bass-baritone / Timothy Oonk, piano

Both works commissioned by Jeffrey Foote, faculty vocalist at CMU


• A View from Within

March 23, 2000 / Large Recital Hall, Central Michigan University / Mt. Pleasant, MI

5th CMU Symposium of New Music / Amy Decker, soprano saxophone / Dominic Dousa, piano

• Six Songs on the Poetry of Langston Hughes,

January 29, 2000 / Large Recital Hall, Central Michigan University / Mt. Pleasant, MI

CMU M.M. Degree Recital: Gerald Blanchard, baritone / Dominic Dousa, piano

1999

• Six Songs on the Poetry of Langston Hughes (selections)

November 12, 1999 / King-Chavez-Parks Future Faculty Regional Conference / Kalamazoo, MI

Gerald Blanchard, baritone / Mary Jo Cox, piano

• From the High Tatras

December 9, 1999 / Large Recital Hall, Central Michigan University / Mt. Pleasant, MI

Central Michigan University Symphony Orchestra / Carlton Woods, music director

• Winter in the Country

February 4, 1999 / Large Recital Hall, Central Michigan University / Mt. Pleasant, MI

4th CMU Symposium of New Music / Dominic Dousa, piano

1998

• Five Winter Pieces

March 27, 1998 / Iowa State University / Ames, IA

C. Buell Lipa Festival of Contemporary Music / Michael Elling, violin / Dominic Dousa, piano

1996

• Two Pastorales for clarinet and piano

• String Quartet (mvts. 1 and 4)

July 24, 1996 / Akademie Múzických Umění / Prague, Czech Republic

Stephanie Zelnick, clarinet / Dominic Dousa, piano / Kvarteto Jupiter


ORIGINAL COMPOSITIONS

(WHICH HAVE RECEIVED PUBLIC PERFORMANCES)

* indicates commissioned work

Chamber

• Lands of Adventure, suite in 6 movements, for piano 4-hands (2013; 50 min.)

• *Down by a River’s Side, in 2 movements, for flute trio [with 3rd

doubling clarinet] (2013; 12 min.)

• Riding the Wave, for clarinet, cello, and piano (2013; 3 min.)

• Desert Rain, for violin and viola (2012; 5 min.)

• *Chase on the High Plains, for chamber wind ensemble (2011; 6 min.)

• *Three Miniatures for Flute and Alto Saxophone (2010; 9 min.)

• *All Aflutter, for flute and alto saxophone (2009; 6 min.)

• *Evocations from the Plains, for piano quintet (2008; 18 min.)

• *’Til We Meet Again, for trumpet, violin, and piano (2008; 8 min.)

• *Pastorale, for flute choir (2007; 5 min.)

• Suite for Flute and Guitar (2006; 15 min.)

• *Quintet for SATB Saxophone Quartet and Piano (2006; 11 min.)

• *Westward Journey, for trombone quartet (2006; 11 min.)

• High Vistas, in 3 movements, for piano 4-hands (2005; 18 min.)

• Outdoors Music, for string quartet (2003; 9 min.)

• Three Pieces for Violin, Viola, and ’Cello (2001; 15 min.)

• *Five Pieces for Two Clarinets (1999; 14 min.)

• *Airstreams, in 3 movements, for alto saxophone and vibraphone (1999; 17 min.)

• Ludington Woods, trio in 3 movements for soprano saxophone, viola, and piano (1999; 26 min.)

Solo Instrumental (and Solo Instrument with Piano)

• Musings in the Night, for flugelhorn and piano (2012; 8 min.)

• Sonata for Violin and Piano, in 3 movements (2011; 38 min.)

• Musings of a Desert Evening, for tuba and piano (2010; 6 min.)

• Mountain Spirit Rising, for solo piano (2010; 8 min.)

• Sonata for Viola and Piano, “From a Land Wild and Free”, in 3 movements (2008; 32 min.)

• Two Pieces for Flute and Piano (2008; 14 min.)

• Mountain Song, for viola and piano (2007; 10 min.)

• The Winds of a Summer Night, for viola and piano (2006; 9 min.)

• Prelude, for solo guitar (2004; 3 min.)

• Changes in the Air, in 3 movements, for solo piano (2004; 20 min.)

• Views from the Hills and Valleys, for violin and piano (2002; 15 min.)

• A Winter Pastorale, for violin and piano (2002; 9 min.)

