Voices of Soul Choir
The PCC Voices of Soul Choir at Sylvania is a multi-generational choir with community events and fun pop-up opportunities to sing at will. We also have a music club where karaoke has been a blast!
The PCC Voices of Soul Choir is led by Julianne Johnson-Weiss, an acclaimed singer, actress, director, and producer. Julianne has deep roots as an educator and artist-in-residence and Chair of the Portland Community College Music Department.
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The PCC Voices of Soul Choir is open and welcoming to all Portland Community College students who seek to sing, make friends, build community, and share in the gift of music with others! We have end-of-term performances at the Performing Arts Center at Sylvania and other performances throughout the city. We meet once per week on Monday evenings.
- Where: Sylvania Campus CT 126
- When: Mondays, 4-6:50pm
- Register for: MUS 220 A (CRN: TBD is for your first term and all letters sequentially for consecutive terms)
Music is supplied, as well as binders. Bring a pencil, sharpener, highlighter pen, and a great fun attitude!
Instructor: Julianne Johnson Weiss
Julianne is an actress, producer (documentary films), stage director, Grammy-nominated recording artist, award-winning composer/songwriter, and educator. She is also the associate artistic director of Stumptown Stages Portland’s Own Musical Theatre Company.
Since graduating from U of Portland, Julianne has been a celebrated professional entertainer, nationally and internationally. Her credits include film, television, touring with the USO to Korea, Japan, and Okinawa, with concert performances in Spain, Rome, and on cruises (national and international) touring the Mediterranean. She is also a commercial voice-over artist, director of theatre for the ESOL Otemae Student Exchange Program with Portland State University (16 years) in collaboration with the extension in Osaka, Japan, and faculty department chair of the Music and Theatre programs for Portland Community College.
Classes developed or taught by Julianne included Group Vocal, History of Gospel, History of Jazz, MUP Private Voice, and Music Appreciation.
Director of PCC’s Concert Choir for 18 years and Chamber Choir for 14 years for Voices of Soul, Julianne is also the Musical Theatre director at PCC, as well as a highly regarded musical theatre director, actress, and voice teacher for over 25 years.
Julianne’s musical theatre collaborations have produced shows including Cinderella, Grease, Godspell, Les Misérables, Hairspray, In the Heights, The Me Nobody Knows, Jesus Christ Superstar, and many more over the years. She recently directed Little Shop of Horrors – The Musical in the winter of 2024 at the Sylvania Campus Performing Arts Center in Portland, Oregon.
As an actress and singer, Julianne has graced numerous stages both locally and regionally as a tour-de-force since the late 1980s. Her starring roles include Effie in Dreamgirls, Charmaine in Ain’t Misbehavin at the Dolores Winningstad Performing Arts Center, and the role of Ella Fitzgerald in the original play Soul Harmony. She has also played Justice in the Broadway musical Rock of Ages. Other star turns with Julianne playing the leading or title roles include Hello Dolly, Gypsy, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Black and Blue, and an acclaimed regional tour of Once on This Island.
Julianne is a PAMTA award winner, Drammy-award-winning actress, and Irene Ryan Regional Award winner. She has spent over 30 years working with charities and philanthropic organizations to bring awareness through music to the needs of those underserved.