Dominic Dousa, a native of Rochester, Minnesota, joined the faculty of the University of Texas at El Paso in August of 2004. He holds degrees from Ball State University (D.A., Music Theory & Composition, 2003), Central Michigan University (M.M., Music Composition, 2000), Iowa State University (M.S., Statistics, 1998), and Harvard University (A.B. summa cum laude, Music, 1995). He also has studied composition in Prague (1995-96). His primary composition teachers include Jody Nagel, David Gillingham, Craig Weston, and Milan Slavicky.

Before coming to UTEP, Dr. Dousa held teaching positions at St. Mary's University in Winona, MN (aural skills, music appreciation) and Rochester (MN) Community and Technical College (business & economic statistics). He also has taught music courses at Ball State University, Anderson (IN) University, and Central Michigan University, and statistics courses at Iowa State University.

Dr. Dousa's compositions have received successful performances in the U.S. and abroad. In 2003, his composition Visions of the American Great Plains was performed in Lima by the National Symphony Orchestra of Peru under the baton of Jose-Luis Maurtua. The Central Michigan University Concert Choir, directed by Nina Nash-Robertson, performed Dousa's choral setting of Tennyson's The Tears of Heaven at several venues in China in the summer of 2002. Other events where Dousa's works have been presented include the 2000 World Saxophone Congress in Montreal, the 7th Annual Bach Festival in Trujillo, Peru (2000), and a concert series in Toluca, Mexico that was sponsored in part by the Mexican Institute of Culture (2001).

Two of Dousa's song cycles, With a Song in My Heart and Six Songs on the Poetry of Langston Hughes, have been recorded by baritone Gerald J. Blanchard (with Dousa at the piano) and released on the CD With a Song in My Heart by Blue Griffin Recording. This CD features art songs set to texts of African American poets.

With a Song in My Heart

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