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Susan McDaniel

Welcome New UP Faculty!

October 19, 2018

This week, the Office of the Provost is pleased to introduce three more new faculty members:

  • Sharon Delcambre, visiting instructor of environmental studies
  • Major John David Gasa, assistant professor of aerospace studies, Air Force ROTC
  • Susan McDaniel, lecturer of performing and fine arts.

Visit the 2018 New Faculty Profiles page and get to know all our new faculty members.

Filed Under: 10-22-2018, Academics, Provost's Office Tagged With: Major John Gasa, Office of the Provost, Sharon Delcambre, Susan McDaniel

Music at Midweek: Rebecca Hays, Susan McDaniel

September 21, 2018

This week’s Music at Midweek performance features Rebecca Hays, soprano, accompanied by Susan McDaniel, performing and fine arts, on piano on Wednesday, September 26, at 12:30 p.m., in Mago Hunt Center Recital Hall. The performance is free and open to all.

Hays is an award-winning opera singer who has received the prestigious Gerda Lissner Foundation Award twice. She has performed around the world in Europe and venues across the United States. She is a member of the faculty at Texas Tech University, and her repertoire includes “Carmen,” “The Marriage of Figaro,” “The Magic Flute,” “La Bohème,” and many others.

Susan McDaniel has appeared widely as a soloist and chamber musician, including recitals in France, Germany, Switzerland, and the Czech Republic. She has been the resident pianist on All Classical’s Thursdays@Three live radio broadcast, a member of the music staff at Seattle Opera, Portland Opera, and Utah Festival Opera, and has worked as music director and pianist for the San Diego Opera Ensemble, Off-Center Opera (Seattle), and Puget Sound Concert Opera. She teaches and accompanies at the University of Portland and Linfield College.

For more information contact performing and fine arts at x7228 or pfa@up.edu.

Filed Under: 09-17-2018, 09-24-2018, Academics Tagged With: Music at Midweek, Rebecca Hays, Susan McDaniel

Music At Midweek: Denise Westby and Susan McDaniel

October 7, 2016

musicdtThe next Music at Midweek performance will feature flutist Denise Westby and pianist Susan McDaniel on Wednesday, October 12, 12:30 to 1:30 p.m., in Hunt Center Recital Hall. The performance is free and open to all.

Westby is the principal flute with Sinfonia Concertante Orchestra and 5tet Woodwind Quintet. She is the flute instructor at Linfield College and is the founder of the Flute Alliance, an organization which organizes workshops and educational events with professional flutists in the Portland area.

McDaniel has been a member of the music staff at Seattle Opera, Portland Opera, and Utah Festival Opera as well as music director and pianist for the San Diego Opera Ensemble, Off-Center Opera (Seattle), and Puget Sound Concert Opera. She teaches and accompanies at Linfield College, the University of Portland, and the Atlantic Music Festival in Waterville, Maine.

For more information contact performing and fine arts at 7228 or pfa@up.edu.

Filed Under: 10-10-2016, Academics, Performing & Fine Arts Tagged With: Denise Westby, Music at Midweek, Performing & Fine Arts, Susan McDaniel

Music at Midweek, Jan. 22

January 20, 2014

doughty copyThe performing and fine arts department will present Elisa Doughty, soprano (pictured), and Susan McDaniel, piano, in the next Music at Midweek performance on Wednesday, January 22, at 12:30 p.m., in Mago Hunt Center recital hall. The performance is free and open to faculty, staff, students, and the public. Selections will include Six Elizabethan Songs by Dominick Argento; Myrthen Lieder, Op. 25 by Robert Schumann; Le Rossignol des Lilas (Dauphin) by Reynaldo Hahn, and others. For more information contact performing and fine arts at 7228 or pfa@up.edu.

Filed Under: 01-20-2014, Events, Performing & Fine Arts Tagged With: Elise Doughty, Music at Midweek, Performing and Fine Arts, Susan McDaniel

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