Douglas Knehans | |
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Origin | St. Louis, Missouri |
Occupation | Composer |
Douglas Knehans (born 1957, St. Louis, Missouri) is an American/Australian composer. He is the Norman Dinerstein Professor of Composition Scholar at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. [1]
Knehans is also the director of Ablaze Records, a company which records and produces music by living composers. [2]
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