KAREN DOTY – Piano, Voice

To speak with Karen, please don’t hesitate to call @ 205-661-8410.

Where are you from?  Birmingham, AL

How long have you been playing piano?  I started lessons when I was 6 years old — not going to say how many years ago that was

Where did you get your music education?  Private instructor growing up — Mrs Bedgood.  She was a little old lady in the back of a furniture store…many lessons, many recitals.  Local church as well

Where do you perform?  My local church, Centerpoint Church of the Nazarene

What are your top three artists on your iPhone right now?  Lauren Daigle, Queen, The Eagles

Who has been your biggest musical influences?  Lelton Franklin — music director growing up

What’s your favorite “stage” memory?  Probably my younger days, as a little girl playing and singing on the main stage at our family camp meeting — amazing memories

Most embarrassing stage memory? Singing a choir special, in my local church; I was singing a solo, and my music completely stopped.  I didn’t know what to do, except to keep on singing.  Eventually, my music came back on

Favorite restaurant?  Chick-fil-A; The Southern (downtown Bham); Firebirds

Favorite movie?  Princess Bride; Harry Potter Series; Out Of Africa

What do you like to do on your day off?  Stay around the house, work with my plants

Favorite Scripture?  “Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you saying, ‘This is the way'” — Isaiah 30:21