In addition to over 45 years teaching experience, Doris Mattingly has
an extensive background in accompanying, vocal coaching and conducting.
Formerly Chair of the Washington International Competition for Piano
sponsored by the Friday Morning Music Club Foundation, Ms. Mattingly
coordinated all aspects of this highly respected event presented at the
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Former Co-Founder and
Artistic Director of Opera Theatre of Washington, she collaborated with
the American University Opera Department to feature professional area
artists in many special events, new music theater projects and
commissioned works. Ms. Mattingly has performed in music centers and
universities in the metropolitan area including the Kennedy Center,
Lisner Auditorium, Warner Theater and Constitution Hall.
Ms. Mattingly received her degrees in Piano Performance and Voice at
Catholic University, where she studied with Emerson Meyers and George
Manos, did graduate studies in Music Pedagogy at the University of
Maryland, was awarded a scholarship to accompany at the Boris Goldovsky
Institute and studied Voiceover and Narration at the John Burr Studios.
For over a decade, she was Conductor and Organist at St. Thomas Apostle
Church, Washington, D.C., and Temple Rodef Shalom, McLean, Virginia. She
was also Conductor of the Friday Morning Music Club Women’s Chorus, and
performed as Assistant Conductor of the Washington Civic Opera and Opera
Theatre of Northern Virginia, where she narrated the annual Children’s
Opera Series. She has lectured for the Arlington County Public Library’s
Opera Series. Ms. Mattingly also developed and implemented the Opera
Program at the Duke Ellington School and has taught high school music
and music theater at the Field School in Washington, D.C., and served as Trustee for the Friday Morning Music Club Foundation, Inc.
Ms. Mattingly currently serves on the Board of the Kansas City Music Teachers Association as Chair of their area-wide Holiday Program, and also holds affiliations with the Music Teachers National Association. Recently appointed to the board of Heartland Chamber Music, she serves as Director involved with program development and community outreach. Ms. Mattingly consults with public and private school educators to provide appropriate academic programs for students with special needs and maintains a private piano studio in Leawood, Kansas.
We Interrupt This Podcast
Interview with Doris Mattingly by Laurel Haak
