Dan Balmer BA ’80

Dan Balmer BA ’80 recorded his 12th CD this year. A member of the Oregon Music Hall of Fame and the Jazz Society of Oregon Hall of Fame, he traveled to New York to record with “two of New York City’s finest”: Gary Versace and Rudy Royston. Balmer also continues playing gigs around the Northwest and subbing with the group Pink Martini in the United States and Europe. He remains a member of the music faculty at Lewis & Clark. His CD release was held November 10 in Evans Music Center on campus.