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Doris retired from performing in the late 1960s and set her sights on college. She graduated from Oakton Community College with a liberal arts degree in 1984, and continued her studies at California State University Dominguez Hills where she earned bachelor's degrees in studio art and piano performance in 1995. | Doris retired from performing in the late 1960s and set her sights on college. She graduated from Oakton Community College with a liberal arts degree in 1984, and continued her studies at California State University Dominguez Hills where she earned bachelor's degrees in studio art and piano performance in 1995. | ||
Stockton Avenue is named for her family. | |||
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Doris Stockton (1920-2013) was a professional musician. She studied piano as a child but switched her focus to the marimba while a student at Maine Township High School. Her marimba teacher Claire Musser of the Northwestern University Music Department recognized her talents and encouraged Doris to pursue a professional career after high school. Doris's big break came in 1942 when she won the women's instrumental competition at the Chicago Music Festival. Her success led to additional public performances and appearances on Chicago radio broadcasts like WLS's National Barn Dance. In 1945 Doris performed as a guest soloist with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, an important turning point in her career. Doris toured nationally and performed in venues like the Hollywood Bowl and Carnegie Hall and performed as a guest soloist with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians. In 1948 she recorded an LP "Marimba Classics" and released a second album in 1952 titled "Doris Stockton: First Lady of the Marimba."
Doris lived in Des Plaines throughout her professional career and often appeared locally performing frequently in the 1940s and 1950s as a guest soloist with the Maine Township High School concert band and as a featured performer at charitable benefit concerts held at the Des Plaines Methodist Campground.
Doris retired from performing in the late 1960s and set her sights on college. She graduated from Oakton Community College with a liberal arts degree in 1984, and continued her studies at California State University Dominguez Hills where she earned bachelor's degrees in studio art and piano performance in 1995.
Stockton Avenue is named for her family.
