School of Music and Dance

It’s Monday morning, but Ellie Auvinen leads 45 teenagers through their vocal warm-ups with fearless enthusiasm. “I’m seeing slumping,” she calls out cheerfully. “No slumping in this choir room! Reach up. Long arms.” The University of Oregon senior might be under the supervision of Sheldon High School choir teacher Megan Purdue, but for now this is clearly Auvinen’s classroom. In unison, the students lean forward and back, left and right, take deep breaths in and out.

Rilling’s life and career were defined by an unwavering devotion to the music of Johann Sebastian Bach and a profound commitment to education and artistic excellence.

DJ faculty member Andre Sirois teaches and leads groups that produce the music and art event

Not surprisingly, many Ducks knew the melody, but they had trouble with the lyrics

As Halloween nears, Abigail Fine offers a classically creepy take on cults of dead composers