Tracy Doyle is Director of the School of Music and Professor of Flute at the University of Puget Sound, where she provides academic and artistic leadership for a comprehensive music program grounded in the values of a liberal arts education. Her work brings together performance, teaching, community engagement, and creative exploration, with a sustained commitment to preparing students for meaningful, adaptable careers in music and the arts. In her flute studio, she encourages curiosity, experimentation, and a sense of play alongside musical and technical growth. Her talented and dedicated students delight and inspire her daily.

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As a founding member of the Japanese-American Apricity Trio, alongside clarinetist Chiho Sugo and percussionist James Doyle, she has performed throughout the United States and Japan. Her collaboration with James Doyle also extends to the Kane-Doyle Duo, with concerts and residencies in the United States, Australia, and Japan. In the Pacific Northwest, she has performed with Symphony Tacoma, Northwest Sinfonietta, Vashon Opera, and at the Walla Walla Chamber Music Festival. Her international collaborations include multimedia projects that bring music and visual art into dialogue, with recent appearances at Japan’s Nakanojo Biennale Arts Festival. An advocate for new music, Tracy is a member of the Flute New Music Consortium, supporting commissions by composers including Viet Cuong, Kevin Day, Reena Esmail, Valerie Coleman, and Samuel Zyman.

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Tracy’s creative practice explores connections among sound, image, nature, and improvisation. During her 2026 residency at Atelier Artist in Residence in County Kerry, Ireland, she explored artistic intersections with music, pairing images with prompts to inspire musical experimentation. These explorations inform her approach to teaching and performance, inviting musicians to discover new expressive possibilities through encounters with other art forms.

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Tracy earned her Doctor of Musical Arts in flute performance from Louisiana State University and her Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degrees in music education from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She finds continual inspiration through travel, painting, gardening, and the natural beauty of the Pacific Northwest.​​