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, and the Eastman School of Music. He has performed across the US and around the world, and is currently Interim Organist & Choirmaster at St. John’s Episcopal Church, Olympia. Read Previous PLU hosts Tamana Girls’ High School Band in friendship concert Read Next Regency String Quartet Commemorates Hungarian Revolution LATEST POSTS PLU’s Director of Jazz Studies, Cassio Vianna, receives grant from the City of Tacoma to write and perform genre-bending composition April 18, 2024 PLU Music Announces

complex score. Students Ben Merrill and Luke Hartley share the title role, with Lydia Bill and Lindsey Hansen sharing Mrs. Lovett. The cast includes 25 PLU students. The story of Sweeney first appeared between November 1846 and March 1847 as an eighteen-part serial titled, The String of Pearls: A Romance. Author Edward Lloyd drew upon several pre-existing works for his story, but the character of Sweeney is completely original.  The story of Sweeney Todd has been adapted numerous times: as plays and

from our string faculty- forming a duet with the singer. It must be heard to be believed! Handel really outdid himself in this music.” Brown programs the annual production with a three-year cycle of repertoire to expose students to baroque, standard repertoire, and modern opera during their four years of study. Brown notes that Handel is a particularly healthy repertoire for young singers. The music alternates between lyrical and melismatic without straining the range of a younger singer. “There

Powell’s doctoral dissertation, and when Hagen began writing “Banner of My Purpose,” he asked if Powell would be interested. “I’m always looking for ways to expand the repertoire horizons of my ensemble,” Powell said. “It just gives them different types of experiences.” For this piece, that different experience is working with a soloist. Typically, string instruments accompany soloists, but Hagen set his piece for wind instruments and a baritone. Soloists add a new dynamic to the performance, forcing

of the universe and natural world with pre-recorded and digitally produced sounds along with a live solo horn performance. She also received acclaim for her composition “Mountain Ascent,” awarded first place at the International Women’s Brass Conference Competition in 2022. With an international reputation and a string of commissions from prestigious ensembles and musicians, Gillie’s substantial, relevant, and influential work has elevated her status as a composer and contributed significantly to

complex score. Students Ben Merrill and Luke Hartley share the title role, with Lydia Bill and Lindsey Hansen sharing Mrs. Lovett. The cast includes 25 PLU students. The story of Sweeney first appeared between November 1846 and March 1847 as an eighteen-part serial titled, The String of Pearls: A Romance. Author Edward Lloyd drew upon several pre-existing works for his story, but the character of Sweeney is completely original.  The story of Sweeney Todd has been adapted numerous times: as plays and

tools; and scientific writing/presentations. Students attend a weekly research seminar series by Columbia, CCNY and ASRC faculty, and present results at a daylong symposium at the end of the program. Summer 2020 research areas available: Synthesis, Characterization, and Theory of Molecular Cluster Materials | Synthesis, Characterization, and Theory of 2D Materials and Heterostructures | Nanoscale Optics | Nanoelectronics | Nano/Bio Systems Summer 2020 program dates: June 1, 2020 – August 1, 2020