Clinton H. Dawley, Conductor
                                   Clinton Dawley, a co-founder of the Gold Coast  Wind Ensemble, has his roots in Ventura County. After Graduating from Buena High School and attending Ventura College, he earned his Bachelor of Music Degree in Performance from California State University, Long Beach. He then taught public school music in Coolidge, Arizona. Returning to California, he taught music in both Simi Valley and Port Hueneme. Since 1991, he has been the conductor of the Gold Coast Wind Ensemble.

Michael Doty, Associate Conductor
Co-founder and Associate Conductor of GCWE, Michael Doty received his music training from the University of California at Santa Barbara, earning a BA in 1969 and a Teaching Certificate in 1970. He played trombone in the prestigious Santa Barbara Symphony during this time. His first teaching positions were in the state of New South Wales, Australia. He also taught at high schools in Atascadero and Whittier before settling in at Hueneme High School in Oxnard, California, in 1980, where his groups have won numerous awards including Superior Ratings at festivals. In May 1999, this group was one of only a dozen in the Southern California area to earn a rare Unanimous Superior Rating at a Regional Festival. In 2004 and 2005, he conducted the Ventura County Honor Band in a concert shared with the New West Symphony.  2007 saw him conducting the Ventura County Middle School Honor Band.  In 2006, he was selected as the winner of the Outstanding Band Director of the Year by the NWS.  He has served the California Band Directors Association as its Convention Host, Vice President, and President. Mr. Doty also is in increasing demand as both a clinician and adjudicator. In 1997, he earned a Master of Music (With Distinction) in conducting from California State University, Northridge.  He retired from Hueneme HS in June 2007, and then briefly held the position of director of bands at Buena HS (Ventura, CA).

    
Clint Dawley in action. conducting        Michael Doty conducts Bennett's
Alfred Reed's Hounds of Spring            Symphonic Songs for Band