Eric Simonson received his Ph.D. from the University of California--San Diego in 1999.  That year he joined the liberal arts faculty at Danville Area Community College and has been teaching all of the music courses there.  His degrees are in composition, but his interests and teaching experience have involved computer music, music theory and musicology.  He first studied piano with Boaz Sharon at the University of Tulsa.  Later he studied composition with Harvey Sollberger at Indiana University and Roger Reynolds at UC--San Diego.   His current creative project (entitled Geometries) is a group of chamber music pieces that incorporate electroacoustic and computer generated sounds. He has performed as soloist with the Tulsa Philharmonic, Oklahoma City Symphony and the Memphis State University Orchestra.  Before turning his attention exclusively to composition and teaching, he enjoyed a busy career as an accompanist.  Simonson has extensive experience conducting (especially in 20th century repertoire).  Prior to coming to DACC, he was a part-time instructor at Tulsa University and UC-San Diego.