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Reclaiming Sustainability: Harrell Fletcher
Connecting art, community, and sustainability
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Public works
Greening schools and housing
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Signs of Success
Designing big for small business
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Beth Noelle
Jazz Voice Instructor
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Meet Jessica Wright
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Meet Marie Fiorillo
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Meet Professor Elisabeth Charman
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Meet Professor Eleanor Erskine
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Valerie Day
Vocal Jazz Adjunct Instructor
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From Stage to Screen
Viewing the world through cinema's lens
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Wynn Kiyama
Music History Coordinator
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Kim Reece
Saxophone Adjunct Instructor
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Jesse McCann
Classical Guitar Instructor
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Travis Chapman
Music Performance Major
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Stella Roshi
Music Performance Major
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Patrick Quinn
Master of Music in Performance
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Jayde Weide
Music Performance Major
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Matt Urban
Music Education and Performance Major
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Amelia Bierly
Music Education and Composition Major
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Becca Schultz
Piano Performance with Jazz Emphasis Major
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Mark Stahl
Music Composition Major
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Meet Professor Susan Harlan
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Meet Professor Erik Geschke
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Evan Kuhlmann
Bassoon Instructor
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Operatic Artistry
Sharing the voice and vision of opera
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Jen Delos Reyes
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Jesse Locker
Assistant Professor, Renaissance & Baroque Art History
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Julia Hwakyu Lee
Adjunct Piano Professor
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Ethan Sperry
Director of Choral Activities
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Farnell Newton
Applied Trumpet Instructor
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Melissa Robinson
Professor of Horn
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Shapes of Ideas
Forming communities through design
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Jessica McElfresh
Office Coordinator
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Grand Piano
Taking music to the people
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Ezra Weiss
Jazz Piano Adjunct
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Suzanne Savaria
Piano Adjunct Professor
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Sydney Carlson
Professor of Flute
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Denise Fujikawa
Harp Instructor
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Rich Wattenberg
Professor and Theater Critic
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Glenn Gauer
Stage Designer and Director, Professor of Theater Arts
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Mark Berrettini, Film
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Theater Arts
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Bill (William Tate), Film and Dialects
Professor of Theater Arts
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Andrew Willette
Instructor: Basic Materials in Music, Survey of Music Literature
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Ben Medler
"I MERELY TOOK THE ENERGY IT TAKES TO POUT AND WROTE SOME BLUES" Duke Ellington
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Meet Michael Little
Artist, musician, painter, printmaker, graphic designer, recording engineer,
and writer...
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Doug Schneider
Applied Saxophone (Classical), Staff Accompanist, and Diction.
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The Architecture Program
Urban environment and sustainable design
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Fine-Art Foundry
Home of the fine-art foundry
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PSU's Opera Program
Opera to the Portland Community
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Leroy Vinnegar Jazz Institute
Portland's jazz history
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Barbara Heilmair
Clarinetist, Woodwind Area Coordinator
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Heather Myers
Assistant to the Department Chair
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Stephen Martin
Ex Africa semper aliquid novi
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Meet Professor Sue Taylor
Sue Taylor brings her experience as a museum curator and nationally known critic to her teaching of art history.
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Meet Professor Harrell Fletcher
"Mr. Fletcher is a gift to contemporary art" -Holland Cotter, NY Times
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Devon Allen
Head of Acting, Associate Professor of Theater Arts
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Carl Halvorson
Tenor Carl Halvorson is well-known internationally as a concert, opera and recital artist
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Ken Selden
KEN SELDEN, Director of Orchestral Studies
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Sarah Andrews-Collier
Sarah Andrews-Collier, Professor of Theater Arts
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Meet Anne McClanan
Medieval Art Historian
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Meet Professor Rita Robillard
Place and the historic paradigms of landscape inform Rita Robillard's
mixed media art.
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Meet Professor Horia Boboia
"As a teacher I am not merely interested in transferring knowledge to my students but in creating a forum for the understanding and the construction of knowledge where students and teacher become equally responsible for a process in which they can all grow together."
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Meet Professor Junghee Lee
Junghee Lee engages classes with stories of her travels and curatorial experiences, and inspires American students to pursue the study of Asian art.
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Brian Ward
Brian has taught applied jazz piano at PSU since 2002
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Glen Moore
Jazz Bassist and Teacher
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Susan Larson
String Techniques & Senior Capstone Teacher
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Jeff Putterman
"Jeff is a well-studied player with a warm . . . . "
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Bonnie Miksch
Composer and professor
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Jenny Lindner
Applied Harp Instructor
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Charles Gray
Professor of Jazz Studies
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Debbie Glaze
Coordinator of Music Education,
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Carol Sindell
Carol Sindell combines passion, artistry, and humor in her teaching and performing. Students, friends, and concert audiences are fascinated by her unique and sometimes eccentric sense of style, though few would question her genuine zest for life!
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Connie Titterington
"It's a very odd thing - As odd as can be - That whatever Miss T. eats Turns into Miss T." - W. De La Mare
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Dan Schulte
Bassist, composer, bandleader, teacher
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Bryan Johanson
Composer, guitarist, professor, and Music Department chair
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Edward Higgins
A focused and experienced Director of Bands
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David Franzen
Classical Guitar Instructor
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Brad Hansen
Brad believes in the Truth of the Imagination
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Ron Babcock
Dr. Ron Babcock, Professor of Trombone, Music Theory and Music Education.
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Karen Strand
PSU oboists keep the urban musical scene vibrant
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Hamilton Cheifetz
Hamilton Cheifetz is a dedicated teacher and internationally known concert cellist
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Susan Hinshaw
Susan Hinshaw loves working with singers. She combines the knowledge derived from her 30 + years as a professional singer with a "hands on" approach, employing many methods of teaching with humor and sensitivity
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Lisa Marsh
Dedicated to injury prevention and promoting artistic expression, Ms. Marsh teaches musicians how to play and sing with increased freedom through understanding of anatomy and movement.
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Jon Newton
Music Technology
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Joel Belgique
Music Faculty
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Joel Bluestone
Professor of Percussion, Graduate Coordinator, Assistant Chair
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Susan Chan
An active piano soloist and chamber musician, Dr. Chan promotes music from Asia and music written by women composers.
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David Jimerson
Faculty Emeritus
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Christine Meadows
Professor of Voice
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Visit Lincoln Hall
The first building on the PSU campus, Lincoln Hall was previously a high school. It is now the lively center of campus performing arts.
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Our Community Partner: Bel Canto Festival
The Bel Canto Festival allowed PSU music students to learn through public performances with major international performers and composers throughout the Portland area.
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Our Community Partner: Friends of Chamber Music
This partnership allows PSU to host some of the finest chamber ensembles in the world on campus and provides master classes with these ensembles for PSU students.
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Darrell Grant
Jazz star Darrell Grant's most important gig is at Portland State.
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Meet Professor Emeritus Michihiro Kosuge
Whether sculpting granite or shaping students, Michihiro Kosuge creates a legacy of art for the region.
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