• Dawson Carr, Ph.D.

  The Janet and Richard Geary Curator of European Art

• Mary Weaver Chapin, Ph.D.

  Curator of Graphic Arts

• James Harper, Ph.D.

  Associate Professor of the History of Art & Architecture, University of Oregon

• Brandon Labadie

  Executive Director, Musica Maestrale

• Jesse Locker, Ph.D.

  Assistant Professor of Renaissance & Baroque Art, Portland State University

• Christopher Mattaliano

  General Director, Portland Opera

• Gayle Neuman

  Co-Director of the Oregon Renaissance Band

• Phil Neuman

  Co-Director of the Oregon Renaissance Band

• Faun Tanenbaum Tiedge, Ph.D.

  Professor of Music and Chair of the Department of Music, Linfield College.

• Marc Vanscheeuwijck, Ph.D.

  Associate Professor of Musicology, University of Oregon

• Byron Will

  Harpsicord Builder

Dr. Dawson Carr is the museum's first full-time curator of European painting and sculpture. He is responsible for the research, documentation, and interpretation of art made in Europe from Antiquity to 1850, as well as for the organization of exhibitions and the development of the collection. Prior to this appointment, Dr. Carr served as Curator of Spanish and Italian Paintings 1600–1800 at The National Gallery, London, and as a curator at the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles.

Dr. Mary Weaver Chapin joined the staff of the Portland Art Museum in Portland, Oregon in March 2012. She oversees a large and varied collection of 20,000 prints, drawings, posters, and artists' books, and maintains an active exhibition schedule. Prior to this appointment, Dr. Weaver Chapin was the Associate Curator of Prints and Drawings at the Milwaukee Art Museum.

Dr. James Harper is a specialist in the history of Italian Renaissance and Baroque Art at the University of Oregon. His published works include the book The Turk and Islam in the Western Eye: Visual Imagery before Orientalism, 1450-1750, and the catalogue of the exhibition he co-curated, Giuseppe Vasi's Rome: Lasting Impressions from the Age of the Grand Tour.

Brandon Labadie, Executive Director of Portland-based Musica Maestrale, performs a modern as well as an early music repertory. A graduate of The Juilliard School, he has performed under the baton of notable conductors such as Jordi Savall, William Christie, Masaaki Suzuki, and Ton Koopman. Brandon also plays regularly with Musica Maestrale and the Portland Baroque Orchestra. His other endeavors include an apprenticeship with early music instrument builder, Joel Robinson.

Dr. Jesse Locker is Assistant Professor of Renaissance & Baroque Art at Portland State University and author of the forthcoming book The Hands of Aurora: Artemisia Gentileschi and the Language of Painting (Yale University Press).

Christopher Mattaliano is the Portland Opera's General Director. In this capacity, he is responsible for all artistic, financial, and administrative aspects of the company. Previous to this appointment, he was the Artistic Director of the Pine Mountain Music Festival. He has taught at the Juilliard School, the Metropolitan Opera Young Artist Development Program, the Manhattan School of Music, Yale University, Princeton University, Mannes College of Music, and the New National Theater of Japan.

Gayle Stuwe Neuman is a performer, educator, and instrument builder, who specializes in ancient and early European music. She plays the violin, sackbutt, recorder, and many other early instruments, and is also an internationally acclaimed vocalist. She co-founded and co-directs the Oregon Renaissance Band, is a member of the Trail Band, and has played under the baton of Monica Huggett and Ton Koopman. She teaches at Portland's Community Music Center.

Philip Neuman is a performer, educator, and instrument builder, who specializes in ancient and early European music. He performs on the sackbutt, recorder, and several other wind and string instruments, and co-founded and co-directs the Oregon Renaissance Band. He teaches at the Community Music Center in Portland, is a member of the Trail Band, has performed under the baton of Christopher Hogwood and Nicolas McGeegan, and has recorded with the American Bach Soloists.

Dr. Faun Tanenbaum Tiedge is Professor of Music and Chair of the Department of Music at Linfield College. Dr. Tanenbaum Tiedge previously chaired the Department of Music History and Literature at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, and also taught music at Northwestern University, Hunter College, and New York University. She pursues research on both historical and contemporary performance practice with a particular interest in improvisation and collaboration across genres.

Dr. Marc Vanscheeuwijck is a baroque cellist and an Associate Professor of Musicology at the University of Oregon, where he teaches undergraduate and graduate music history survey courses of the Renaissance, Baroque, and Classical periods. He also teaches courses on Performance Practice, Baroque Cello, and directs the Collegium Musicum ensemble, which specializes in early music.

Byron Will developed a love for early music and the music of J.S. Bach in high school in Wisconsin. His first Italian harpsichord was made from materials here in the Northwest. He began making harpsichords in earnest in 1975. In 1986, Byron was invited by friends in Austria to build harpsichords. He has now built 24 instruments for private use and for use in institutions in Europe. His connections there continue, as he has received recent commissions for Italian instruments for players and professors.