Dr. Doris Doyon, originally from the Pacific Northwest, has been a conductor and music educator for more than two decades, leading instrumental ensembles at the college, high school and middle school levels. Most recently, she served as Director of Bands at Mt. San Antonio College in Walnut, California where she conducted the Wind Ensemble and Chamber Ensemble, and taught Music Appreciation. Previously, she was Director of Instrumental Music at Norwalk High School, a Title I School in southeast Los Angeles County. During her tenure, the program expanded to include three concert bands, two orchestras, marching band, and jazz band. The band earned a six-year designation as a GRAMMY Signature School Program and hosted numerous guest clinicians from across the nation. While in California she was a three-time GRAMMY Music Educator of the Year quarter-finalist.
Dr. Doyon is also an active clinician and author. In Pursuit of Great Conducting, a book co-authored with H. Robert Reynolds, was released in December 2024 through GIA publications. Recent professional appearances include presentations at the College Band Directors National Association, the Midwest Clinic, and the Oral History Association Convention, among others.
Dr. Doyon earned the Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) in Wind Conducting from UCLA in December of 2022 and is currently pursuing the Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Music Education, with a cognate in Wind Conducting, at the University of Michigan. She is a Rackham Graduate School Merit Fellow and serves as a Graduate Student Instructor in the Department of Music Education. In addition, she has served as both assistant and interim director of the Michigan Youth Band and as conductor of the University of Michigan Alumni Concert Band.
She holds the Master of Arts in Conducting and Percussion Performances from Truman State University and bachelor's degrees in Music Education and Music Performance (cum laude) from Pacific Lutheran University. Her principal conducting teachers include Raydell C. Bradley, Travis J. Cross, Michael Haithcock, and Dan Peterson.
Dr. Doyon has been the conductor of the Cereal City Concert Band since August 2025.