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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)

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ADJUNCT INSTRUCTORS

Ken Anoe | anoek@wou.edu | jazz bass

Bethany Evans | evansb@wou.edu | harp

Kiersten Garber | garberk@wou.edu | strings

Holly Hang | hangh@wou.edu | clarinet

Mike Moore | mikem@thelmas.com | audio production

Dr. Charles Mueller | muellerc@wou.edu | musicology

Dax Smith | smithjd@wou.edu | music in the elementary classroom

Dr. Eric Wallace | wallacee@wou.edu | low brass & brass ensemble

Ethan Wilson | wilsone@wou.edu | audio production

Christopher Woitach | woitachc@wou.edu | jazz guitar

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