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Doris Williams has been singing since she was very young, and playing piano since 5 years old. She grew up around a very artistic family in Michigan, with her father practicing piano all day and her mother singing to her. The whole family would often gather around the piano and sing a variety of songs, from sacred to secular, broadway to popular. She also thrived on all the art and poetry her mother delved into. When a teenager she fell in love with early music while listening to the local radio stations. It captured her soul! So she went to the nearby university to major in vocal early music, then to Stanford University for a Master's in Early Music.
In college her parents presented her with a surprise birthday present - an eight course lute! While raising her son and teaching private lessons, her lute did not see the light of day, until the year 2002 when she decided to brush the dust off of it and start performing with it. Her lute is now an integral part of her everywhere she goes, whether it be a farmer's market, restaurant, or church hall.