Doran Music Studio

May·11·2026

Showing up with peace and patience:

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Building a Musical Community That Doesn’t Have to Be Perfect There’s a quiet pressure in music-making that rarely gets named… Read more.

Apr·4·2025

Room for Creativity:

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As creatives studying biology, it’s important to examine the spaces where your ideas are born, shaped, and shared. Your environment… Read more.

Mar·17·2025

Irish Music: A Journey Through Culture and Faith

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As we celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, it’s easy to get caught up in the festivities—lively jigs, reels, and the cheerful… Read more.

Feb·10·2025

Do you have a dozen ways to express your musical ideas? 🍩

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Mozart Played Over 12 Instruments—Where Will Your Child Start? Looking for a fun, engaging way to introduce your child to… Read more.

Feb·3·2025

Mozart on Monday

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First Steps in February 🎶 Read more.

Jun·15·2023

Doran Music Studio Leadership

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Dr. Nicole E. Doran, studio manager and UT-Chattanooga adjunct faculty composer-performer–teaching artist B# Collective Chamber Music, director CMTA Scholarship Committee… Read more.

Oct·13·2022

Music Dictionary Give Away:

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For all current and prospective students! complete these 6 steps: 1) check key & time signature 2) find all accidentals… Read more.

Mar·30·2022

Progress on Summer Music Solutions!

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Summer is a great time to engage your creativity and be inspired by everything around you, so what is the… Read more.

Feb·28·2022

Summer Music Solutions!

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Your calendar is one simple tool you have for musical advancement and setting priorities. Dream big and plan backwards. One… Read more.

Mar·6·2021

Choosing the Musical Path

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“I would teach children music, physics, and philosophy; but most importantly music, for the patterns in music and all the… Read more.

Feb·27·2021

Mountains of Faith

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This month I am realizing how disconcerting composing can be. I want a gigantic project to be done by a… Read more.

Feb·8·2021

Not Scared of my Reflection or my Shadow

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Mirrors and Shadows in Musical Life Read more.

Jan·18·2021

Planning our Steps

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This week I forced myself to come up with a limited list of projects and habits I would focus on… Read more.

Dec·31·2020

New Year: New Skills

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climbing mountains with a musical imagination Are you hoping for a very creative and productive new year in the arts… Read more.

Sep·24·2026

Kindness and organization

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Long Post! This is for anyone curious about my setting the Psalms in Classical Music journey: Kindness What kind of… Read more.

Sep·14·2026

Sounds and Sights from September

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ON patience–it takes a while to fit words with the images and sounds that have flowed through Doran Music Studio… Read more.

Aug·24·2026

Love

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Some photos I love of my time with Doran Music Studio. Music from the heart means Growing Music for people!… Read more.

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