Visual and Performing Arts
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Faculty Directory

Art Faculty

Anne Beffel

Anne Beffel

  • Professor, Visual and Performing Arts

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Terri Frew

Terri Frew

  • Instructor, Visual and Performing Arts

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Lisa Gordillo

Lisa Gordillo

  • Assistant Professor, Visual and Performing Arts

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

Susanne Quincy Kilpela

  • Senior Lecturer, Visual and Performing Arts

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Music Faculty

Jared Anderson

Jared Anderson

  • Department Chair, Visual and Performing Arts
  • Associate Professor, Visual and Performing Arts

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Specialties/Activities

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

Patrick Booth

  • Saxophone Instructor, Visual and Performing Arts
Michael Christianson

Michael Christianson

  • Associate Professor, Visual and Performing Arts
  • Director of Bands

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Trevor Clark

Trevor Clark

  • Clarinet and Bassoon Instructor, Visual and Performing Arts
Sidney Dharmavaram

Sidney Dharmavaram

  • Harp Instructor, Visual and Performing Arts
Leslie Dukes

Leslie Dukes

  • Piano and Organ Instructor, Visual and Performing Arts
Jon Ensminger

Jon Ensminger

  • Piano Instructor, Visual and Performing Arts
Marjory Johnston

Marjory Johnston

  • Oboe Instructor, Visual and Performing Arts
Erin Matas

Erin Matas

  • Faculty Engagement and Research Support Librarian
  • French Horn Instructor, Visual and Performing Arts

Musician Bio

Adam Meckler
"Traveler, there is no road. A road is made by walking."

Adam Meckler

  • Assistant Professor, Visual and Performing Arts
  • Director of Jazz Studies

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Libby Meyer

Libby Meyer

  • Lecturer, Visual and Performing Arts
  • Director, Music Composition Program

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Specialties/Activities

  • Classical music composition
  • Violin/viola performance, instruction
Robert Miller

Robert Miller

  • Trumpet Instructor, Visual and Performing Arts
Joel Neves

Joel Neves

  • Associate Professor, Visual and Performing Arts

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Lara Neves

Lara Neves

  • Voice Instructor, Visual and Performing Arts
Andrew Shaud

Andrew Shaud

  • Cello Instructor, Visual and Performing Arts

Sound and Film Faculty

Anna Ehl

Anna Ehl

  • Instructor, Visual and Performing Arts
Josh Loar

Josh Loar

  • Professor of Practice, Visual and Performing Arts

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Specialties/Activities

  • Sound Systems Design and Engineering
  • Multimedia Production and Control Systems Design and Consultation
  • Production Management, Technical Direction
  • Stage Direction
  • Film and Video Production and Post-Production
  • Lighting Design
  • Video/Projection Design
  • Drums/Percussion
  • Acoustics and Acoustic/Soundsystem Modeling
  • Technical Drawing
Christopher Plummer

Christopher Plummer

  • Professor, Visual and Performing Arts

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Specialties/Activities

  • Sound Design
  • Sound System Consultation
  • Sound Mixing
  • Sound Studies
Erin Smith
"Also, you'll find a pair of safety glasses and some earplugs under your seats. Please feel free to use them."
—Max Fischer, Rushmore

Erin Smith

  • Director, Humanities Digital Media Zone
  • Principal Lecturer in Digital Media and Cinema, Humanities
  • Faculty Advisor, Cin/Optic Communication and Media Enterprise

Specialties

  • Digital Media Production
  • Documentary Production and Theory
  • Film Theory and Criticism
  • Academic Technology Administration
  • British Literature

Theatre Faculty

Kent Cyr

Kent Cyr

  • Assistant Professor, Visual and Performing Arts
Mary Cyr

Mary Cyr

  • Lecturer, Visual and Performing Arts
Mary Carol

Mary Carol "M.C." Friedrich

  • Professor, Visual and Performing Arts

Links of Interest

Specialties/Activities

  • Costume Design and Construction
  • Lighting Design
  • Scene Design
  • Color Science for Designers in Theatre
Roger Held

Roger Held

  • Professor, Visual and Performing Arts

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Specialties/Activities

  • Directing
  • Acting: Period Styles
  • History and Literature
  • Leadership and Management
  • Play Writing
Patricia Helsel

Patricia Helsel

  • Associate Professor, Visual and Performing Arts

Specialties/Activities

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

Emeriti Faculty

Mary Ann Beckwith
"Artistry is not bounded by the arts. I tell my students that as they become more confident in their own creativity it will make them a better engineer, mathematician, or forester."

Mary Ann Beckwith

  • Professor Emerita

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Specialties/Activities

  • Watercolor
  • Watermedia art
  • Experimental texture and media techniques
Michael Irish

Michael Irish

  • Professor Emeritus

Links of Interest

Specialties/Activities

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

Milton Olsson

  • Professor Emeritus