Prof. Evlyn Gould
Evlyn Gould is College of Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor in the Humanities and Professor Emerita of French at the University of Oregon where she has taught since 1983. She also serves as cantorial intern at Temple Beth Israel in Eugene, OR and as Hazzanite at Temple Har Zion in Mt. Holly, NJ.
Prof. Gould's work focuses on 19th century French literature, culture, and the performing arts, as well as issues in Jewish and European Studies. She is the author of Virtual Theater from Diderot to Mallarmé (1989). The Fate of Carmen (1996; 2001), and co-author and editor of Engaging Europe: Rethinking a Continent in Change (2005; 2007). Her latest book, Dreyfus and the Literature of the Third Republic: Secularism and Tolerance in Zola, Barrès, Lazare and Proust (2012) explores the "Jewish question" during the Dreyfus Affair in France, and the moral turning of each of these authors around this question.
Prof. Gould's latest work studies the Jewish presence in popular social gatherings of the late 19th Century in a work tentatively titled, Salons et Cénacles in fin-de-siècle France.
Prof. Gould's work focuses on 19th century French literature, culture, and the performing arts, as well as issues in Jewish and European Studies. She is the author of Virtual Theater from Diderot to Mallarmé (1989). The Fate of Carmen (1996; 2001), and co-author and editor of Engaging Europe: Rethinking a Continent in Change (2005; 2007). Her latest book, Dreyfus and the Literature of the Third Republic: Secularism and Tolerance in Zola, Barrès, Lazare and Proust (2012) explores the "Jewish question" during the Dreyfus Affair in France, and the moral turning of each of these authors around this question.
Prof. Gould's latest work studies the Jewish presence in popular social gatherings of the late 19th Century in a work tentatively titled, Salons et Cénacles in fin-de-siècle France.
Beth Hamon
The daughter of nightclub musicians, Beth Hamon is a bicycle-riding, creative autodidact whose songs straddle the fuzzy line between Jewish and secular themes of justice, hope, renewal and love. Based in Portland, Oregon, she tours as an artist- and educator-in-residence and cantorial soloist at coffeehouses, community centers and synagogues across the country. When not on the road, Beth shares her gifts at Portland-area open mics and jam sessions, inspiring and being inspired by other independent songwriters.
Beth was selected as one of the top five “New Voices In Jewish Music” by Forward magazine. She is in demand as a commissioned songwriter and clinician at music conferences and day-of-Jewish-learning events across the United States.
In addition, Beth is also a drummer and percussionist with extensive teaching, performing and adjudicating experience in symphonic percussion, opera and ballet pit orchestras, jazz drumming and the pageantry arts (drum corps and marching band). She holds a degree in Music Education and Middle East Studies from Portland State University. Deeply concerned about the nationwide finding cuts in arts education across the country, Beth also volunteers her time as a drum instructor at Portland-area elementary schools.
Beth’s three recorded collections include liturgical settings and original compositions about life as experienced through an American-Jewish lens. She is at work on a fourth album of original Jewish folk music.
"There's nothing else like it! It's bright acoustic pop and folk, performed with hearty, honest joy. It’s inspired, and inspiring."
--Tom Petersen, Victory Review Magazine
“Today's Harry Chapin is a woman, fierce and powerful and lovely.”
-- Sharol Brickman, singer-songwriter, St. Louis
The daughter of nightclub musicians, Beth Hamon is a bicycle-riding, creative autodidact whose songs straddle the fuzzy line between Jewish and secular themes of justice, hope, renewal and love. Based in Portland, Oregon, she tours as an artist- and educator-in-residence and cantorial soloist at coffeehouses, community centers and synagogues across the country. When not on the road, Beth shares her gifts at Portland-area open mics and jam sessions, inspiring and being inspired by other independent songwriters.
Beth was selected as one of the top five “New Voices In Jewish Music” by Forward magazine. She is in demand as a commissioned songwriter and clinician at music conferences and day-of-Jewish-learning events across the United States.
In addition, Beth is also a drummer and percussionist with extensive teaching, performing and adjudicating experience in symphonic percussion, opera and ballet pit orchestras, jazz drumming and the pageantry arts (drum corps and marching band). She holds a degree in Music Education and Middle East Studies from Portland State University. Deeply concerned about the nationwide finding cuts in arts education across the country, Beth also volunteers her time as a drum instructor at Portland-area elementary schools.
Beth’s three recorded collections include liturgical settings and original compositions about life as experienced through an American-Jewish lens. She is at work on a fourth album of original Jewish folk music.
"There's nothing else like it! It's bright acoustic pop and folk, performed with hearty, honest joy. It’s inspired, and inspiring."
--Tom Petersen, Victory Review Magazine
“Today's Harry Chapin is a woman, fierce and powerful and lovely.”
-- Sharol Brickman, singer-songwriter, St. Louis
Elizabeth Schwartz
Elizabeth Schwartz is a free-lance writer and musician based in Portland. She writes about classical music for the Oregon Symphony, Portland Piano International and the Britt Festival, and has contributed radio essays to NPR’s “Performance Today,” (now heard on American Public Media).
When not listening to classical music, Liz writes about Jewish food, arts and culture for Oregon Jewish Life, Arizona Jewish Life and other publications. She also co-hosts “The Portland Jewish Hour,” the longest continuously-running Jewish music and culture program on the radio west of the Mississippi. The Portland Jewish Hour, formerly the Portland Yiddish Hour, can be heard on Sundays at 10 a.m. on KBOO 90.7 FM or streamed live for free at http://kboo.fm.
Liz holds a B.A. in music from the University of California and an M.M. in voice with an emphasis in musicology from Boston University. She has been an active member of Portland's Havurah Shalom community since 1990, where she leads music for Shabbat and High Holiday services.
Elizabeth Schwartz is a free-lance writer and musician based in Portland. She writes about classical music for the Oregon Symphony, Portland Piano International and the Britt Festival, and has contributed radio essays to NPR’s “Performance Today,” (now heard on American Public Media).
When not listening to classical music, Liz writes about Jewish food, arts and culture for Oregon Jewish Life, Arizona Jewish Life and other publications. She also co-hosts “The Portland Jewish Hour,” the longest continuously-running Jewish music and culture program on the radio west of the Mississippi. The Portland Jewish Hour, formerly the Portland Yiddish Hour, can be heard on Sundays at 10 a.m. on KBOO 90.7 FM or streamed live for free at http://kboo.fm.
Liz holds a B.A. in music from the University of California and an M.M. in voice with an emphasis in musicology from Boston University. She has been an active member of Portland's Havurah Shalom community since 1990, where she leads music for Shabbat and High Holiday services.
