About Alexandra
Dr. Alexandra Doyle adores teaching music history, chamber music, and of course, the clarinet. She is the Assistant Professor of Music (Clarinet) at Northeastern State University in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. Her responsibilities there include all of her favorite things, as well as teaching a Taylor Swift course and leading the NSU Communiversity Band. Previously, Alexandra was on the faculty of Sinclair College in Dayton, Ohio, Thomas More University in northern Kentucky and the Stivers School for the Arts in Dayton.
As a performer, Alexandra most enjoys playing orchestral repertoire, opera, and chamber music. She is a member of the Taneycomo Festival Orchestra, where she serves as the festival’s marketing director. Alexandra has also performed with the Tulsa Symphony, Arkansas Symphony, Illinois Symphony, Lima Symphony, Symphony of Southeast Texas, New Liberty Dance Orchestra, and many others.
Alexandra is an active musicologist, with a chapter on women wind instrumentalists due to be published in Oxford’s Handbook of Wind Music later this year. She is a regular contributor to The Clarinet magazine and the Vandoren WAVE. Alexandra can also usually be found performing and presenting at the International Clarinet Association’s annual conference, Clarinetfest. Her primary research interests are clarinet pedagogy and the experiences of women in music.
Originally from Houston, Alexandra holds bachelor’s degrees in clarinet performance and print journalism from the University of Houston (2016), as well as a minor in creative works through the UH Honors College. Her Master of Music (2018) and Doctorate of Musical Arts (2022) are both from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM).
Alexandra Doyle is a Vandoren Artist-Clinician and Buffet Crampon Artist.