Music Faculty
Dr. James Reddan
DEPARTMENT HEAD
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR: DIRECTOR OF CHORAL ACTIVITIES & CHORAL CONDUCTING
Choral Ensembles – Choral Conducting – Choral Music Education
DMA | Boston University | SH 124 | 503-838-8802 reddanj@wou.edu
Outstanding Faculty Advisor Award (2021)
Dr. Dirk Freymuth
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Audio Production – Early Music Ensemble – Musicology
DMA | University of Southern California | APS 233A | 503-838-8874 freymutd@wou.edu
Dr. Joel Alberto Garza
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR – NTT
Percussion Ensemble – Applied Percussion Performance
DMA | University of Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music | SH 105 | 503-838-8461 garzaj@mail.wou.edu
Dr. Adam Harris
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR – NTT: DIRECTOR OF INSTRUMENTAL JAZZ & EDUCATION
Jazz Orchestra – Latin Music Ensemble – Jazz History – Saxophone
DMA | University of Washington | APS 229 | 503-838-8541 harrisa@wou.edu
Dr. Claire Hudkins
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR – NTT
Vocal Performance – Lyric Diction – Vocal Jazz Ensemble
DMA | University of Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music | SH 102B | 503-838-9365 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. 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. Kevin Walczyk
PROFESSOR
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)
NACADA Outstanding Faculty Academic Advising Certificate of Merit (2009)