Dominic Dousa, D.A.

Music Theory and Composition

Graduate Program Director

Dominic Dousa, a native of Rochester, Minnesota, has been a member of the faculty at the University of Texas at El Paso Department of Music since 2004. He holds degrees in music from Ball State University (D.A.), Central Michigan University (M.M.), and Harvard University (A.B. summa cum laude), and in statistics from Iowa State University (M.S.), and has also studied composition in Prague. His primary composition teachers include Jody Nagel, David Gillingham, Craig Weston, and Milan Slavický. At UTEP, Dousa teaches courses in music theory and composition and has been the director of the Department of Music’s graduate program since 2014.

Dousa’s compositions have received performances at recitals, festivals, and conferences in the U.S. and in 16 countries worldwide. Blue Griffin Recording has released two CDs of Dousa’s chamber music, including A Musical Portrait of the American Southwest, which features UTEP faculty member Stephen Nordstrom on viola and Dousa at the piano. This recording has received critical acclaim in Gramophone magazine and American Record Guide. 

As a collaborative pianist and chamber musician, Dousa has performed in numerous recitals with faculty, guest artists, and students, including presentations with his fellow UTEP faculty member, world-renowned cellist and 2017 Grammy-award winner Zuill Bailey. He has also worked with UTEP Professor of Mathematical Sciences Larry Lesser on a grant project sponsored by the National Science Foundation involving teaching statistics through educational songs.

Contact Info

Department of Music

Email: ddousa@utep.edu

Office: FFA M401C

Office Phone: (915) 747-7819