MEET THE ARTISTS

Brent Florendo

Brent Florendo is a professor of Native American Studies and Native Nations Liaison for Southern Oregon University. He has lived a broad range of experiences across both the traditional Native and the classical European worlds of arts and culture. He grew up on the Warm Springs reservation and has performed both as a Native singer, drummer, and dancer, as well as in the arena of classical music, opera, theater, and modern dance.