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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