• Little Suite, “In Early Spring”, for oboe or soprano saxophone and piano (2000; 8 min.)

• A View from Within, for soprano saxophone and piano (1999; 10 min.)


• As You Like It, for solo viola (1999; 4 min.)

• Winter in the Country, in 7 movements, for solo piano (1998; 28 min.)

• Five Winter Pieces, for violin and piano (1998; 20 min.)

• Evening Piece and Summer Dance for solo viola and piano (1995, rev. 2007; 16 min.)

• Two Pastorales, for oboe and piano (1994; 5 min.)

Solo Vocal

• *Through the Refining Fire (texts by Bernice Love Wiggins, Claude McKay and Countee Cullen), for

tenor and string orchestra (2013; 15 min.)

• Songs from a Child’s Garden (texts by Robert Louis Stevenson), for mezzo-soprano and piano (2013;

15 min.)

• Psalm 23 (setting in Korean), for tenor and piano (2009; 7 min.)

• Songs of Sea and Life (three songs on texts by Alfred Tennyson), for medium voice and piano (2004;

10 min.)

• With a Song in My Heart (seven songs on texts by Gerald Blanchard), for baritone voice and piano

(2001; 26 min.)

• *Three Songs of Night (texts by William Wordsworth and William Barnes), for bass-baritone voice and

piano (2000; 15 min.)

• *“Five British Pubs I Have Known Intimately” – Jeff Foote (five humorous songs on texts from the

Good Beer Guide published by the Campaign for Real Ale), for bass-baritone voice and piano (2000; 8

min.)

• *Dream Land (four songs on texts by Christina Rossetti), for soprano voice and piano (2000; 14 min.)

• Six Songs on the Poetry of Langston Hughes, for baritone voice and piano (1999; 19 min.)

Choral

• *Behold, I Build a House (text from 2nd

Chronicles) for SATB choir and organ (2012; 4 min.)

• Departed Days (text by Oliver Wendell Holmes) for SATB choir a capella (2008; 3 min.)

• Hymn of Trust (text by Oliver Wendell Holmes) for SATB choir a capella (2008; 3 min.)

• Three Songs of Love (texts by John Boyle O’Reilly, Alfred Tennyson, and Thomas Hood) for SSA

choir and piano (2007; 8 min.)

• *Love, The Greatest (text from 1st Corinthians) for SATB choir, brass quintet, flute, oboe, percussion,

and organ (2007; 10 min.)

• *Sail On! (text by Henry W. Longfellow), for SATB choir and wind ensemble (2006; 3 min.)

• *In Song We Raise Our Voices (original text), for SATB choir and piano (2006; 3 min.)

• Love, My Lord and King (text by Alfred Tennyson), for SATB choir and piano (2005; 4 min.)

• Sculptors of Life (text by George W. Doane), for SATB choir and piano (2005; 3 min.)

• *The Tears of Heaven (text by Alfred Tennyson), for SATB choir and piano (2002; 4 min.)

• *Aedh Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven (text by William Butler Yeats), for SATB choir and piano

(2001; 6 min.)


Orchestral

• *Estrella del Norte, concierto sinfonico para piano y orquestra (2014; 40 min.)

• *Celebración Mexicana, for string orchestra (2011; 9 min.)

• *New Era Overture, for full orchestra (2010; 9 min.)

• The King’s Folktale, for youth string orchestra (2008; 4 min.)

• *Christmas Morning, for full orchestra (2007; 6 min.)

• Inner Chambers, for youth string orchestra (2006; 5 min.)

• *Onward, versions for string orchestra and full orchestra (2006; 5 min.)

• *New Day Dawning, versions for string orchestra and full orchestra (2006; 8 min.)

• Visions of the American Great Plains, for oboe, two horns, and string orchestra (2000; 8 min.)

• On the Trail, Hopeward Bound, for full orchestra (2000; 13 min.)

• From the High Tatras, for full orchestra (1997; 11 min.)

Band

• *Rise Up! (2012; 4 min.)

• Sweet Little One (2012; 4 min.)

• Western Evening Vistas (2012; 7 min.)

• *Dusk on the Santa Fe Trail (2011; 8 min.)

• *Dauntless, Boldly Forth (2009; 6 min.)

• Prairie Evening Song (2007; 4 min.)

• Intrada (2007; 4 min.)

• Hymn of Hope (2005; 10 min.)

• Great Plains Hymn (2005; 9 min.)

• Soaring (2003; 8 min.)

