Portland State Magazine Winter 2019

8 FANFARE WHEN PROGRAM coordinator Anwyn Willette and School of Music & Theater Director Bonnie Miksch first proposed the Sonic Arts and Music Production program, they estimated they’d have about 25 students enrolled by fall 2018; instead, they now have more than 60. “Lots of other schools offer music technology classes, but offering a whole degree is uncommon,” Willette says. In its second year, students are honing their skills through local projects, including recording an audiobook with the student-run Ooligan Press and providing sound engineering for Fear No Music, a Portland contemporary music ensemble. The degree program even has its own ensemble in which students compose and perform music from their laptop computers. Exploring the Sonic Arts