Music Faculty
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)
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 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. 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
ADJUNCT INSTRUCTORS
Justin Chase | lj.chase@gmail.com | audio production
Sam Duell | duellsj@mail.wou.edu | audio production
Bethany Evans | evansb@wou.edu | harp
Kiersten Garber | garberk@wou.edu | violin & viola
Holly Hang | hangh@wou.edu | clarinet & piano accompanying
Joshua Koller | kollerj@mail.wou.edu | violoncello
Erin McCarthy | mccarthye@mail.wou.edu | voice
Sam Reid | reids@mail.wou.edu | saxophone & jazz improvisation
Dax Smith | smithjd@wou.edu | music in the elementary classroom
Tate Wadsworth | wadswortht@mail.wou.edu | high brass
Elizabeth Walczyk | walczyke@mail.wou.edu | jazz bass
Dr. Eric Wallace | wallacee@wou.edu | low brass & brass ensemble
Ethan Wilson | wilsone@wou.edu | audio production
Christopher Woitach | woitachc@wou.edu | jazz guitar
MUSIC LINKS
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CONNECT WITH US
NICOLE MORGAN
program & facilities coordinator
(503) 838-8461
e-mail: morgann@mail.wou.edu
Rice Auditorium 103
M-F 8:00AM-4:30PM
