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Music at Midweek

Music at Midweek: Stephanie and Saar

February 5, 2016

The next Music at Midweek performance will feature New York-based pianists Stephanie Kai-Win Ho and Saar Ahuvia, who make up the duo of Stephanie and Saar, on Wednesday, February 10, at 12:30 p.m., in Mago Hunt Center recital hall. The performance is free and open to all. For more information contact performing and fine arts […]

Filed Under: 02-08-2016, Events, Performing & Fine Arts Tagged With: Music at Midweek, Nicole Hanig, Performing and Fine Arts, Stephanie & Saar

Music At Midweek: Arnica String Quartet, Feb. 3

January 29, 2016

Members of the Oregon Symphony, including Charles Noble, performing and fine arts (pictured), will join together as the Arnica String Quartet to perform works by Beethoven and Shostokovich at this week’s Music at Midweek, performance, on Wednesday, February 3, at 12:30 p.m., in Hunt Center recital hall. All are welcome to this free performance. For […]

Filed Under: 02-01-2016, Academics, Events, Performing & Fine Arts Tagged With: Charles Noble, Music at Midweek, Performing and Fine Arts

Music At Midweek

January 22, 2016

The Music at Midweek performers for Wednesday, January 27 are Marla Fogderud, soprano, and Susan McDaniel, piano. They will perform a lecture recital entitled, “The Golden Age of Norwegian Song.” Music at Midweek performances take place in Mago Hunt Center recital hall at 12:30 p.m. on Wednesdays, and are free and open to all. For […]

Filed Under: 01-25-2016, Academics, Events, Performing & Fine Arts Tagged With: Music at Midweek, Performing and Fine Arts

Music At Midweek: Valerie Saul and Laura Thoreson

October 30, 2015

Valery Saul and Laura Thoreson, the mezzo sopranos of the performing and fine arts voice faculty, and some of Portland’s most lauded musical organizations, including Portland Opera and Portland Baroque Orchestra, will perform a recital highlighting French vocal repertoire on Wednesday, November 4, at 12:30 p.m., in Mago Hunt Center recital hall. The performance is […]

Filed Under: 11-02-2015, Academics, Performing & Fine Arts Tagged With: Laura Thoreson, Music at Midweek, Performing and Fine Arts, Valerie Saul

Music At Midweek: Beta Collide

October 23, 2015

Beta Collide, directed by Grammy Award-winning flutist Molly Barth (formerly of eighth blackbird) and trumpeter Brian McWhorter (formerly of Meridian Arts Ensemble) will perform at this week’s Music at Midweek on Wednesday, October 28, at 12:30 p.m., in Mago Hunt Center recital hall. Previous performances have included music by a spectrum of composers including Gyorgi […]

Filed Under: 10-26-2015, Events, Performing & Fine Arts Tagged With: Music at Midweek, Performing and Fine Arts

Music At Midweek: UP Piano Quartet

October 12, 2015

The next Music at Midweek performance will feature UP Faculty Kevin A. LeFohn (violin), Asst. Principal Viola with Oregon Symphony Charles Noble (viola) and Susan McDaniel (piano), who will join with Oregon Symphony Orchestra’s Trevor Fitzpatrick (cello) to create the UP Piano Quartet. Music at Midweek is free and open to all; performance begins at […]

Filed Under: 10-12-2015, Academics, Events, Performing & Fine Arts Tagged With: Music at Midweek, Performing and Fine Arts

Music At Midweek: Northwest Piano Trio

October 2, 2015

The next Music at Midweek performance will feature UP graduate Hannah Hillebrand (cello), faculty member Susan McDaniel (piano), and Heather Mastel-Lipson (violin) of the Portland Opera and Oregon Ballet Theater Orchestras. They formed The Northwest Piano Trio in fall 2014. Based in Portland, the trio is committed to the performance of traditional classical music while […]

Filed Under: 10-05-2015, Academics, Events, Performing & Fine Arts Tagged With: Music at Midweek, NW Piano Trio, Performing and Fine Arts

Music At Midweek, Sept. 30

September 25, 2015

The next Music at Midweek performance will feature early music specialists Phil and Gayle Neuman, who will provide a lecture-demonstration on renaissance music and instruments, on Wednesday, September 30, from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m., in Hunt Center recital hall. The event is free and open to all. The Neumans combine expertise in music history and […]

Filed Under: 09-28-2015, Academics, Events, Performing & Fine Arts Tagged With: Music at Midweek, Performing and Fine Arts, Phil and Gayle Neuman

Music At Midweek, Sept. 21

September 21, 2015

The next Music at Midweek performance will feature Jessica Meyer, who will speak to young musicians to empower them with networking, communication, entrepreneurial, and teaching artist skills so they can successfully connect to their audiences while being the best advocates for their own careers.The presentation takes place in Hunt Center recital hall on Wednesday, September […]

Filed Under: 09-21-2015, Academics, Performing & Fine Arts Tagged With: Jessica Meyer, Music at Midweek, Performing and Fine Arts

Music At Midweek, Sept. 16

September 11, 2015

The next Music at Midweek performance will feature New York based violist and teacher Jessica Meyer, who will join with the music program for two weeks. In this week’s session, Jessica performs new compositions for solo viola. Her compositions use traditional and extended techniques inspired by her varied experiences as a contemporary and period instrumentalist. Meyer’s performance begins […]

Filed Under: 09-14-2015, Academics, Performing & Fine Arts Tagged With: Jessica Meyer, Music at Midweek, Performing and Fine Arts

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Jeff Kerssen-Griep, Communication and Media, presented “Teaching with Transformative International Conflict Partners” on the panel, “Healing Divides and Elevating Connections within Conflict & Peacebuilding.” National Communication Association Convention. November, 2025.

Christi Richardson-Zboralski, Director of Marketing – Graduate Programs, published a short story under pen name, Christi R. Suzanne, entitled “Outlaw’s Dust.” In Lisa Diane Kastner (Ed.) 27 Stories: An LA Wildfire Anthology. Running Wild Press. January 7, 2026. All proceeds from this anthology go toward Habitat for Humanity LA. Find it on the Broadway Books website or on Bookshop.org.

Fr. Pat Hannon, CSC, published From Glory to Glory: A Pilgrim’s Notes From the Badlands of Grace. Occasioned by the author’s walking, with siblings, the famous Camino de Santiago in the fall of 2024, the book traces all manner of other pilgrimages—to and from home, family, love, self, and God. One Subject Press, Saint Paul, Minnesota. November, 2025.

Jessica Murphy Moo, editor of Portland Magazine and director of storytelling, wrote the lyrics to two songs in “We Go On, Oswego,” a song cycle honoring female refugees who lived at Camp Ontario in upstate New York. From 1944-1946, Camp Ontario provided emergency shelter to refugees from Nazi-occupied Europe. “We Go On, Oswego” was performed at Nazareth College, in collaboration with Finger Lakes Opera, on December 4, 2025. It was commissioned by Katie Hannigan, PhD. The song “There Is No Underground,” was written in collaboration with composer Maria Thompson Corley, and the song “My Table,” was written in collaboration with composer Kurt Erickson.

Simon Aihiokhai, Theology, published “A Spirituality of Desert Discipleship for Our Times. Reflections on the Readings of the Third Sunday of Advent.” VoiceAfrique.org. December 13, 2025.

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