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New PCC Music Studio Named for Opera Singer Benefactor
Photos and story by James Hill
PORTLAND, Ore. – Portland Community College honored Dorothy Fisher-Jones, a resident of Lake Oswego, naming the PCC Sylvania Campus Art Department’s digital music studio the Dorothy Fisher-Jones Music Studio. The college held an event dedicating the new music lab, the Dorothy Fisher-Jones Music Studio on Nov. 15. The new studio features 16 state-of-the-art music work stations, including Yamaha digital pianos interfaced with iMac computers and one instructor work station and control console. The studio allows each student to compose and practice at a station and to also receive feedback and instruction from the instructor. The PCC Foundation is a beneficiary in her will and Fisher-Jones intends for the college to receive a benefit upon her death. Fisher-Jones, a renowned opera singer who performed in Europe, the Philippines and in New York, taught voice to students in the Portland area for many years in a studio and in her home. Her bequest will provide scholarship funding for PCC music students studying voice.
About James Hill
James G. Hill, an award-winning journalist and public relations writer, is the Director of Public Relations at Portland Community College. A graduate of Portland State University, James has worked as a section editor for the Newberg Graphic... more »