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Latinx Celebration Concert (Oct. 26)

September 26, 2025

Join the UP Symphony Orchestra, Latinx Student Union, Mecha de UP, and the Bravo Youth Orchestra for our Latinx Celebration Concert on Sunday, October 26th at 3:00pm.

Filed Under: 2025-09-29, 2025-10-13, Issues, Performing & Fine Arts, Student Activities Tagged With: Dia de los muertos, Music Program, Performing and Fine Arts, UP Orchestra

UP Music Program Piano Sale (Oct. 19-21)

October 9, 2023

Many fine pianos loaned to the UP Music Program will be first offered to faculty, staff, alumni, students, and friends at reduced prices before being offered to the public. This special arrangement with Kawai America Corporation and Portland Piano Company directly benefits our talented music students. (Read More)

Filed Under: 10-09-2023, Issues Tagged With: Music Program

Music Program Piano Sale

May 31, 2022

We are pleased to notify you that many fine pianos loaned to the UP Music Program are now available for purchase. The selection includes baby grands, music room grands, uprights, hybrids and performance quality digital pianos. The Music Program has a special arrangement with Kawai America Corporation and Portland Piano Company that directly benefits our […]

Filed Under: 05-16-2022, 05-31-2022 Tagged With: Music Program, Performing and Fine Arts

PFA Piano Sale

June 4, 2021

The performing and fine arts department has announced that many fine pianos loaned to the UP music program are now available for purchase. The selection includes baby grands, music room grands, uprights, hybrids and performance quality digital pianos. The Music Program has a special arrangement with Kawai America Corporation and Portland Piano Company that directly […]

Filed Under: 06-07-2021, 06-21-2021, Academics, Performing & Fine Arts Tagged With: David De Lyser, Music Program, Performing and Fine Arts

PFA Piano Sale: Add Some Music To Your Life

October 2, 2020

The performing and fine arts department has announced that many fine pianos loaned to the UP music program are now available for purchase. The selection includes baby grands, music room grands, uprights, hybrids, and performance quality digital pianos. The music program has a special arrangement with Kawai America Corporation and Portland Piano Company that directly […]

Filed Under: 09-28-2020, 10-05-2020, Academics, Performing & Fine Arts Tagged With: David De Lyser, Music Program, Performing and Fine Arts

UP Singers Shine in Vocal Competition

February 5, 2016

The University of Portland hosted the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) Cascade Classical Auditions on January 29-30. The annual vocal competition is for high school and college students from Oregon and Southwest Washington, with the largest categories comprising lower college women (freshmen and sophomores) and upper college women (juniors and seniors). The competition […]

Filed Under: 02-08-2016, Academics, Performing & Fine Arts Tagged With: Music Program, Nicole Hanig, Performing and Fine Arts

From Our Past: Columbia University Dedication

September 1, 2014

The date September 2, 1901 marks the dedication and consecration of Columbia University, now the University of Portland. Three days later came the first day of classes. According to history professor emeritus Jim Covert in his 1976 book, A Point of Pride: The University of Portland Story: “The story is told that on opening day […]

Filed Under: Campus Services, From Our Past Tagged With: Columbia University, Fr. Edmund P. Murphy, Jim Covert, Music Program

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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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