Douglas Boyce writes chamber music that draws on Medieval and Renaissance traditions and modernist aesthetics, building rich rhythmic and melodic structures that shift between order, fragmentation, ferocity, and an elegant quietism. His approach is deeply historical and broadly philosophical; the works themselves connect to many aspects of the scholarship in the humanities, including history, anthropology, literary studies, and philosophy.

His music has been described as "vastly stimulating on all levels, whether intellectual or emotional" ( Colin Clarke, Fanfare), "seriously engaging and masterfully developed" (Allan J. Cronin, New Music Buff) and as having "a natural feel for dramatic, linear flow, and a sense of daring and imagination." (Peter Burwasser, Fanfare). Douglas Boyce is Professor of Music at George Washington University and holds a BA in music and Physics from Williams College (1992), an MM in composition from the University of Oregon (1996), and a PhD in Composition from the University of Pennsylvania (2000). He is a composer-in-residence of counter)induction, a composer/performer collective active in the New York region (www.counterinduction.com). His works have been published by New Dynamic Records, Capstone Records, the Society of Composers, Inc., and New Focus Recordings.