Linda Doughty is a flute player who lives in the southwest. This has lead to the fact that, while primarily a classical player, she is also an accomplished performer of the Native American flute. Well-respected as an educator, Ms. Doughty has taught students at all levels. Currently she resides in Tucson, Arizona with her husband, Lothar, an attorney, legal translator and amateur cellist and two of their four children. After having served as Principal Flutist of the Arizona Opera Company and as an elementary music teacher in the public schools, Linda took some time to focus on raising her own kids. Linda now works primarily as a freelance musician, performing regularly with the Tucson Pops Orchestra, as a substitute with the Arizona Opera Company and the Tucson Symphony and as a private flute teacher.
The former Wyoming resident represented that state as a member of the McDonald's All-American High School Band and holds a bachelor's degree from The University of Wyoming and a master's degree from Carnegie Mellon University. She has been featured in The Voice of The Wind, the journal of the Native American Flute Association and has served as a teaching assistant to R. Carlos Nakai at the Renaissance of the Native American Flute workshop in Tucson. Linda Doughty appears on the Catalina Chamber Orchestra's recording, New Music of the Southwest, as soloist in James DeMars "Big Two Hearted River". Most recently she performed Jay Vosk's "Songs of Creation" for Native American flute and organ at Pipes in the Desert, a conclave of the American Guild of Organists with organist, David Gay.
"Chances are if you're an opera fan in Tucson, at some point this season you've heard a flute solo from the pit that was as dreamy and lyrical as anything the singers were laying down. For this critic, it happens almost every time I enter the house. And when I scramble for my program to see who is playing, the name is always the same - Linda Doughty. Doughty is one of those masterful players who turns a solo the size of a postage stamp into a memorable experience for everyone in the crowd." ~ Daniel Buckley
The former Wyoming resident represented that state as a member of the McDonald's All-American High School Band and holds a bachelor's degree from The University of Wyoming and a master's degree from Carnegie Mellon University. She has been featured in The Voice of The Wind, the journal of the Native American Flute Association and has served as a teaching assistant to R. Carlos Nakai at the Renaissance of the Native American Flute workshop in Tucson. Linda Doughty appears on the Catalina Chamber Orchestra's recording, New Music of the Southwest, as soloist in James DeMars "Big Two Hearted River". Most recently she performed Jay Vosk's "Songs of Creation" for Native American flute and organ at Pipes in the Desert, a conclave of the American Guild of Organists with organist, David Gay.
"Chances are if you're an opera fan in Tucson, at some point this season you've heard a flute solo from the pit that was as dreamy and lyrical as anything the singers were laying down. For this critic, it happens almost every time I enter the house. And when I scramble for my program to see who is playing, the name is always the same - Linda Doughty. Doughty is one of those masterful players who turns a solo the size of a postage stamp into a memorable experience for everyone in the crowd." ~ Daniel Buckley