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University Singers & Bel Canto Concert: Women Rise!

February 7, 2020

The University Singers and Bel Canto will present a concert, “Women Rise!,” on Sunday, February 16, at 1:30 p.m., in Buckley Center Auditorium. The concert is free and open to all. As part of the University’s year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Women’s Suffrage, this concert will feature choral works by women composers, songs […]

Filed Under: 02-03-2020, 02-10-2020, Academics, Performing & Fine Arts Tagged With: Bel Canto, Performing and Fine Arts, University Singers

Wind Symphony & Women’s Chorale, Nov. 17

November 9, 2018

The University of Portland Wind Symphony and Women’s Chorale will present a concert on Saturday, November 17, at 3 p.m., in Buckley Center Auditorium. No tickets are required. The concert will feature Canadian composer Cait Nishimura for the world premiere of her newest piece, In Dreams, and a performance of Athabasca. In addition, the Women’s Chorale will […]

Filed Under: 11-05-2018, 11-12-2018, Academics, Performing & Fine Arts Tagged With: Performing and Fine Arts, University Singers, Women's Chorale

University Singers & Women’s Chorale Concert, Oct. 6

September 28, 2018

The University Singers will open their concert season with Shall We Gather At The River, featuring selections from a wide-ranging repertoire, including the music of Copland, Schubert, Gjeilo, Thompson. and others. The concert takes place on Saturday, October 6, at 3 p.m., in Buckley Center Auditorium. The Women’s Chorale will perform selections to haunt and inspire; from Paul […]

Filed Under: 10-01-2018, Academics, Performing & Fine Arts Tagged With: Performing and Fine Arts, University Singers, Women's Chorale

University Singers and Women’s Chorale Concert: Feb. 18

February 9, 2018

The Women’s Chorale, directed by Kathryn Briggs, will perform an intriguing program of vocal jazz/pop a cappella selections along with traditional choral literature on Sunday, February 18, at 1 p.m., in Buckley Center Auditorium. The University Singers, directed by Michael Connolly, with student conducting associate Lupita Zamora-Resendiz ’18, will also perform a variety of choral […]

Filed Under: 02-12-2018, Academics, Events, Performing & Fine Arts Tagged With: Michael Connolly, Performing and Fine Arts, University Singers, Women's Chorale

Women’s Chorale, University Singers Concert, Feb. 19

February 10, 2017

The University Singers and Women’s Chorale will present a concert on Sunday, February 19, at 1 p.m., in Buckley Center Auditorium. The concert is free and open to all. For more information contact performing & fine arts at x7228 or pfa@up.edu.

Filed Under: 02-13-2017, Academics, Performing & Fine Arts Tagged With: Performing and Fine Arts, University Singers, Women's Chorale

Monday’s Your Last Chance: A Musical Feast with the University Singers, April 16

April 8, 2016

All faculty and staff are invited to spend “A Night at the Movies” with the University Singers on Saturday, April 16, at 6 p.m., in Bauccio Commons. Tickets will only be available through Monday, April 11. Appetizers, main course, and dessert will be interspersed with songs from films going all the way back to the […]

Filed Under: 03-28-2016, 04-11-2016, Academics, Performing & Fine Arts Tagged With: Michael Connolly, Performing and Fine Arts, University Singers

University Singers and Women’s Chorale Concert, Oct. 10

October 2, 2015

The University Singers and Women’s Chorale will take the audience on a musical tour during their concert on Saturday, October 10, at 3 p.m., in Buckley Center Auditorium. The Women’s Chorale, directed by Kathy Briggs, will perform music from Venezuela, Russia, Germany, and America. The University Signers, directed by Michael Connolly, will preview music from […]

Filed Under: 10-05-2015, Academics, Events, Performing & Fine Arts Tagged With: Performing and Fine Arts, University Singers, Women's Chorale

University Singers Musical Feast, April 18

April 6, 2015

The University Singers, directed by Michael Connolly, invite all UP community members to the inaugural Musical Feast on Saturday, April 18, in the Bauccio Commons. The evening includes a no-host social (beer and wine) at 6 p.m., dinner at 6:30, and a 7 p.m. show by the choir and UP jazz combo Secret Sauce. The […]

Filed Under: 04-06-2015, 04-13-2015, Events, Performing & Fine Arts Tagged With: Michael Connolly, Musical Feast, Performing and Fine Arts, University Singers

University Singers, Women’s Chorale Concert, Oct. 4

September 29, 2014

The University Singers and Women’s Chorale will open their new concert season on Saturday, October 4, at 3 p.m., in Buckley Center Auditorium. The concert is free and open to faculty, staff, students, and the public. The University welcomes Kathryn Briggs as the new director of the Women’s Chorale with this all-choral program featuring American […]

Filed Under: Academics, Events, Performing & Fine Arts Tagged With: Performing and Fine Arts, University Singers, Women's Chorale

Advent Concert Tickets Available Now

November 8, 2013

Free tickets are now available for the Advent Concert on Saturday, December 7, at 8 p.m., at St. Mary’s Cathedral. Contact the performing and fine arts office at 7228 or pfa@up.edu to be sure of getting tickets to this popular holiday concert.  The University Singers will present selections from Handel’s Messiah with professional orchestra and student soloists […]

Filed Under: Events, Performing & Fine Arts Tagged With: Advent Concert, Michael Connolly, Performing and Fine Arts, University Singers

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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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