Bonnie Miksch is a composer who writes both acoustic and electroacoustic works. Her music explores the distinctly human realms of emotions, dreams, and states of consciousness, and combines diverse elements with an ear for coherence. Her music has been performed in Asia, Europe, Canada, and throughout the U.S. She has received commissions from 45th Parallel Universe, fEARnoMUSIC, Fireworks Ensemble, and Beta Collide. Her works have also been performed by the Claremont Trio, Pyxis Quartet, newEar, and the Portland Vocal Consort, and presented at international, national, and regional venues including ICMC (China, Greece, Singapore, Denmark), The International Contemporary Music Festival (Korea), SEAMUS, the Third Practice Electroacoustic Festival, the Society for New Music, the New World Arts Electrocoustic Festival, Electrogals, and Cascadia Composers. Her music is available on the North Pacific Music, Aca Digital, and fEARnoMUSIC labels. With degrees from CCM at the University of Cincinnati and Syracuse University, she serves as Director of the School of Music and Program Coordinator of Composition at Portland State University, where she has taught music theory, composition, and computer music since 2004.