Musical Mission
When most people think of a music composer, Tracy Doyle knows they usually think of a European white male. But she also understands how limiting that presumption can be. So, since starting as director of the School of Music last July, she has helped expand the school’s efforts to improve diversity, equity, and inclusion. “Historically speaking, it’s been hard for people to step away from the European art-music canon,” says Doyle, an accomplished flutist who came to her position from Adams State University in Colorado. “But we’ve been taking a closer look at who is missing from music history, and whose voices are not heard.”