Arrangements

• *Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott, for piano 4-hands (2010; 4 min.)

• *2010 EPSO Young Composer’s Medley, for orchestra (2010; 3 min.)

• *A Hunting We Will Go (Animal Nursery Rhyme Medley), for solo (child’s) voice and chamber

orchestra (2009; 10 min.)

• *Young Composer’s Medley, for orchestra (2009; 4 min.)

• *Sun City Medley, for orchestra (2008; 2 min.)

• *Czech Christmas Medley, for youth choir and string orchestra (2007; 4 min.)


PERFORMING EXPERIENCE (PIANO)

COLLABORATIVE RECITALS

• El Paso Pro-Musica / “What Makes It Great” program / Rob Kapilow, lecturer / Stephanie Meyers,

violin / Zuill Bailey, cello

January 28, 2014 / Fox Fine Arts Recital Hall

Full Recital (70 minutes)

• UTEP Faculty Recital / Stephanie Meyers, violin

September 14, 2013 / Fox Fine Arts Recital Hall

Half of program (25 minutes)

• UTEP Faculty & Guest Artist Recital / Lynn Ledbetter, violin / Stephanie Meyers, viola

October 1, 2012 / Fox Fine Arts Recital Hall

Selections from program (25 minutes)

• UTEP Faculty Recital / Greg Luffey, saxophones & Erik Unsworth, bass

March 27, 2011 / Fox Fine Arts Recital Hall


• UTEP Faculty Recital / Stephanie Meyers, violin and viola

March 4, 2011 / Fox Fine Arts Recital Hall


• UTEP Guest Artist Recital / Paul Merkelo, trumpet (Montreal Symphony)

March 7, 2010 / Fox Fine Arts Recital Hall / El Paso, TX


• UTEP Faculty Recital / Stephen Haddad, tuba and Nancy Taylor, trumpet

March 6, 2010 / Fox Fine Arts Recital Hall / El Paso, TX


• UTEP Faculty Recital / Greg Luffey, saxophone

February 21, 2010 / Fox Fine Arts Recital Hall / El Paso, TX


• UTEP Faculty Recital / Melissa Colgin-Abeln, flute




• UTEP Faculty Recital / Stephanie Meyers, violin and viola

September 18, 2009 / Fox Fine Arts Recital Hall / El Paso, TX


• UTEP Faculty Recital: Korean Art Song, Ga-Gok / Sang-In Han, tenor

May 23, 2009 / Fox Fine Arts Recital Hall / El Paso, TX



April 4, 2009 / Fox Fine Arts Recital Hall / El Paso, TX


• El Paso Pro Musica Chamber Music Series / Stephanie Schweigart, viola

January 15, 2009 / El Paso Museum of Art / El Paso, TX


• UTEP Faculty Recital / Stephanie Schweigart, violin and viola



• UTEP and NMSU Faculty & Guest Artist Recitals / Steve Wilson and Allan Kaplan, trombone

September 22, 2008 / NMSU Recital Hall / Las Cruces, NM


Selections for trombone duet and piano and chamber ensemble (20 minutes)


May 18, 2008 / Fox Fine Arts Recital Hall / El Paso, TX


• Chamber music recital for viola and piano (4 performances) / Renee Skerik, viola

September 15, 2007 / Texas Tech University, Hemmle Recital Hall / Lubbock, TX

*June 24, 2007 / Valley Community Presbytarian Church / Golden Valley, MN

*Invited performance by the Minnesota Viola Society

June 23, 2007 / Studio A, St. Olaf College / Northfield, MN

June 22, 2007 / Calvary Episcopoal Church / Rochester, MN


• UTEP Faculty Recital Series / Stephanie Schweigart, violin and viola


Performed half of the recital (30 minutes)


• UTEP Guest Artist Recital / Jaunelle Celaire, soprano



• UTEP Student Senior Recital / John Holguin, viola



• Ball State University Doctor of Arts Recital / Jessica Platt, violin

June 13, 2002 / Pruis Hall, Ball State University / Muncie, IN


• Faculty & Guest Artist Recital / Jeffrey Foote, bass-baritone & Michelle Vought, soprano

February 6, 2000 / Large Recital Hall, Central Michigan University / Mt. Pleasant, MI


SOLO RECITALS

• “Twentieth-Century Piano Music”

Janáček, In the Mists / Weston, …into all crevices of my world / Bartók, Three Folk Songs from the Csík

