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The Music Department offers comprehensive programs and services to students and the surrounding community, including professional and liberal arts degrees in music and an active schedule of performances. The department supports large and small ensembles in vocal and instrumental music and up-to-date facilities for electronic music production and recording. Course offerings lead to degrees with concentrations in composition, instrumental performance, vocal performance, jazz and popular music and pre-teaching.

credits required for minor

Program Details

Learning Outcomes

  • Demonstrate artistic proficiency for music careers such as performance, composition, writing, production, research and teaching.
  • Possess an awareness of the role of music arts in society.
  • Produce scholarly creative projects, solve professional problems independently and demonstrate a well-developed intellectual/ aesthetic focus.

Courses

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SCOTT AVZARADEL

NTT Lecturer, Music
avzaradels@wou.edu

NAOMI CASTRO

Guest Artist for Spring Choir Concert, Music

EMELINE DELONG

, Music

SAMUEL DUELL

Music Lesson Instructor, Music
duellsj@wou.edu

BETHANY EVANS

Music Lesson Instructor, Music
evansbe@wou.edu

RAY FINNELL

Technical Director, Music
finnellra@wou.edu

DIRK FREYMUTH

Professor, Music
freymutd@wou.edu

KIERSTEN GARBER

Music Lesson Instructor/Adjunct Instructor, Music
garberk@wou.edu

JOEL GARZA

NTT Assistant Professor, Music
garzaj@wou.edu

HOLLY HANG

Fitness Instructor - Hourly/Adjunct Instructor, Music
hangh@wou.edu

CLAIRE HUDKINS

NTT Assistant Professor, Voice, Jazz and Commercial Music, Classical, Musical Theater, Music , Music
hudkinsc@wou.edu

SUSAN JOHNSON

Piano Accompanist, Music
johnsonsh@wou.edu

ERIN MCCARTHY

Music Lesson Instructor, Music
mccarthye@wou.edu

JACQUELINE MORELLI

NTT Assistant Professor, Collaborative Pianist, Piano Proficiency, Music, Music
morellj@wou.edu

IKE NAIL

Director of Bands and Orchestra, Music
naili@wou.edu

LUIS RIVERA

Stipend, Guest Artist, Music

KENDRA TAYLOR

NTT Visiting Assistant Professor, Music
taylork@wou.edu

CARLOS VELEZ

NTT Assistant Professor, Music Theory, Composition, Flute, Music
velezc@wou.edu

TATE WADSWORTH

Music Lesson Instructor, Music
wadswortht@wou.edu

KEVIN WALCZYK

Professor, Composition Studies, Music
keveli@wou.edu

ETHAN WILSON

Music Lesson Instructor/Adjunct Lecturer, Music
wilsone@wou.edu

CHRISTOPHER WOITACH

Music Lesson Instructor/Adjunct Instructor, Music
woitachc@wou.edu

SETH WOLLAM

NTT Instructor, Music
wollams@wou.edu

MARGARET MANOOGIAN

Professor, Gerontology: Aging and Older Adulthood
manoogim@wou.edu

MELISSA CANNON

Associate Professor, Gerontology: Aging and Older Adulthood
cannonm@wou.edu

KACIE RYDEN

Office Coordinator, Registrar's Office
rydenk@wou.edu

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Email:
music@wou.edu

Phone:
503-838-8461

Location:
Smith Hall