Michigan Technological University

Visual and Performing Arts

Advising—Current Students

Art

Susanne Kilpela
"This above all: To thine own self be true"
—Shakespeare

Audio and Sound

Christopher Plummer

Associate Professor of Sound, Visual and Performing Arts

Specialties/Activities

  • Sound Design
  • Sound System Consultation
  • Sound Mixing
  • Sound Studies

Bands

Michael Christianson

Visiting Assistant Professor, Visual and Performing Arts

Director of Bands

Jazz and Music

Michael Irish

Associate Professor of Music, Visual and Performing Arts

Specialties/Activities

  • Jazz Studies
  • Jazz Guitar
  • Composer/Arranger
  • Clinician/Adjudicator/Performer
  • Rhythm Section Specialist

Orchestra

Joel Neves

Assistant Professor of Music, Visual and Performing Arts

906-487-2859
jbneves@mtu.edu
Rozsa 205

Links of Interest

Theatre and Electronic Media Performance

Patricia Helsel

Associate Professor of Theatre, Visual and Performing Arts

906-487-3283
helsel@mtu.edu
Walker 209A

Links of Interest

Specialties/Activities

  • Acting
  • Voice and Articulation
  • Musical Theatre
  • Audition Techniques
  • Vocal Techniques for Media and Theatre
  • Presentation

Theatre and Entertainment Technology

Mary Carol "M.C." Friedrich

Associate Professor of Theatre, Visual and Performing Arts

Specialties/Activities

  • Costume Design & Construction
  • Lighting Design
  • Scene Design
  • Color Science for Designers in Theatre

Kalen Larson

Assistant Professor of Theatre, Visual and Performing Arts

Specialties/Activities

  • Technical Theatre Production
  • Scenic Design
  • Stage Mechanics
  • Rigging
  • Metal Working

Visual and Performing Arts

209 Walker
1400 Townsend Drive
Houghton, MI 49931

Ph. 906-487-2067
Fax: 906-487-1841
Email: vpa@mtu.edu

Michigan Technological University

1400 Townsend Drive
Houghton, Michigan 49931-1295
906-487-1885

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