District / Winter in the Country, original composition

November 21, 1999 / Chamichian Recital Hall, Central Michigan University / Mt. Pleasant, MI

• “Music from the Beginning and End of the 20th Century”

Janáček, On the Overgrown Path, Series 1 / Five Winter Pieces, original composition

(Assisted by Emma Crydermann, violin)

March 27, 1999 / Chamichian Recital Hall, Central Michigan University / Mt. Pleasant, MI

OTHER ACCOMPANYING EXPERIENCE

• Accompanist (paid position) / St. Pius X Catholic Church / Rochester, MN (September 2003-May

2004)

• Official Accompanist, 4th International Singing Competition / Trujillo, Peru (August 2000)

• Numerous performances as accompanist and chamber musician for faculty and student recitals

Central Michigan University, Ball State University, St. Mary’s University (Winona, MN), and the

University of Texas at El Paso (1999-present)

SELECTED REPERTOIRE (Accompanying & Chamber Music)

• Bartók, Concerto for Viola and Orchestra (Mvt. 1)

• Beethoven, Sonata No. 3 in E-flat Major for Violin and Piano, Op. 12, No. 3

• Beethoven, Sonata No. 5 in F Major for Violin and Piano, Op. 24 (“Spring” sonata)

• Beethoven, Sonata No. 9 in A Major for Violin and Piano, Op. 47 (“Kreutzer” sonata)

• Beethoven, Piano Trio in C Minor, Op. 1, No. 3 (Mvts. 1, 3, 4)


• Beethoven, Piano Trio in B-flat Major (“Archduke”), Op. 97

• Boccherini, Sonata No. 6 in A Major for Cello (Viola) and Piano

• Brahms, Sonata in F Minor for Viola (Clarinet) and Piano, Op. 120, No. 1

• Brahms, Sonata No. 1 in G major for Violin and Piano, Op. 78

• Brahms, Sonata No. 3 in D Minor for Violin and Piano, Op. 108

• Debussy, Sonata for Violin and Piano (Mvt. 1)

• Dvořák, Piano Trio in E Minor, Op. 90 (“Dumky”)

• Franck, Sonata in A Major for Violin and Piano (Mvts. 1, 2)

• Glinka, Sonata in D Minor for Viola and Piano

• Hindemith, Horn Concerto (Mvts. 1, 2)

• Martinů, Sonata for Flute and Piano

• Mendelssohn, Sonata for Viola and Piano in C minor

• Milhaud, Sonatine for Flute and Piano

• Milhaud, Sonata No. 1 for Viola and Piano

• Nelyhbel, Concertato for Tenor Trombone, Bass Trombone, and Chamber Ensemble

• Rorem, Picnic on the Marne (alto saxophone and piano)

• Saint-Saëns, Sonata for Oboe and Piano

• Schumann, Märchenbilder for Viola and Piano, Op. 113

• Vieuxtemps, Sonata in B-flat Major for Viola and Piano, Op. 36

• Villa-Lobos, Fantasia for Saxophone and Chamber Orchestra

• Wilder, Effie Suite for Tuba and Piano

• Woods, Sonata for Alto Saxophone and Piano

PERFORMING EXPERIENCE (CONDUCTING)

• El Paso Pro-Musica / Gil Morgenstern, violin / William Kuyper, French horn / Zuill Bailey, cello / Erik

Unsworth, bass / Larry White, percussion / Piers Lane, piano

January 13, 2013 / Fox Fine Arts Recital Hall

January 12, 2013 / UTEP Fox Fine Arts Recital Hall / El Paso, TX


INSTITUTIONAL SERVICE

The University of Texas at El Paso

University Service

• UTEP Centennial Campaign / Composer of background music for campaign fundrasing video

(Summer 2009)

• Faculty Senate (Senator, December 2007-July 2009 / Alternate, Summer 2006-November 2007 &

March 2014)


• Outstanding Graduate/Undergraduate Thesis Award Committee (Spring 2008)

• Music Department Representative, Parkland High School UTEP Professional Day

February 28, 2007 / Parkland High School / El Paso, TX

Departmental Service

• Graduate Advisor, Department of Music (Fall 2014-present)

• Faculty Evaluation Committee, Department of Music (Fall 2014-present, Spring 2011-Spring 2012)

• Undergraduate Handbook Committee, Department of Music (Fall 2013-Spring 2014)

• Undergraduate Oversight Committee, Department of Music (Spring 2008)

