Our Artistic Director

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=200 BGCOLOR="#003399" TEXT="#080000"> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="10fafe40.jpg" border=0 width="175" height="228" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> Back to</div> <div> <A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="ABOUT US"><U>ABOUT US</U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Bach Ensemble"><U>HOME</U></A></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>The Bach Ensemble</B><FONT SIZE="6" COLOR="#0000BF" FACE="Arial" > </FONT><FONT SIZE="6" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> Southwest Florida's Baroque Choral Singers</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="ABOUT US"><U>ABOUT US</U></A>   |   <A HREF="buy_tickets_for_the_bach_ensemble_concerts.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="CONCERTS"><U>CONCERTS</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id20.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="COMMUNITY OUTREACH"><U>COMMUNITY OUTREACH</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id18.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="CONTACT US"><U>CONTACT US</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id21.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="LINKS"><U>LINKS</U></A>          </div> <bR> <div> <B>Ronald Doiron, D.M.A.</B></div> <div> <B>Artistic Director and Conductor, The Bach Ensemble</B></div> <div> <B>Director of Music, St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Marco Island, FL</B></div> <div> Since July 2003 Ronald Doiron has been at the musical helm as Artistic Director and Conductor of The Bach Ensemble, a vocal group dedicated to presenting the works of Johann Sebastian Bach, his contemporaries, and other composers inspired by his legacy. Dr. Doiron also currently serves as Director of Music Ministries at St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Marco Island, Florida. </div> <bR> <div> A church and synagogue musician for over 30 years, Dr. Doiron has held important positions as both organist and choirmaster in Southern California and Pennsylvania, including Director of Music at Temple Sinai, Director of Music Ministries at the First Presbyterian Church and Church of the Assumption in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. </div> <bR> <div> In addition to his work in sacred music, he was appointed an Associate Professor of Music and Departmental Chair at the Community College of Allegheny County, and was for 10 years the Founder and Conductor of the North Campus College Community Choir of CCAC, and a member of the adjunct faculty at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.</div> <bR> <div> Dr. Doiron has had an impressive career as a choral conductor in Los Angeles and Pittsburgh. In 1985, he founded the St. Joseph Choir and Orchestra in Los Angeles as a musical extension of the St. Joseph Center in Venice. Benefit performances of great masterworks (including Bach’s <I>Mass in B Minor</I>, Beethoven’s <I>Mass in C</I>, Mozart’s <I>Requiem</I>, and many instrumental works) by the choir and orchestra provided assistance for those helping others. Dr. Doiron conducted several concerts assisting the Pittsburgh Recovery Center and in 2001 the combined choirs of Assumption Church and CCAC performed Brahms’ <I>German Requiem</I> to assist with music scholarship funds. </div> <bR> <div> More recent appearances include:</div> <bR> <div> Conductor - Mozart's <I>Requiem</I> at St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Marso Island</div> <div> Conductor - Faure’s <I>Requiem </I>at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, Marco Island</div> <div> Conductor - Beethoven’s <I>Mass in C</I> at St. William’s Catholic Church, Naples</div> <div> Conductor - 700-voice choir for the Diocese of Venice, Florida, a Jubilee Year (2000) event at Teco Arena</div> <div> Conductor - Two performances of Beethoven’s <I>Ninth Symphony </I>in Pittsburgh. </div> <bR> <div> Dr. Doiron has published a book on Beethoven’s <I>Mass in C</I> (USC Press) and journal articles on vocal pedagogy in <I>The Choral Voice</I> and the volunteer choir in <I>Pastoral Music</I> (both Pastoral Press), among others.</div> <bR> <div> A former Dean of the Orange County Chapter of the American Guild of Organists, he is the immediate past Chair of the Choir Director’s Section for the National Association of Pastoral Musicians, and a recently retired member of the NPM National Council. He currently serves on the National Board of Directors for the Director of Music Ministries Division. </div> <bR> <div> Dr. Doiron earned a Bachelor of Music <I>magna cum laude</I> in Organ Performance from Chapman University in Orange, California, a Master of Music in Church Music, and a Doctor of Musical Arts in Choral Music and Choral Conducting with secondary studies in Music History and Vocal Pedagogy with departmental honors from the University of Southern California. Additionally, he has studied choral literature with the renowned Sir David Willcock of the Royal School of Music in London.</div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>