Doug Hawk graduated from Moravian College in 1998.  During his time there, Hawk was the featured soloist in numerous opera and choral ensembles, performed at the Villanova Jazz Festival, toured England and Scotland with the College choir, and was a catalyst in the school’s development of a major in jazz voice.

          After graduation in 1998, Hawk began performing regularly with award-winning funk/jazz/R&B group Rhino Campground and experimental/pop/jazz trio ThreeMonKs.  Both groups released multiple, well-received recordings and maintained busy performance schedules, including opening for Bob Marley’s Wailers.  Largely because of his work with these groups, he won the 2002 & 2007 Lehigh Valley Music awards for Best Male Vocalist. Groups of which he has been a part of have also opened for the likes of such luminaries as Steely Dan and Michael McDonald.

          Hawk continues to hone his unique vocal skills.  He has "hung" with saxophone greats Dave Liebman and Jimmy Heath as well as jazz vocal legend Mark Murphy, who praised his “flights into fine improv and musical delights.” Other studies with groundbreaking vocalist J.D. Walter, improvisational guru Rhiannon and pianist/composer/educator Skip Wilkins figure prominently in his style.   He performs frequently with The Doug Hawk Proposition, a jazz/R&B group in which he sings, plays keyboards and is the principal composer and shares the vocalist chair in the Tony Gairo Dectette, a Philadelphia-based ten-piece jazz ensemble.  Hawk currently maintains a private teaching studio in the Lehigh Valley where he is a voice coach.