• State Employee Charitable Campaign, Department of Music Coordinator (2007, 2008)

• Theory and Composition Degree Plan Committee, Department of Music (Fall 2006-Spring 2007)

• New Faculty Handbook Committee, Department of Music (Fall 2006-Spring 2007)

• Music Theory Placement Exam Administrator, Department of Music (Summer 2005-present)

Ball State University

• Exam Administrator & Evaluator for prospective music students (2002-2003)

• Graduate Student Representative, Search Committee for the Dean of the College of Fine Arts (2001-

2002)

Central Michigan University

• Coordinator, 4th CMU Symposium of New Music / Zae Munn, guest composer (1999)

COMMUNITY AND EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH

• Adjudicator, Music Teachers National Association Southwest Division Composition Competition

October-November 2012

Judged 14 entries from the MTNA’s southwest region.

• Mentor / Performance Standards Project / Anthony Gardea, El Paso High School

2010-2011 Academic Year / El Paso, TX

• Presenter, “Composer of the Month” event / Tippin Elementary School

Septermber 28, 2010 / El Paso, TX

• 2 performances (as pianist, composer) at White Acres Good Samaritan Society

January 6 & June 30, 2010 / El Paso, TX

• Adjudicator, Socorro High School Fine Arts Scholarships

May 20, 2010 / El Paso, TX

Judged 20 entries for two $1000 scholarships.


• Adjudicator, El Paso Symphony Youth Orchestras Concerto Competition Preliminary Round

January 12, 2009 / El Paso, TX

• Performance (as pianist) at El Paso Opera Guild Luncheon with Sang-In Han, tenor

December 6, 2008 / Lancers Club / El Paso, TX

• Adjudicator, Central Michigan University 4th

Annual Orchestral Composition Competition

January 2008

Judged six entries of orchestral compositions by CMU composition students; provided comments and

selected winning entry for performance with CMU orchestra / Honorarium received



• Presentation & Performance of Original Compositions for Violin and Piano / Austin Chamber Music

Center Summer Workshop

July 13, 2007 / Austin, TX

• Adjudicator, El Paso ISD for Performance Standards Project

April 24, 2007 / El Paso, TX

• House Manager, UTEP Music Department Gala

2007, 2008, 2009 / El Paso, TX



• Workshop Advisor / Designing AP Theory Courses for High Schools / El Paso ISD

December 1, 2006 / UTEP / El Paso, TX

• Pre-concert Lectures, El Paso Pro-Musica

November 10, 2006 / The Piano Sonatas of Beethoven (panel discussion)

January 21, 2006 / The Chamber Music of Mozart

Fox Fine Arts Recital Hall / El Paso, TX

• Adjudicator, Coronado High School PTSA Arts Scholarships

April 2006 / El Paso, TX

• Performance of Art Songs with Guest Soprano Januelle Celaire

February 9, 2006 / McCall Neighborhood Center (African American Cultural Center) / El Paso, TX

• Performance of Art Songs and Original Composition for Piano / USA and UTEP Representative

November 27, 2005 / Festival de las Naciones / Nuevo Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, Mexico

• Presentation on Composing Music and Performance of an Original Composition

November 17, 2005 / El Paso Pro-Musica Guild / El Paso, TX

• Pre-concert Lectures, El Paso Symphony

October 21-22, 2005 / Abraham Chavez Theatre / El Paso, TX


• Presentation on Collaboration Process of Composer and Performer (with UTEP faculty guitarist John

Siqueiros)

October 6, 2005 / Stephen F. Austin High School / El Paso, TX

• Presentation on Incorporating Composition into Early Musical Training

September 8, 2005 / El Paso Music Teachers Association / El Paso, TX

• Mentor / Performance Standards Project / Brian Soto, Montwood High School

2004-2005 Academic Year / El Paso, TX

• Clinician (composer), Choral Retreat / John Marshall High School Choir

January 17, 2004 / Mayo Civic Center / Rochester, MN

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP

• Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia (2009-present)

• The College Music Society (2003-2004, 2006-2008, 2014-present)

• Composer-in-Residence, El Paso Symphony Youth Orchestras (2005-2009)

Documents

Curriculum Vitae Dr. Dominic Dousahb2504.utep.edu/vitas/ddousa.pdf- 6 - CV – Dominic Dousa • November 7, 2010 / Fox Fine Arts Recital Hall / El Paso, TX Musings of a Desert Evening