Melody Chang is an accomplished young mezzo-soprano who performs with the Spokane Symphony Chorale and often performs with professional companies across the state. She has taught voice lessons for years and specializes in healthy classical vocal production. She believes a classical background is necessary to sing every other genre in a healthy manner. She has worked in the Broadway industry for years and has an all-encompassing understanding of the musical and theatrical world.
Music
Live music of all genres and styles, from classical to avant garde. Looking to book a musician or band for a gig? Check out our Artist Roster to find their information or contact the local musician’s union for recommendations.
Tim Greenup
Tim Greenup writes poems and instrumental synthesizer music. His poetry collection, Without Warning, was published by Scablands Books in 2016. His album, Dwelling, was released digitally in 2020.
Tierra Duke
I am primarily a hip hop dancer but I do all styles of dance. I’ve danced in music videos, on semi pro/professional dance teams and create choreography. I am also a singer/songwriter and published model. Check me out on Instagram @itstierraokayy.
Arts Mean Business: Music Video series release!
Spokane Arts partnered local musicians with local filmmakers to create original work in support of their favorite local businesses! This project was funded with Spokane County CARES Act dollars through a Greater Spokane Inc. grant.
Rick Harpman Hatter
I personally represent the Spokane street chalk art scene and Spokane street music scene.
Amanda Howard-Phillips
Amanda Howard-Phillips joined the Spokane Symphony in 2003 and became principal second violin in 2008. Originally from Bainbridge Island, Washington, Amanda began violin lessons at four years old and made her solo debut with the Bainbridge Orchestra at age eleven. Amanda received her bachelor’s degree from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, where she studied with Camilla Wicks, and her master’s degree in violin performance from the Cleveland Institute of Music, studying with David Updegraff. She has studied chamber music with many prominent chamber musicians, including Mark Sokol, Peter Salaff (of the Cleveland Quartet), the Cavani Quartet, Paul Hersh, Ian Swensen, Bonnie Hampton, and Clive Greensmith (of the Tokyo Quartet). She has been awarded fellowships to study at the National Repertory Orchestra and the International Festival-Institute at Round Top, and won first prize in the Pacific Chamber Symphony Concerto Competition in San Francisco, playing the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto.
William Berry
Do you perform in a group that needs a new twist added to a favorite song? Want something which works better for your instruments or suits your style? Have an idea for a melody or words in need of some finishing touches? Or maybe you want to perform new music that nobody has ever heard? I can help you find a new path with your music. Let’s explore new musical territory & take a road less traveled to new places.
Portable Morla
Portable Morla produces digital torch songs to light data-rich landscapes, think of them as imaginary soundtracks for romantic indie flicks involving real-life nerds. Her music soars with golden wings of synthetic romance in an ethereal, wonderfully sentimental space intersecting the neon balladry of the 1980s robotic soul movement. This is the sort of music we fall in love to.
Milo Krims
I am a Photographer, Musician and writer of Short Stories, Poetry and Prose. In all of my work, I am self taught and draw inspiration from the little connections between the living world and the inanimate. The voices that hang behind the things we pretend are only there for our passing glance or moments of thoughtful gazing, but to me are profound just in their being and deserve a moment of pause.
Emily Westman
Born inside a piano, Emily Westman has gone on to become a multifaceted musician with expansive skills. Any given day, she can be found performing as a percussionist with the symphony, playing drums in the musical theater pit, playing drums and singing with her band, SISTERS, teaching music lessons to all ages, orchestrating symphonic music, producing rock tunes in her studio, or playing piano for the elderly. Having played piano since the age of 2 followed by drums, guitar, bass and percussion, Emily went on to study at a performing arts high school followed by classical composition and orchestration at the University of Miami. Since then she has spent the last decade performing in hundreds of halls, genres, bands and countries. A consummate songwriter and composer, Emily has put out 2 full length studio albums with her band, SISTERS, that are available on all platforms. She hopes to instill the same fire she feels for music with everyone she encounters and would love to help kids (and adults alike) seek that flame within themselves.
Todd Milne
Todd Milne performs Electro-Acoustic World Fusion on Bamboo Flute & Ukulele. His style pays homage to traditions from around the world. Deeply contemplative and serene, the music permeates the environment and induces a near transcendental sense of peace and relaxation. His performances and recordings have become popular among those seeking healing and respite from the stresses of modern living.
Sally Jablonsky
Sally Jablonsky is a painter, illustrator, and traditional oldtime fiddle player and teacher. Through a range of media including drawing, painting, soft sculpture, and ceramics, Sally Jablonsky’s work investigates what it means to have an animal body, and how it feels to be on the Earth. She investigates cultural forces, and honors those individuals that in some way create their own set of rules.