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  • The Richard D. Moe Organ Series has an exciting line up of performances planned for the 2017-18 academic year. The upcoming October 22 performance will feature duo organists, Dana Robinson and Paul Tegels. Dana Robinson is Associate Professor of Music and Organist at the University…

    , Guest Organist Iain Quinn is Assistant Professor of Organ and Coordinator of Sacred Music at Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida. April 8, 2018, Gregory Peterson, Guest Organist Gregory Peterson is Head of the Music Department, Associate Professor and college organist at Luther College, Decorah, Iowa where he teaches applied organ and church music. Read Previous Choral Union Tour Preview Concert Read Next The upcoming Choral Concert will be music to our ears LATEST POSTS PLU’s Director

  • University Symphony Orchestra news for Pacific Lutheran University.

    Pacific Lutheran University Choirs and Orchestra close “Passion Week” with North American premiere The Pacific Lutheran University Choir of the West, Choral Union and the University Symphony Orchestra perform the North American premiere of the “St. Matthew Passion” by Sven-David Sandström, one of the world’s best-known composers, on Tuesday, March 22 and Wednesday, March 23 at 8:00 pm… March 11, 2016 Choir of the WestOperaUniversity Symphony Orchestra

  • The music on this disc represents works from the 2011 and 2012 Christmas concerts, and it features a new large work for choir and orchestra by Dr. David Deacon-Joyner, Professor of Music, Unto Us.

    The PLU Department of Music and its music ensembles have made many music albums over the decades. Here is a summary of the Christmas albums that have been recorded. There are several you can listen to online or purchase. If you’d like to listen to more choral music, please visit the Choir of the West recordings page. A Child is BornThe music on this disc represents works from the 2011 and 2012 Christmas concerts, and it features a new large work for choir and orchestra by Dr. David Deacon

  • The Cornell Institute of Host-Microbe Interactions and Disease ( CIHMID ) will begin accepting applications for the NSF-funded  Microbial Friends & Foes Research Experience for Undergraduates  (MFF REU) Summer Program ( https://bit.ly/MFF-CIHMID ) on December 1. The application portal will close February 1, 2024. The Microbial Friends & Foes Program…

    , 2024, on Cornell University’s Ithaca campus. The program will provide training in the concepts and experimental approaches central to understanding microbial interactions with eukaryotic hosts. Students will learn about broad diversity of microbe-eukaryote interactions through conducting independent research projects, weekly research group meetings, seminars by CIHMID faculty, Microbial Friends & Foes Synthesis Panels, the CIHMID Summer Symposium, and the Microbial Friends & Foes Closing Symposium

  • On January 9 and 10, 2015, Pacific Lutheran University welcomed 250 high school students to Mary Baker Russell Music Center for Northwest High School Honor Bands. Students came from more than 80 schools in Idaho, Oregon and Washington. Ed Powell , associate professor of music…

    auditioning all the students and placing them in groups. “This is an excellent opportunity for our students to show leadership,” Powell said. “They are amazing ambassadors for PLU, and they make me very proud.” Additionally, on Friday evening a conducting clinic was held for six local teachers. The guest clinicians McKoin and Talley worked with them closely in conjunction with the PLU Wind Ensemble. Participants discussed conducting technique as well as rehearsal and performance pedagogy. “It is a very

  • Using Keywords to Reflect Writing Pedagogy Writing-related words and references to a writing handbook highlighted on a syllabus help students recognize the writing and learning skills the course

    ; Clarity; Voice; Strategies for Revisions; Figurative Language; Argumentative/Persuasive Strategies; Appeals-ethical, logical, emotional; Strategies for Summarizing & Paraphrasing; Conducting and Citing Research; Evaluating Sources Sequence Assignments to Help Novice Writers Build Upon Skills It is helpful to assume that the writing experiences of first-year seminar participants may vary widely among those in any given section of Writing 101. While some students may have extensive research experience

  • This record celebrates the music of Latvian composer Ēriks Ešenvalds. One of the most sought-after composers of today, Ešenvalds studied both in Latvia and the UK.

    American Choral Directors Association National Conference. Also included are the premiere of Northern Lights, by Latvian composer Ēriks Ešenvalds, selections accompanied by PLU faculty pianist Oksana Ejokina, works composed by PLU choral faculty Brian Galante, and Ubi Caritas Hebu Upendo! by Julian Reisenthel (’13).Listen to album selections on SoundCloud!Purchase The Lightener of the StarsThe Lightener of the Stars is a collection of music from the Choir of the West’s 2011 and 2012 tours. Included are

  • TACOMA, WASH. (Nov. 2, 2015)- Pacific Lutheran University’s annual Christmas Concerts have entertained and inspired audiences across the Pacific Northwest for decades. For 2015, PLU is making Christmas Concert history in celebration of its 125th Anniversary. As in previous years, the concerts will be performed…

    heard Angela sing are in for an added treat at the gala concert,” said University Chorale Conductor and Associate Director of Choral Activities Brian Galante. “She has a powerful voice – warm, rich and vibrant in the loud, climactic moments, and sublimely beautiful in the soft, tender sections.” “We’ll get to hear the full range and expression of her singing in the repertoire for this Christmas Concert. And even though she has a commanding stage presence, she is able to draw the audience in for the

  • Science Happens (and Much More) When Monika Maier ’09 was preparing for a month of fieldwork in the remote South Hills region of Idaho a year ago, she made sure to study-up on more than just crossbills, the birds they would be researching. She also…

    in case. Call it extreme extra credit., It didn’t come to that. Smith delivered her baby on schedule, after they all returned home. In fact, the babe, 10-months-old, returned this past summer with Maier, Smith and Leif Hansen ’10, as they continued their research. No need for extra credit this year. The trip was largely uneventful, except for the random mid-June, tent-collapsing snowstorm, which, come to think of it, probably counts as eventful. But that’s how it goes when you are conducting

  • Every year, Pacific Lutheran University’s Department of Music hosts a variety of workshops and festivals.

    tentative workshop and festival schedule is:2025January Northwest High School Honor Band, Ron Gerhardstein, Director / January 10-11, 2025 PLU Honor Orchestra for Strings, Asieh Mahyar, Director / January 19, 2025 March Guitar Festival, Elizabeth C.D. Brown, Director / March 1, 2025 Choral Invitational, Brian Galante, Director / March 3-4, 2025 PLU Invitational Band Festival, Ron Gerhardstein, Director / March 7-8, 2025 PLU Weathermon Jazz Festival, Cassio Vianna, Director / March 18, 2025 September