enry Doktorski has performed on piano, harpsichord or celesta with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, the Cleveland Chamber Symphony, the Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble, the Duquesne University Contemporary Ensemble and the Northland Symphony Orchestra.
He graduated summa cum laude as a piano performance major, earning a BA degree from Park College in North Kansas City, where he studied with Robert C. Anderson.
Mr. Doktorski has served as an accompanist for the Wheeling Symphony Chorus, the Music Hall Players at Capitol Music Hall in Wheeling, West Virginia, Pittsburgh's Alcoa Singers, the Kansas City Department of Recreation's Theater in the Park, the Actor's Prologue Company, as well as for various musical events at Duquesne University and the Linsley Academy.
Besides classical music, Mr. Doktorski is equally adept at popular music as well, and has performed at the Seven Springs Resort, Capitol Music Hall in Wheeling, West Virginia (where he performed with singers such as Jim Nabors), Duquesne Club, William Penn Hotel, Palumbo Center, Hyeholde, Green Oaks Country Club, Wheeling Country Club, etc. He also teaches piano students.
Mr. Doktorski said, "Once, when studying a Chopin nocturne, my college piano professor insisted that I should not simply depress the keys of the instrument with my fingers; I should caress the keys like I would caress a lover. In this way I could more easily enter into the spirit of the music and share that intimate experience with an attentive listener."
