Profiles for: School of Fine & Performing Arts
Profiles Type
2007 Spring Commencement
PSU graduates largest class
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Andrew Willette
Instructor: Basic Materials in Music, Survey of Music Literature
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Ann Crandall
Bassoonist and teacher
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Barbara Heilmair
Clarinetist, Woodwind Area Coordinator
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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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Bill (William Tate), Film and Dialects
Professor of Theater Arts
alumnus
Bonnie Miksch
Composer and professor
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Brad Hansen
Brad believes in the Truth of the Imagination
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Brian Ward
Brian has taught applied jazz piano at PSU since 2002
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Bruce Browne
Choral Director
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Bryan Johanson
Composer, guitarist, professor, and Music Department chair
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Carl Halvorson
Tenor Carl Halvorson is well-known internationally as a concert, opera and recital artist
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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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Charles Gray
Professor of Jazz Studies
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Christine Meadows
Professor of Voice
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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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Darrell Grant
Jazz star Darrell Grant's most important gig is at Portland State.
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David Franzen
Classical Guitar Instructor
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David Jimerson
Faculty Emeritus
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Debbie Glaze
Coordinator of Music Education, Assistant Professor of Music Education
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Denise Fujikawa
Harp Instructor
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Devon Allen
Head of Acting, Associate Profesor of Theater Arts
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Doug Schneider
Applied Saxophone (Classical), Staff Accompanist, and Diction.
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Edward Higgins
A focused and experienced Director of Bands
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Fine-Art Foundry
Home of the fine-art foundry
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GeorgeAnne Ries
Flutist and professor
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Gerald Webster
Emeritus Professor of Music, Trumpet
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Glen Moore
Jazz Bassist and Teacher
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Glenn Gauer
Stage Designer and Director, Professor of Theater Arts
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Hamilton Cheifetz
Hamilton Cheifetz is a dedicated teacher and internationally known concert cellist
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Heather Myers Smith
Assistant to the Department Chair
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Jeff Putterman
“Jeff is a well-studied player with a warm and thoughtful style and a rich, spacious sound. He is also an excellent composer, blending the elements of jazz in a modern, eclectic way.” Jazzscene, Portland
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Jenny Lindner
Applied Harp Instructor
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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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Jon Newton
Music Technology
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Karen Strand
PSU oboists keep the urban musical scene vibrant
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Ken Baldwin
Classical Double Bass Instructor
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Ken Selden
KEN SELDEN, Newly Appointed Director of Orchestral Studies
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Krystyna Kowalska
Office Coordinator
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Lawrence Johnson
Professor of French Horn
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Leroy Vinnegar Jazz Institute
Portland's jazz history
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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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Mark Berrettini, Film
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Theater Arts
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Meet Anne McClanan
Medieval Art Historian
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Meet Michael Little
Artist, musician, painter, printmaker, graphic designer, recording engineer, and writer...
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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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Meet Professor Harrell Fletcher
"Mr. Fletcher is a gift to contemporary art" -Holland Cotter, NY Times
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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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Meet Professor Rita Robillard
Place and the historic paradigms of landscape inform Rita Robillard's mixed media art.
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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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Nancy Chatalas
Vocalist and Instructor
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PSU's Opera Program
Opera to the Portland Community
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Rich Wattenberg
Professor and Theater Critic
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Richard Titterington
JazzTimes says: “The scope of Titterington’s playing is impressive.” “A great tone and ample technique also make for a good listening experience when it comes to this trumpeter.” – Cadence magazine
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Ron Babcock
Dr. Ron Babcock, Professor of Trombone, Music Theory and Music Education. “One of the best ways to become a better musician is to teach music.”
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Sarah Andrews-Collier
Sarah Andrews-Collier, Professor of Theater Arts
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Seth Samuels
Guitar Coordinator, Department of Music Advisor and Director of the Portland Guitar Festival
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Stephen Coker
Director of Choral Activities
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Stephen Martin
Ex Africa semper aliquid novi
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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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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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Susan Larson
String Techniques & Senior Capstone Teacher
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The Architecture Program
Urban environment and sustainable design
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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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