Damian Doria, FASA

Before joining Alec Stoll in founding Stages, Damian Doria was one of three partners at Artec Consultants, where he was engaged for over 17 years. Damian served many roles, including Principal Auditorium Designer and Principal Acoustician. He also served for 10 years as President of the company.

Working alongside Artec’s Founding Chairman, Russell Johnson, Damian was privileged to assist in development of designs for the Concert Hall in Lucerne, Switzerland; Sala Sao Paulo, Brazil; and the Arsht Center in Miami, FL. He played key roles in the conceptualization and realization of Artec’s designs for Toronto’s Roy Thomson Hall Acoustic Enhancement Project, and Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York, NY. Damian led the designs for the Renee and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall in Costa Mesa, CA; The Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel, IN; Harpa, Reykjavik Concert Hall and Conference Centre, Iceland. Damian’s current projects for Stages include the new music center for Sarasota Orchestra in Sarasota, FL; a new performing arts complex at the University of Central Florida in Orlando, FL; the Faena Hotel and Forum in Sao Paulo, Brazil; the Sequis Tower Ballroom in Jakarta, Indonesia; the PNE Amphitheatre and the Oakridge Mall Performance Venues both in Vancouver, BC; the Greater Vernon Cultural Centre in Vernon, BC; the Bijou Theatre in Knoxville, TN; the Venice Theatre in Venice, FL; and the Zeiterion Performing Arts Center in New Bedford, MA.

Damian is a Fellow of the Acoustical Society of America, a member of the National Council of Acoustical Consultants and a member of Tau Beta Pi and Pi Tau Sigma Engineering Societies, and the Order of the Engineer. Damian organized and chaired the 170th meeting of The Acoustical Society of America (a Joint Meeting with the European Acoustics Association) in Boston in June 2017, and is active on a number of technical and administrative committees. Damian also serves on the Board of Trustees for the Legacy Theatre, a community theatre company on the Connecticut Shoreline. Damian serves as lecturer on the subject of room acoustics for performing arts for the David Geffen School of Drama at Yale University. Damian received a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering (cum laude) with emphasis in Acoustics and Music from the University of Hartford College of Engineering.