--Donnie Bell is a composer originating from Central New York. Throughout the years, he has traveled from coast to coast and has worked all over the country. For two and a half years, Bell worked out of Los Angeles, California, where he also attended the University Of Southern California. Presently, Bell is based out of Tacoma, Washington.

--At an early age, Bell began playing the drums and shortly thereafter began performing with what would be a list of productions and performance groups. Although Bell enjoys performing, his greater passion lies within the compositional spectrum of music.

--Throughout 2010, Bell released Chronicles, a multi-movement programmatic piece scored for a percussion quintet. (Toucan's Revenge, the fourth movement of Chronicles, has been performed by the Pierce College Percussion Ensemble and has received airtime on Northwest Public Radio.) As a follow-up to Chronicles, Bell veered in a rather different direction to write Hold On, Let Go, a solo work for piano.

--In February of 2011, Bell released his most elaborate work to date, Tacoma, WA. Tacoma, WA is a work written for a wind and brass ensemble and pays homage to one of Bell's favorite places, Tacoma, Washington.

--In August of 2012, Bell released Snails To Slugs, a duet written for two marimbas. The follow-up to Snails To Slugs, Impaler, was released at the end of October. Similar to Chronicles, Impaler features all percussion instruments. However, Bell holds that Impaler is a bit "darker" than most of his previous work.

--Some of Donnie Bell's future projects include a premiere of a new work at the very first annual SLAP which will take place on January 23, 2013. To celebrate the event's theme of Seattle's Recycling Program, this work will feature all recycled and repurposed instruments such as bottles, cans, pipes, buckets, and much more. Next, Bell will be scoring the entire soundtrack for an upcomming featured film based in Seattle, WA. Concurrently, the sequel to Chronicles is also in development as well. Get more info and stay updated by subscribing to our mailing list list at donniebell.net/contact.