Dr. Kevin M. Walczyk

PROFESSOR – MUSIC DEPARTMENT HEAD

Composition – Jazz Arranging – Film Scoring – Orchestration – Notation

DMA | University of North Texas | APS 228 | 503-838-8274 keveli@wou.edu

Pastega Award for Excellence in Scholarship (2015)
Pastega Award for Excellence in Teaching (1999)
Outstanding Faculty Advisor Award (2009 & 2024)
NACADA Outstanding Faculty Academic Advising Certificate of Merit (2009)

PROFESSIONAL PUBLICATIONS

Dr. Joel Alberto Garza

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR – NTT

Percussion Ensemble – Applied Percussion Performance – Mariachi – Ethnomusicology

DMA | University of Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music | SH 105 | 503-838-8461 garzaj@mail.wou.edu

Dr. Claire Hudkins

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR – NTT

Vocal Performance – Lyric Diction – Vocal Pedagogy – Vocal Jazz Ensemble

DMA | University of Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music | APSC 233B | hudkinsc@wou.edu

Jackie Ortiz Morelli

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR – NTT: COLLABORATIVE PIANIST

Accompanying – Piano Performance – Piano Proficiency

MM | University of Oregon | APS 231 | 503-838-8276 morellj@wou.edu

Dr. James “Ike” Nail

PROFESSOR: DIRECTOR OF INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC

Instrumental Music Education – Salem Pops Orchestra

DMA | University of Texas, Austin | SH 102A | 503-838-8341 naili@wou.edu

Oregon Symphony Association Music Educator of the Year (2009)
Oregon Music Educators Association Music Educator of the Year (2014)

Dr. Kendra Taylor

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR NTT: DIRECTOR OF CHORAL MUSIC EDUCATION

Choral Ensembles – Choral Conducting – Choral Music Education

PhD | University of Oregon | SH 124 | 503-838-8802 taylork@mail.wou.edu

Dr. Carlos Velez

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR – NTT

Theory – Aural Skills – Flute Performance – Composition

DMA | Cleveland Institute of Music | SH 101 | 503-838-8437 velezc@wou.edu

Dr. Seth Wollam

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR NTT: INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC EDUCATION

Wind Ensemble – Instrumental Conducting – Instrumental Music Education

DMA | University of North Texas | SH 106 | 503-838-8802 wollams@mail.wou.edu