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A celebrated composer, Damien infuses classical music with various styles from the Black diaspora. His growing body of work includes chamber, vocal, orchestral, and full operatic works. Recent highlights include commissions Cantata for a Hopeful Tomorrow for The Washington Chorus with subsequent performances at Pacific Chorale, Choral Arts Northwest, Bethune Cookman University, Northern Arizona University, Southwestern University, and Berkshire Choral International, with future performances at Minnesota Choral Artists, The Justice Symphony for the University of Michigan with subsequent performances with The Washington Chorus at the Kennedy Center, with future performances at Fort Worth Opera, Buh-roke for the Portland Baroque Orchestra which will have subsequent performances with the Seattle Symphony, Invisible for Opera Theater Oregon, and String Quartet No. 1, Neo-Soul for All Classical Portland and On-Site Opera. His piece 1619 also appeared with On Site Opera last fall as part of their presentation “What Lies Beneath.” 

Geter had six premieres as a composer in 2022. His large work, An African American Requiem, premiered in Spring 2022 commissioned by Resonance Ensemble with subsequent performances at the Kennedy Center. I Said What I Said for Imani Winds, co-commissioned by Anima Mundi Productions, Chamber Music Northwest, and The Oregon Bach Festival premiered in 2022 as well, in addition to his one-act opera Holy Ground for Glimmerglass Opera in July. Also premiering in July 2022 was his piece Elegy for the American Guild of Organists, his piece The Bronze Legacy for Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and the chamber version of American Apollo for Des Moines Metro Opera.

Updated February 2023

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