Feature School of Performing Arts shows new face to city E stablishment of the School of PerformlngArts at Portland State this fall stgnais a new dlrectlon for instruction in music, theater arts and dance, and heralds a new, strengthened relationship between the performing arts at the University and In the communlty. S John Trudeau is dean of the new school, the only School of Perform~ngArts at an Oregoncollege or university. A member of the PSU faculty slnce 1955, Trudeau predicts an increasedemphasis on professionaitraining in the areas of muso, theater arts and dance. including the development of "professlonar degrees. Trudeau believesthere is sufficient student demand for professionai degrees, noting that there already are 300 to 400 students at PSU who could be considered "r-:--" '- "- new school . .. .- The anilude in the sc accordingto the dean. stt~d~nhtasve a concer . . ....... severa aspects of theu area For examp e. rn n In5'r,menIal sts w.'l be expected to have concentrate0 exper cnce n :hool. will be that itrailon in performance ?usic. small and large ensemble playing. and in playlng for concerts,for dance and theater presentations, and for opera. The same breadth of tralning will be stressed for theater arts and dance. At the same time, Trudeauwants to strengthenthe Univenlys tles with the professionaiperformingarts communlty. PSU's School of PerformlngArts will involve more worklng professionalsin teaching roles, and Tmdeau hopes to arrange more master classes, lectures or special performancesw~thv~siting artists. In the past two seasons, for example. performers such as cellist Janos Starker, actress Uta Hagen. and pianist-scholarCharles Rosen have presentedmaster classes or lectures for the PSU community. Locationof the School of PerformlnoArfs at PSU was approvedi y the State Board earlier this year as part of the Unlversltfs academ~creorganizatjonplan. It places a major professional performanceschool lust a short walk through the Park Blocks from the planned Portland PerformingArts Center. Clvic Auditorium. the art and historical museums, and the downtown wre. Trudeau hopes the PSU schwl n ~ lblecome an Integralpart of a clty the Department of Dance need that out of t h ~ srelattonshlp w l i arts campus area renovation evolve a new and excltlng serles of On the more ~mmedlateagenda for Trudeau IS enthus~asticwhen he lnternal product~ons Trudeau and the School of discusses the future both lmmedlate There is more talent ln the Perform~ngArts IS development of and distant of PSU s Schwl of Portland area than one can add~t~onal performing space on Performing Arts The three lmaglne Trudeau says I belleve campus A theater In the round IS d~sc~pl~nofems uslc dance and the PSU School of PerformlngArts at the top of the agenda In addition, theater w~lbl e more closely allied will play a large role In helplng to the new quarters In Shanuck Hall for than In the past The dean belleves develop that talent and provlde professional tralnlng B 6 C
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