Portland State Magazine Fall 2017

FALL 2017 PORTLAND STATE MAGAZINE 9 F A N F A R E MORE POWERFUL CD by George Colligan (jazz faculty), Whirlwind Recordings, 2017 TACOMA Video game by Steve Gaynor ’05, The Fullbright Company, 2017 AMISH WEDDINGS By Leslie Gould MA ’09, Bethany House Publishers, 2017 LOVE’S LAST NUMBER: POEMS Christopher Howell MA ’71, Milkweed Editions, 2017 DEATH BREW By Bob Jonas MS ’92, Vagabond Librarian Publishing, 2017 BLOCKCHAIN FOR DUMMIES By Tiana Laurence ’14, For Dummies, 2017 REVENGEANCE Animated film by Bill Plympton ’69 and Jim Lujan, 2016 THE HORSE LATITUDES By Matthew Robinson MFA ’15 (English faculty), Propeller Books, 2016 GUERRILLAS OF DESIRE: NOTES ON EVERYDAY RESISTANCE AND ORGANIZING TO MAKE A REVOLUTION POSSIBLE By Kevin Van Meter (geography faculty), AK Press, 2017 DISINHERITANCE: POEMS John Sibley Williams MS ’11, Apprentice House, 2016 BRAVE THE STRANGE CD by Robert Wynia ’01, Cavity Search Records, 2017 New Works SOON AFTER returning from Bali, members of the Portland State Chamber Choir saw its new CD, The Doors of Heaven , the first American recording of works by Ēriks Ešenvalds, released by Naxos Records. The CD made it to #1 on Billboard’s Traditional Classical Albums chart—the first university ensemble to ever hit the charts. Conducted by PSU Choral Director Ethan Sperry, the recording originated with the choir’s performance at a national conference in 2015. Naxos Records took note and contacted Ešenvalds, a prize-winning Latvian composer, about creating an album with the PSU Chamber Choir. Ešenvalds will return to Portland for the choir’s upcoming performances November 10 and 12 at the First United Methodist Church, 1838 SW Jefferson. Visit psuchamberchoir.com/events for details.  Hear them for yourself