TRACY DOYLE

BIO

BIOGRAPHY

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Flutist Tracy Doyle is Professor of Flute and Director of the School of Music at the University of Puget Sound. Advocacy, equity, and community engagement are at the heart of Tracy’s work as a musician, educator, and leader. Having taught at a variety of levels from elementary through college and beyond, her holistic philosophy of music inextricably links education with performance.

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Multidisciplinary collaboration is at the core of Tracy’s creative activity as a flutist. She finds joy in performing in a variety of settings ranging from solo, chamber, and orchestral to Irish traditional music. Performances have taken her throughout the United States, Australia, and Japan. As a member of the Japanese-American Apricity Trio, with clarinetist Chiho Sugo and percussionist James Doyle, she released a CD titled Sandhill Crane featuring newly commissioned works as well as standard repertoire. Tracy performs regularly throughout the Pacific Northwest in solo, chamber, and orchestral settings. Embracing her deep love for Irish traditional music, she enjoys playing Irish flute and whistle in a variety of settings, honoring her Irish lineage with music that stirs her soul.

 

Tracy earned her Doctor of Musical Arts degree in flute performance from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, and her Master of Music and Bachelor of Music degrees in music education from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.

 

In her free time Tracy enjoys ceramics, kayaking, cooking, and spending time outside in the beautiful Pacific Northwest.