MEET OUR SMALL AND MIGHTY TEAM
Eryn (Vercammen) Bloom (she/her) is owner & operator of Queen Jane Music Studios. She is a multi-instrumentalist, educator, director, musical director, conductor, arranger, orchestrator and recording & mixing engineer located in Portland, Oregon. Eryn has performed in pit orchestras for over 100 shows in theaters across Oregon including Portland Center Stage, Broadway Rose Theatre Company, Staged! Productions, Oregon Cabaret Theatre (Ashland), Artist’s Repertory Theatre, Lakewood Theatre, JANE a Theatre Company, Stumptown Stages, Live on Stage, Oregon Children’s Theatre, Hult Center (Eugene), Triangle Productions, Clark College (Vancouver, WA), Enlightened Theatrics (Salem) & Pixie Dust Productions. Her directing and musical directing credits include: Oliver! (PAMTA nomination), Thoroughly Modern Millie, Annie (OTAS Award) - Lakewood Theatre, The 25th Annual Spelling Bee, Pirates of Penzance - Clark College, If - Oregon Children’s Theatre, Pirates of Penzance - Young People’s Theatre Project, Alice in Wonderland, The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, Bugsy Malone, Fiddler on the Roof, The Music Man, The Little Mermaid and The Wizard of Oz - Oregon Catholic Schools. As a conductor, Eryn's award winning bands have been recognized throughout Oregon and Washington. She has been honored as a guest conductor and adjudicator for Music in the Parks (Seattle, WA) and Oregon Children’s Choral Festival (Eugene, Or) and has conducted ensembles for the Chamber Music Society of Oregon and Ethos Portland. Eryn has worked as an educator for 27 years; teaching music, concert band, jazz band, drum line, marching band, concert choir and drama in several schools including LaSalle High School & St. John the Baptist School (Milwaukie, Or) and St. Cecilia School (Beaverton, Or). Her bands have performed throughout the Northwest including highlighted performances at Providence Festival of Trees, Music in the Parks, Jr Rose Festival parade, the Meier and Frank Holiday parade, Milwaukie Festival Daze and at the Hult Center in Eugene. She is the founder, music director, arranger, orchestrator and composer for Sneaky Tiki and the Lava Lounge Orchestra, a unique ensemble that blends layered textures of musical sounds incorporating exotica, traditional Hawaiian melodies, lounge, surf, spy, samba and Latin jazz traditions. LLO has been seen performing regularly at Trader Vic’s Portland, the Tonic Lounge, Tony Starlights Supperclub and as a featured band at Tiki Kon presented by Sandy Bottom Productions. She also worked with Tiki Kon for several years as musical director. As a recording and mixing engineer, Eryn has owned and operated Lava Production Studios with Devin Knutson in Southeast Portland. Together they have recorded and mixed for many local musicians and bands, both in the studio and at venues across Portland including the Melody Ballroom, Red Lion Hotels and the Pytheon building. Eryn can be heard on several recordings: Portland Sings for Haiti compilation featuring Northwest musicians, The BilgeRats & Pyrettes - Sea Fever, and the self titled albums of The Lava Lounge Orchestra, The Dolly Llamas and Surge. Other interests include tennis, biking, raising Koi, tropical gardening, all things Tiki, mixology and exploring the Northwest with her wife Jennifer and their rescue doggies Yuli and Shep.
Jennifer has spent the last 25 years as a writer and feminist activist. Her work has included strategic communications and development for several advocacy organizations. She returned to academia in 2010 and completed a Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies from Marylhurst University on the subject of women’s incomplete history and musical roots of radical feminist consciousness. As co-founder of Queen Jane Music Studios, Jennifer has had a lifelong relationship with music. She has both studied and experienced how music has influenced and mirrored social movements throughout different cultures and times. From Nina Simone and Bob Dylan during the U.S. civil rights and anti-war movements, to punk and hip-hop, labor songs, and contemporary activist artists, she believes music is an act of resistance.
Lisa Douglass (she/her) is Queen Jane’s Visual Director, designer, website wrangler, social media helper, newsletter tinkerer, and general keeper-of-the-visual-vibe. A graphic designer, illustrator, musician, singer, songwriter, and guitarist, Lisa helps bring Queen Jane’s events, spaces, posters, emails, and online presence to life with a mix of practical organization, playful design, and deep appreciation for places that feel welcoming, weird, creative, and real. Lisa has played music all her life, beginning with the legendary family-room act Steve and Steve — a childhood band featuring Lisa on guitar and vocals, her little brother on a full Muppet Show drum kit, and frequent performances for their parents, complete with commercial breaks. It was also her first graphic design gig: hand-drawn posters hung all over the house announcing, “Steve and Steve! Tonight! 7pm. Lisa’s room.” From there, Lisa went on to form and play in many bands in Portland and Seattle, including indie rock bands Jiffy and Goodwin, pop-punk band Shower Scum, and the Christmas pop cover band Blitzen. When she’s not making Queen Jane things look more Queen Janey, Lisa is usually working on art projects, creating cat dioramas, playing guitar, collecting unclassifiable little inspirations, making friends with cats, or finding new ways to turn everyday life into something a little more cozy and delightful.
Shep is Queen Jane’s Assistant Events Coordinator, door greeter, morale booster, and unofficial Director of Tiny Tail Wags. His duties include welcoming guests, supervising the general vibe, accepting admiration, offering emotional support, and making sure everyone understands that Queen Jane is a very serious professional establishment that also happens to have an excellent dog on staff. Shep takes his job extremely seriously, especially when snacks, applause, or gentle forehead kisses are involved.