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News Homecoming Highlights Awards Recognition Alumni Profiles Alumni Events Class Notes Calendar Musical Memories Alumni / Alumni Profiles / April 21, 2014 Choir of the West Members prepare to board the bus at Pacific Lutheran College in 1939 for a 3,000-mile tour. (Photo courtesy of Lorna Vosburg Burt) Choir of the West member recalls bus trip to the 1939 World’s Fair in San Francisco Editors Note: When Lorna Vosburg Burt ’40, ’69 read our story on PLU’s annual Christmas Concerts in the winter

Choir of the West International Tour 2019 About the Tour Choir of the West is currently on a performance tour of Scotland, England, and Germany from May 26-June 12, 2019. Cities along the way include Edinburgh, York, Cambridge, London, and Oxford in the UK – along with Marktoberdorf, Germany. Choir of the… May 21, 2019

Homecoming Highlights Awards Recognition Alumni Profiles Alumni Events Class Notes Calendar Musical Memories Alumni / Alumni Profiles / April 21, 2014 Choir of the West Members prepare to board the bus at Pacific Lutheran College in 1939 for a 3,000-mile tour. (Photo courtesy of Lorna Vosburg Burt) Choir of the West member recalls bus trip to the 1939 World’s Fair in San Francisco Editors Note: When Lorna Vosburg Burt ’40, ’69 read our story on PLU’s annual Christmas Concerts in the winter 2013 edition

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We are delighted to announce that the Pacific Lutheran University Choir of the West will be on tour in the Southwest in late January 2024! Our tour program is titled “The Gift to Sing”, taken from Damien Geter’s evocative setting of the James Weldon Johnson poem. Centered on themes of resilience, comfort, hope, renewal, and reimagining, we also feature works by Felix Mendelssohn, William Byrd, Roderick Williams, Saunder Choi, Marques L.A. Garrett, Kestutis Daugirdas, Brian Galante, Caroline

Choir of the WestThe Choir of the West is the premier choral ensemble at Pacific Lutheran University. Comprised of undergraduate majors from a wide variety of academic disciplines, the ensemble has achieved a reputation of excellence for its performances at professional music conferences, national and international tours, and numerous recordings. The choir regularly joins the University Symphony Orchestra in performances of major choral/orchestral works, and participates in the annual Christmas

Choir of the West wins on a global stage Choir of the West brings back the grand prize at the International Anton Bruckner Choir Competition and Festival The Choir of the West covered a lot of ground on their recent European Tour—five countries in twelve days, multiple gold awards and the grand prize award… June 15, 2015 Choir of the WestMusicTouring