Music Department Faculty

Scott Tuomi has performed internationally to critical acclaim as a tenor soloist in recitals, opera and oratorio.

Dijana Ihas is an associate professor of music education at Pacific University; founder, director and master teacher of the String Project; and a veteran of the Sarajevo String Quartet.

Brea Murakami is a board-certified music therapist and Interim Director of music therapy at Pacific University.

Cessaries Galusha earned a Bachelors of Music in Piano Performance from the University of Missouri-Kansas City and a Masters of Music in Piano Performance from the University of OR.

Dr. Samuel Barbara directs the Concert Choir at Pacific University. He is the Director of Choral and Vocal Studies at Portland Community College, Rock Creek Campus, where he conducts the chamber and concert choirs, teaches applied lessons and class voice.

Janet Coleman, a versatile and dynamic pianist, has been active in a wide variety of musical collaborations throughout the Northwest for over a decade.

Arlyn Curtis is an instructor in the Music Department

Alan Juza is an adjunct professor in the Music Department.

Stephen Kravitz has been a private instructor of woodwind instruments (clarinet, saxophone & bassoon) for nearly four decades, and he has also taught music at the elementary, middle, and high school levels. He has also taught jazz band, chamber music, woodwind methods, and jazz comprehension at the collegiate level.

Angela Niederloh, mezzo-soprano, has been acclaimed by the New York Times as, “a charismatic mezzo soprano," and is a currently serves as a faculty member for Pacific University's Music Department.

Kelli Stephens is an instructor for Pacific University's Music Department

A native of Staten Island, Louis DeMartino is the principal clarinetist of the Hawaii Symphony Orchestra, as well as the principal clarinetist of the Portland Opera, Oregon Ballet Theatre Orchestras, and the principal clarinetist of the Colorado Music Festival in Boulder, CO.