Cameron Dammann, a Portland-based composer, studied composition privately with Daron Hagen at the Chicago College of Performing Arts.

He wrote and directed the one-act opera In Country, and assistant directed Hagen’s operafilm 9/10: Love Before the Fall.

Frequently collaborating with designers, and filmmakers, his commissioned work for Tanner Fletcher has been described as “breathtaking” and “worthy of Lincoln Center.”