Dr. Doris Pohl, pianist and a native of Tennessee, was educated at Berea College, Berea, Kentucky where she majored in music and received a Bachelor of Arts degree; Northwestern University, Evanston, IL where she received a Master of Music degree with focus on piano performance; and Washington University, St. Louis Missouri, where she earned a Ph.D. in Music with performance emphasis.

While a student at Berea College, Dr. Pohl studied piano with Margaret Allen. Mrs. Allen as a young person attended workshops with Martha Russell, who developed the Creatie Motion philosophy/method. Mrs. Allen started her own annual workshop, originally established for the benefit of Kentucky piano teachers, while Pohl was her student. Pohl was invited to attend the first Windswept Music Workshop in 1951, to help in various practical ways and to perform for teh teachers. She has since been associated with the workshop as it has grown in numbers adn in outreach, sometimes as a workshopper and sometimes as a teacher.

Dr. Pohl's career has included teaching paino, serving as church music directgor, both playing organ and directing choirs; and performing as a solo pianist, accompanist, and chamber musician. Now retired from teaching piano at Washinton University and Webter University and from church music, Dr. Pohl continues as a private piano teacher and adjudicator.

The principles of Creative Motion have been very much a part of all her musical pursuits, both in teaching and in performance. Dr. Pohl has served on the faculty for the annual Creative Motion conference (Windswept Music Workshop) countless times, assisting in the body tuning classes, leading advanced classes, and teaching applications to piano literature.

She currently resides in St. Louis, Missouri.