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Melissa Peña, Assistant Professor Oboe and General MusicMelissa Peña, Assistant Professor Oboe and General Music
B.M., University of Illinois;
M.M., University of Missouri, Kansas City

Peña joins the University of Oregon faculty in 2012 as Assistant Professor of Oboe and General Music. Prior to joining the Oregon faculty, she held the position of Associate Principal Oboe/English Horn with the New Mexico Symphony Orchestra (2002-2011) and was Assistant Professor of Oboe at the University of Northern Colorado (2010-2012).

She has recently performed with Opera Colorado, Santa Fe Opera, Oregon Bach Festival, and the Astoria Music Festival. Peña maintains membership in the New Mexico Philharmonic and is a core musician member of Chatter – a contemporary music ensemble in Albuquerque, NM. She has made concerto appearances with the New Mexico Symphony and the Southwest Florida Symphony, and additionally has subbed with the Kansas City Symphony, Jacksonville Symphony, The Florida Orchestra, Naples Philharmonic, Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, and Music from Angel Fire, among others.

Peña received her Master of Music degree from the University of Missouri – Kansas City where she was a student of Barbara Bishop, and her Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Illinois, where she studied with Nancy Ambrose-King. Melissa and her husband, trombonist Carson Keeble, live in Eugene where they are excitedly exploring the Pacific Northwest.

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Abbott, Tyler Instructor, Double Bass/Jazz String Bass
Baird, Barbara Instructor, Organ/Harpsichord
Barth, Molly Assistant Professor, Flute
Boss, Jack Associate Professor, Theory/Composition/Summer Session Coordinator
Brown, Andiel Instructor, Gospel Choirs
Cain, Aaron Adjunct Instructor, musicology
Case, David Instructor, Classical Guitar
Chatfield, Steven Associate Professor, Modern Dance
Cherry, Christian Associate Professor, Dance Music Director
Cheung, Pius Assistant Professor, Percussion
Craig, Jenifer Associate Professor, Dance Department Head
Crumb, David Associate Professor, Composition/Theory
DeMartino, Louis Adjunct Instructor of Clarinet
Denny, Michael Instructor, Guitar
Dewey, Patricia Associate Professor, Performing Arts Management
Diaz, Frank Assistant Professor, Music Education
Dorsey, Rodney Associate Professor, Conducting
Dossin, Alexandre Associate Professor, Piano
Ebert, Sarah Dance
Esquivel, Karen Adjunct Instructor, Voice/Opera Workshop
Fenn, John Adjunct Assistant Professor, Ethnomusicology
Foley, Brad Dean
Garner, Brad Assistant Professor, Dance
Gearhart, Fritz Associate Professor, Violin
Grant, Roger Mathew Assistant Professor, Theory
Grasso, Eliot Adjunct Instructor, Musicology
Gries, Margret Adjunct Instructor Musicology
Grose, Michael Associate Professor, Tuba
Hedgecoth, David Instructor, Music Education
Henniger, Henry Assistant Professor, Trombone
Heyer, David Adjunct Instructor, Theory
Hobbs, Gary Adjunct Instructor, Jazz Drumset
Honka, Rita Instructor, Dance (African/Modern)
Ingram, Joe Adjunct Instructor, Music Education
Jacobs, David

Assistant Professor, Director of Orchestral Studies and Conducting, Director of the UO Symphony Orchestra

Jantzi, John Adjunct Instructor, Theory/Keyboard Skills
Johnson, Tegan Adjunct Instructor, Music Education
Kajikawa, Loren Assistant Professor, Musicology
Kennedy, Walter Associate Professor, Dance
Kerner, Winifred Instructor, Keyboard Skills
Koenigsberg, Toby Associate Professor, Jazz Piano
Kramer, Dean Associate Professor, Piano
Kruckenberg, Lori Associate Professor, Musicology
Kyr, Robert Professor, Composition/Theory, Philip H. Knight Professor
Latarski, Don Instructor, Guitar Studies Head
Levy, Mark Instructor, Ethnomusicology
Lucktenberg, Kathryn Professor, Violin
Manis, Lillie Instructor, String Pedagogy
Community Music Institute Assistant Director
McQuilkin, Terry Adjunct Instructor, Composition
McWhorter, Brian Associate Professor, Trumpet
Mentzel, Eric Associate Professor, Voice
Miller, Lance Adjunct Instructor Audio Recording Tech
Mockli, Shannon Assistant Professor, Dance
Moses, Florabelle Adjunct Instructor, Dance (Ballet/Salsa)
Nelson, Jean Dance
Olin, Christopher Instructor, Choral Music Education
Owen, Steve Professor, Jazz Studies, Philip H. Knight Professor
Pack, Tim S. Instructor, Theory
Paul, Phyllis M. Associate Professor, Education
Associate Dean Undergraduate Office
Paul, Sharon J. Professor, Vocal & Choral Studies (Head)
Paul, Timothy A. Associate Professor, Interim Director of Bands
Peña, Melissa Assistant Professor, Oboe and General Music
Pologe, Steven Professor, Cello
Ponto, Robert Associate Professor, Assistant Dean Admission/Recruitment
Pyle, Sarah Dance
Riley, David Associate Professor, Collaborative Piano
Rodgers, Stephen Associate Professor, Theory
Rogers, Mike Adjunct Instructor, Theory
Scheuerell, Douglas Adjunct Instructor, Tabla
Shaffer, Ann Library
Shner, Idit Assistant Professor, Saxophone/Jazz Studies
Smith, Marian Associate Professor, Musicology
Stolet, Jeffrey Professor, Music Technology
Director, Future Music Oregon
Straka, Leslie Professor, Viola
Community Music Institute Director
Tedards, Ann Professor, Voice
Associate Dean Graduate Office
Udell, Chet

Instructor of Music Technology

Vacchi, Steve Professor, Bassoon
Van Dreel, Lydia Assistant Professor, Horn
Vanscheeuwijck, Marc Associate Professor, History/Collegium
Vargas, Milagro Professor, Voice
Wachter, Claire Associate Professor, Piano Pedagogy/Piano
Wagoner, W. Sean Instructor, Percussion
Wayte, Laura Decher Adjunct Instructor, Voice
Wayte, Lawrence Adjunct Instructor, Musicology
West, Brian Dance
Wiltshire, Eric Assistant Professor, Athletic Bands
Woideck, Carl Instructor, Jazz, Rock & Blues History
Wolf, Ed Assistant Professor, Ethnomusicology
VanSise, Jeanine Dance
Yarbro, Stacie Adjunct Instructor Music Education
Zaerr, Laura Adjunct Instructor, Harp
Zeller, Richard Adjunct Instructor, Voice

 

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