Department Academic Advisor

Heather Simpson

(she/her)

• Director of Advising and Exploring Majors
• Exploring Majors/General Sciences and Arts
• Instructor
• Visual and Performing Arts Academic Advisor

• hsimpson@mtu.edu
• 906-487-3283
• 209E Walker Arts and Humanities Center

Specialties

• Teaches SA 1000 - Exploring Majors at Michigan Tech
• Provides outreach and academic support to student populations

Faculty Contacts

Art

Terri Frew

• Associate Teaching Professor, Visual and Performing Arts
• Academy of Teaching Excellence

• tjfrew@mtu.edu
• 906-487-3096
• Walker 208

Links of Interest

• Faculty Website
• Copper Country Community Arts Center
• American Craft Council

Audio and Sound

Christopher Plummer

• Distinguished Professor, Visual and Performing Arts

• cplummer@mtu.edu
• 906-487-3282
• Walker 103

Links of Interest

• Portfolio
• My Calendar
• Production Videos
• United States Institute for Theatre Technology
• Audio Engineering Society
• Michigan Tech Loudspeakers

Specialties/Activities

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

Bands and Music Minor

Joel Neves

• Professor, Visual and Performing Arts
• Academy of Teaching Excellence

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

Links of Interest

• Faculty Webpage

Choirs

Jared Anderson

• Department Chair, Visual and Performing Arts
• Professor and Director of Choral Activities, Visual and Performing Arts
• Academy of Teaching Excellence

• jaredand@mtu.edu
• 906-487-2143
• Walker 209D

Links of Interest

• American Choral Directors Association
• ACDA—Michigan
• ChoralNet
• Musica International
• ChoralWiki
• Michigan Tech Concert Choir on Facebook

Specialties/Activities

• Choral Singing
• Contemporary Choral Music
• Musical Theater
• Skill Acquisition in the Large Group Rehearsal
• Ear-Training

Jazz

Drew Kilpela

• Assistant Teaching Professor of Music, Visual and Performing Arts

• akilpela@mtu.edu
• 906-487-2825
• Rozsa 204

Music Composition

Libby Meyer

• Teaching Professor, Visual and Performing Arts
• Director, Music Composition Program

• ecmeyer@mtu.edu
• 906-487-3015
• Rozsa 206

Links of Interest

• Faculty Webpage
• Landscape Music
• Music Composition

Specialties/Activities

• Classical music composition
• Violin/viola performance, instruction

Orchestra and Music Performance Minor

Joel Neves

• Professor, Visual and Performing Arts
• Academy of Teaching Excellence

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

Links of Interest

• Faculty Webpage

Theatre Performance

Nich Radcliffe

• Assistant Teaching Professor, Visual & Performing Arts
• Director, Theatre Performance Program

• nradclif@mtu.edu
• 906-487-1836
• Walker 142

Links of Interest

• Portfolio

• Valiant Theatre

Specialties

• Acting
• Shakespeare
• Music Theatre
• Directing
• Dramaturgy
• New Play Development
• Adaption/Deconstruction

Theatre and Entertainment Technology

Kent Cyr

• Associate Professor, Visual and Performing Arts

• kacyr@mtu.edu
• 906-487-2692
• Rozsa 114