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Born 1960 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Douglas Henderson studied music composition and theory with Elie Yarden, Milton Babbitt, Paul Lansky, and J.K. Randall. He received his Doctorate in Music Composition from Princeton University and his Bachelor's degree in Music from Bard College. He recently chaired the Sonic Arts Department at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and conducts master classes in electroacoustic composition, sound design, multi-channel audio and recording arts. He lives and works in Berlin.
He has been awarded a 2007 DAAD residency in Berlin, and a 2007 Foundation for Contemporary Arts Individual Artist grant. He received a 2008 Rockefeller Foundation Multi-Arts Program Award for "Music for 100 Carpenters" and shared another in 2005 for work with choreographer Luis Lara Malvacías.
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 Douglas Henderson, Fadensonnen (Detail), 2009, Fiberglass, wood, rope, speakers, 8 channel audio. 42 x 42 x 350cm, 25 min. |
