Dr. Nicole E. Doran, studio manager and UT-Chattanooga adjunct faculty
composer-performer–teaching artist
B# Collective Chamber Music, director
CMTA Scholarship Committee Member
Artsbuild Community Partner
Vox Novus 15- Minutes-of-Fame Musician’s Roster
Skills:
composing instrumental and vocal music sold on Sheetmusicplus.com
performing solo and collaborative bassoon, piano, singing, and chamber music
teaching music composition, theory, appreciation, and piano to students of all ages
reed making, conducting-performance coachi
tutoring music theory, music technology, and aural skills
music curriculum ideas from college to kindergarten level
event planning community concerts and presentations on music
collaborating with administrators, artists, and scholarswriting and creating content on the internet that increases awareness of the potential of classical music
Education: University of Cincinnati-College Conservatory, Cincinnati, OH: DMA in Bassoon Performance and Music Composition Cognate
Teachers: William Winstead and Martin James, Allan Sapp DMA Thesis: Christian Music Aesthetics: The Work of Francis Schaeffer and the L’ Abri Movement in Promoting Evangelical Involvement in the Arts 2003 Phone Interviews with Edith Schaeffer and Maureen Rookmaker from the L’Abri Movement Studied Music Composition, Analysis, and Aesthetics with Allan Sapp, Joel Hoffman, and Robert Zierolf Studied Piano performance with Richard Morris
University of Cincinnati-College Conservatory, Cincinnati, OH: MM in Music Performance, bassoon
University of Miami, Miami, FL: BA in Music Performance, bassoon Professional Teaching Experience:
Theory-Composition, Woodwinds & Elementary Piano
Bryan College Community Music School 2020-continuing Theory Certificate Award Administrator 2022
Doran Music Studio 2019
private students admitted to Chattanooga School for the Creative Arts
private students admitted to All State Band/Eastern Tennessee School Band Association
Sidewalk Stages by SoundCorp Chattanooga with B# intergenerational ensemble Musical Mountains Administrator
Summer Music Solutions Administrator
Bryan College, Dayton, TN Adjunct Music Faculty, 2014 Bryan College Performing Arts Association, 2019 Liberty University, Lynchburg, VA Online Professor
Adjunct Professor College of Arts and Sciences Cultural Studies 101 2018 Assistant Professor Cultural Studies and Humanities (2006-2018) Instructional Mentor, 2011-2012
Patrick Henry College, Purcellville, VA Adjunct Professor of Music (2011-2014)
CCM Preparatory School faculty, Cincinnati, OH 1995-2000
Thomasville Road Academy of the Arts, 2001-2003, Tallahassee, FL taught piano and
woodwind instruments
Academy of Arts and Sciences, Tallahassee, FL Band director
Courses Taught:
MUS 1110 Introduction to Music
MUS 324 Analytical Techniques
MUS 480 Intro to Composition
College Independent Studies and Directed Readings
College Private Composition Lessons MUS 490 Senior Music Seminar
*High School Music Theory Course
“Math in Motion” with Classical Conversations
Young Ladies Reading Fellowship (theology, hymnology, and poetry) CSTU 101 Cultural Studies
MUS 470 Independent Studies
Summer Music Solutions Make Music Day Intensive (Middle and Elementary Age)
Ensemble Performances:
Atlantic Classical Orchestra
Northern Kentucky Symphony Orchestra Richmond Symphony
Accomplishments:
Chamber Music America received Digital Residency Grant 2021 for Woodland Serenade Covenant Presbyterian Church Instrumental Ensemble Member/Mentor
Core Academy
Creation Celebration 2020
online video performance for Core Academy of Science with Dr. Todd Wood
International Make Music Day
2019
collaborating with Dr. Krystal Grant at North Shore Fellowship
2020
Rachel Beckman in Woodland Serenade https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OY0IoiMaW4&list=PLqvj3JKoD8KC5POyEaPJ5CP6DP7 Oc0gDG
Jason Badley in “My Song is Your Song”
2021
Lauren Kennedy and the Summer Music Solutions Ensemble
Doran Music Studio Ensemble:
Presentations at LifeCare of Hixson
Fall Progress Recital
Christmas Carol Recital
Christmas Music Online Club
Halloween Costume Recital online
Irish Music History Presentation at VanDergriff Park Make A Joyful Noise Playdate
Creation of Musical Mountain Incentive Program
Chattanooga Symphony & Opera “Scenic City Bassoons” bassoon ensemble (free concerts in Library and local Hospital and Creative Discovery Museum) Artist liaison and promoter
Christmas Recordings for online event 2020
North Shore Fellowship
Assistant to Children’s Choir Director,
Creative Art Camp music theory and instrumental
YouTube channel nicoledoranmusic– creating and distributing playlists of good classical and seasonal worship music
Classical Conversations Woodwind Presentations
Professional Service, Training & Memberships:
National Association Music Merchants NAMM
Conference 2020 ”Believe in Music”
-seminar presentations by Eric Whitacre, Focusrite Group Brand Director, Giles Orford. -learning workshops on workload management software and building a music program.
Mentoring of Artists and Musicians via Cultural Studies classes at LUO online Franklin Covey Workshop-Signature Edition
National Association of Composers/USA
College Music Society
International Double Reed Society
Chamber Music America Ensemble Member, Composer
Kindling Alliance
Music Teachers National Association, Tennessee Music Teachers Association
Peer Review “Notes for an inner relation between Christmas and Passion in J. S. Bach’s
Orgelbüchlein,” Academia.com by Federico Terz
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