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With ten years of recording and performing experience, Morgan Doctor has developed a diverse repertoire of drumming and percussion, including the traditional kit, tablas (East Indian drums) and such exotic instruments as the Swiss made Hang. In addition to playing in bands of all genres (ska, jazz, folk, pop and world music), Morgan is involved in musical production for dance, theatre, circus and Kirtan, on occasion traveling to the US and Europe to play for dance workshops with Gabrielle Roth and her teachers. Doctor’s debut album, Is This Home (2005), in part grew out of her experience as a yoga instructor: many of the tracks began as live improvisation in the musical accompaniment of movement workshops, weaving together ambient and percussive elements, looping samples, field recordings and aspects of traditional songwriting. In the process of writing Home she fused this with a focus on traveling and displacement as a way of asking what it is that makes our surrounding mental and physical environment home for each of us. Songs like “Belgium,” “Montreal” and “Centre Island” all tie in with the lead-off track, “Where you Live,” in their attempt to explore what binds us to the places we call “home.” As a collaborative effort, many of the tracks featured on Home were co-written through the mail, frequently with little or no guidance given. Knowing when to stop writing—when to stop tweaking a track—was part of her desire to write an album of direct songs that appealed to one’s emotions and perhaps serve as inspiration for personal reflection. That said, music for Doctor is not simply a tool for insular meditation; indeed, Home is to a large extent motivated by Doctor’s belief that music, in addition to being entertainment, functions as a catalyst for societal transformation through individual enlightenment. To this end she has led drum circles in disabled children’s schools, rape crisis centers and has played for various community events and fundraisers.