Brad Foley, Dean
 B.M., 1975, Ball State University M.M., 1977, University of Michigan D.M.A., 1983, University of MIchigan |
(541) 346-3761 | bfoley@uoregon.edu
Brad Foley has served as dean of the UO School of Music and Dance since September 2002. Since arriving in Oregon, he has served on the boards of the Oregon Bach Festival and the Eugene Symphony Orchestra, performed in programs on the UO campus and with the Eugene Symphony Orchestra, and chaired the search committee charged with finding a new executive director for the Oregon Bach Festival. Under his leadership, scholarship support for music and dance majors has increased, more than $13.6 million has been raised for the school's building project, and significant funds have been acquired to purchase new music-related equipment and instruments.
Foley earned master's and doctoral degrees in wind performance from the University of Michigan. As a soloist and chamber and orchestral musician playing the saxophone and oboe, he has performed across the United States and Canada in more than 350 settings, including the Virginia Symphony, the Indianapolis Symphonic Band, the New Carolina Sinfonia, the East Texas Symphony, and the Longview (Texas) Symphony. He is past editor of the Saxophone Symposium, a nationally elected officer of the North American Saxophone Alliance, and serves as a visiting evaluator for the National Association of Schools of Music. His prior appointments included the faculties of Stephen F. Austin State University and East Carolina University (serving as dean from 1995-2002).
