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About Us
Academic Programs
Undergraduate Music
Bachelor of Music
Minor in Music
B.A. 4-Year Degree Plan
B.S. 4-Year Degree Plan
Guitar Studies
Instrumental Studies
Music Education
Music Technology & Production
Concerts and Clinics
Piano Studies
Popular Music Studies
Vocal Studies
Graduate Program
Learning Outcomes
Current and Future Students
Advising
Music Auditions and Scholarships
Suggested Repertoire
Student Recitals
Music Preview Day
Resources
Being a Music Major
COVID-19
Faculty & Staff Directory
Emeritus Faculty Directory
Music Events
Ensembles & Festivals
Ensemble Auditions
Choral and Vocal Auditions
Instrumental Auditions
Bands
High School Concert Band Festival
Middle School Concert Band Festival
OSU Bands Concerto Competition
OSU Wind Ensemble Recordings
Wind Conducting Symposium
Choral and Vocal Music
High School Choir Festival
Festival of Voices
Corvallis-OSU Symphony
Opera Workshop
Guitar Ensemble
OSU Guitar Ensemble Recordings
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Dana Reason
Assistant Professor
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Office:
541-737-5599
Community Hall
Community Hall 305
1650 SW Pioneer Place
1650 SW Pioneer Place
Corvallis, OR 97331
Education:
Critical Studies and Experimental Practices, Musicology (PhD): University of California, San Diego, CA
Master of Arts (MA): Music Composition, Mills College, Oakland, CA.
Bachelor of Music (B.MUS) (Emphasis: Piano/Composition) McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Additional Information:
Discography
Roscoe Mitchell’s Distant Radio Transmission: Nonaah Trio
with John C Savage and Catherine Lee, (Wide Hive Records, 2020)
John Heward Quintet: Improvisations
, (Mode Records - Avant, 2019)
Reasoning
with Mark Dresser, Mike Gamble, Lori Goldston and Peter Valsamis, (Dana Reason, 2014)
Angle of Vision
with Glen Moore and Peter Valsamis, (482 Music, 2013)
Revealed
with Dominic Duval and John Heward, (Circumvention Music, 2010)
Signs Of The Times: Women/Men
(including Dana Reason Trio), (Jazziz, 2010)
Fjellestad/Kowald/Reason/Robinson: Dual Resonance
, (Circumvention Music, 2003)
The Space Between
with Jöelle Léandre, (482 Music, 2003)
The Space Between
with Matthew Sperry, (482 Music, 2003)
The Space Between
with Barre Phillips, (482 Music, 2001)
Hans Fjellestad: Red Sauce Baby
(as guest pianist), (Accretions, 2000)
The Space Between
with Jon Raskin, (Sparkling Beatnik Records, 1999)
Musicworks 74: Soundscape Minimalism
(including The Space Between Trio), (Musicworks, 1999)
Border Crossings
, (Red Toucan 1997)
Ellis: Children in Peril
(as guest pianist), (Music And Arts, 1997)
Primal Identity
, (Deep Listening, 1996)
Philip Gelb: Purple Wind
(as guest pianist), (Ryokan, 1996)
Da-Ro Re-Mix-Desire
, (Da Grooves, 1994)
Hard into the Night
- Remix, (Numuzik Inc., 1994)
Ya-Ya Re-Mix Mitsou
, (Tox, 1994)
Deep Into Your Soul
. Remix of
Fan.cie
, (Da Grooves, 1994)
Videography
Off the Road
: Documentary film by Laurence Petit-Jouvet, France 2001, featuring musical collaborations with German bassist
Peter Kowald
List of Major Festivals and Performances
Association des Musiciens Improvisateurs de Montreal
Sound Symposium
, Newfoundland
Music Gallery
, Toronto ON
San Francisco Jazz Festival
CA
Knitting Factory
, New York City NY
Saide Bronfman Center
, Montreal, ON
Guelph Jazz Festival
, Ontario
Frau musica nova
, Cologne, France
Beyond the Pink Festival
, Los Angeles
Banff Arts Festival
, Alberta
Suoni Por Il Popolo
, Montreal QC
Place Gabriel
, Paris, France
Stanford University
, CA
Cal Arts
, Valencia CA
Mimi Jazz Salon
, Los Angeles CA
Meet the Composer
, New York City NY
Radio Canada
National Public Radio
Profile Field Tabs
At OSU
Affiliated with:
Music Department
Research/Career Interests:
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Assistant Professor of Contemporary Music
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1650 SW Pioneer Place
Corvallis, OR 97331
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541-737-4061
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541-737-4268