Lisa Doss has been Instructor of Flute at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock since the Spring Semester of 2017. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Music Performance from Arkansas Tech University studying flute with Philip Sample and Mary Kay Adams and voice with Penny Rice, Nita Herrick, and Roland Shaw. Ms. Doss also received a Masters of Secondary Education from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock concentrating her music study on strategies for teaching the reading of music, performance anxiety, conducting and Schenkerian Analysis.
Ms. Doss taught in the North Little Rock School District for 27 years conducting the Concert Band and the Marching Band at North Little Rock
High School. In addition, she conducted and arranged for the North Little Rock High School Jazz Band and taught beginning woodwinds. Most recently she worked with students in the International Baccalaureate Program teaching research and writing, Theory of Knowledge, and a history of Wars and US Foreign Policy during the 20th Century. Her students consistently scored above the worldwide average in all three areas, and many of these students continue to excel in research and academics today. Ms. Doss was recognized by the North Little Rock School District on multiple occasions for excellence in teaching, has been honored by the Pulaski Heights Lions Club for the same, and was acknowledged by Channel 7 as a “Spirit of Arkansas” for her work with the North Little Rock High School Marching Band. She has also received educator recognition through Arkansas’ Governor’s School and the Mayor’s Youth Council in North Little Rock and has been designated an Eagle Scout Mentor for the encouragement she provided a student on his quest to become an Eagle Scout. Ms. Doss has presented professional clinics on academic writing, the jazz band rhythm section, and recruiting strategies for beginning band. A great number of Ms. Doss’ former music students are now teaching and performing locally and nationally.
Ms. Doss’ performance credits include touring nationally with a Las Vegas based show band, traveling regionally with a progressive rock ensemble co- writing the music, and performing locally in the singer/songwriter tradition. She has also sung with the Pro Musica vocal ensemble and worked with orchestras in the musical theater genre. She most recently served as Creative Consultant for Virgo, a jazz project composed by Rex Bell and recorded by the Rex Bell Trio. Ms. Doss conceptualized the project, supervised the artwork, wrote the extended liner notes, and played flute for this project that was featured on WKRB Radio in Brooklyn. Dr. Bell and Ms. Doss also collaborated on an original piece for flute ensemble called Three Days Ascending. The work premiered in April of 2024 at Arkansas Tech University and was performed by the Alchēmia Flute Ensemble, a group for which Ms. Doss serves as co-conductor. She played both the Irish whistle and Alto Flute for the premiere. She currently writes and records music with the folk rock duo Finding Butterflies where she sings, plays keyboards, and plays both the flute and Irish whistles. The duo’s entire discography was selected by the Genome Project for inclusion on Pandora Radio. Ms. Doss has been a member of Tau Beta Sigma, Sigma Alpha Iota, and Phi Beta Mu, and
at present is a member of the National Flute Association, ASBOA, and ASCAP. She has volunteered with Hearts and Hooves, the Argenta Contemporary Theater, and currently serves on the fundraising committee for the preservation of the North Little Rock High School Fine Arts Auditorium.