Short Name: | Carol Ann Doran |
Full Name: | Doran, Carol Ann |
Birth Year: | 1936 |
Death Year: | 2023 |
Carol Doran was a musician, author, scholar, loving wife, mother, and grandmother. She was also a woman of unwavering faith, integrity, kindness, curiosity, beauty, good humor, and fearlessness who inspired those she loved and who loved her so much in return.
Carol’s early exposure to the study of music became a lifelong passion and professional dedication as she went on to earn a Doctor of Music Arts degree in Church Music and Organ at The Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY. Dr. Doran taught and was a professor of Music and Liturgy at Colgate Rochester Divinity School/Bexley Hall in Rochester, New York; Virginia Theological Seminary in Alexandria, Virginia; the School of Theology at Boston University; Episcopal Divinity School in Cambridge, MA, and many others. Additionally, she served with distinction on the boards of many professional organizations of musicians and liturgists. Carol published numerous articles on church music and worship and collaborated with the Rev. Dr. Thomas H. Troeger in the publication of four books, including two hymnals published by Oxford University Press.
Carol and Michael Doran were married for more than 59 years, the majority of which were spent in Rochester, NY where they raised their four children: Charles, Julia, Ellen, and Elizabeth. Carol cared deeply about her family, and she extended that joyful compassion to friends, associates, and every person that she encountered in her life. Carol celebrated the lives that her children and their families were living and showed her love in a million different ways throughout her life. When she saw you, whether to say hello or goodbye, she proclaimed her love with a warm, lingering handshake or hug; her loving kindness in her eyes and in the smile you could trust and take as the gift she gave you. Above all, she was devoted to her husband, Michael, and he to her.
Carol is survived by her loving husband, Michael of North Andover, MA; sister Ellen Buerklin of Chester, PA; brother Norman (& Patty) Maynard, MA; son Charles (& Cara) Ipswich, MA.; daughters Julia Chambers (& Eddy) Escondido, CA; Ellen Bzomowski (& Steve) Plainfield, MA; Elizabeth Evenson (& Paul) Arlington, MA; and nine grandchildren: Zoe, Lucas, Alexander, Ava, Kyle, Theo, Valerie, Kira, and Elias.
We love you and we will miss you always.
Funeral service will be offered on Thursday November 9,2023 at 11:00 a.m. in The Parish of Christ Church, 35 Central Street, Andover, MA. A reception will follow at the church. Obituary
Tunes by Carol Ann Doran (20)![]() | As | Instances | Incipit |
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AUTHORITY | Carol Doran (Composer) | 11 | 55555 55555 55545 |
BAPTISM (Doran) | Carol Doran (1936-) (Composer) | 2 | 33312 32176 54276 |
BAYOU | Carol Doran (b. 1936) (Composer) | 2 | |
CAROL'S GIFT | Carol Doran (Composer) | 2 | |
CHRISTPRAISE RAY | Carol Doran, b. 1936 (Composer) | 11 | 15546 54321 43256 |
FALCONE | Carol Doran (Composer) | 7 | |
FEDERAL STREET | Carol Doran (Harmonizer) | 1 | 33343 55434 44334 |
FIRST COMMAND | Carol Doran (Composer) | 2 | 36531 22316 5432 |
GOD'S NAMES | Carol Doran (Composer) | 2 | |
INWARD LIGHT | Carol Doran (Composer) | 7 | 33235 56565 32343 |
LIBERATION (Doran) | Carol Doran (Composer) | 2 | 16545 51432 11123 |
MERLE MARIE | Carol Doran (Composer) | 2 | |
NEW CREATION | Carol Doran (Composer) | 2 | |
RENEWING DEATH | Carol Doran, b. 1936 (Composer) | 2 | 71234 56544 54321 |
REVISION | Carol Doran (Composer) | 2 | |
ROUTLEY (Doran) | Carol Doran (Composer) | 2 | |
SPENDTHRIFT LOVER | Carol Doran, b. 1936 (Composer) | 3 | 56576 53171 23455 |
UNMATCHED STONE | Carol Doran, b. 1936 (Composer) | 2 | 12367 16542 1773 |
VON HIMMEL KAM DER ENGEL SCHAR | Carol Doran, b. 1936 (Harmonizer) | 1 | |
WORDLESS | Carol Doran, 1936- (Composer) | 4 | 33323 45324 3212 |