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TACOMA, Wash. (Aug. 21, 2015)—Mike Burton ’69 has been inducted into the National High School Hall of Fame for his 39 years of service as a national-award-winning speech and debate coach. Burton, who retired in 2008, is the first speech and debate coach from Washington…
debate coach. Burton, who retired in 2008, is the first speech and debate coach from Washington state inducted into the hall, and only the 12th nationally recognized in the category of Fine Arts (which also includes music and drama). His accomplishments include: Leading students to three national and 36 state championships in speech and debate; the Washington State Teacher of the Year award; the National Speech and Debate League Living Legends Award; the Bruno Jacob Lifetime Award for Service to
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professor of music Gregory Youtz and his faculty peers have proved to be up for the challenge.Under the recommendations of public health professionals and the guidance of the governor’s office during the COVID-19 pandemic, PLU made the decision on March 7 to transition Spring semester courses from the traditional classroom setting to a remote learning format. We discussed with Youtz the impact that decision has had on his Class Composition MUSI 326 course, how he’s adapted his teachings to meet this new
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You Ask. We Answer. What are my opportunities in the Music Program? Posted by: mhines / April 26, 2024 April 26, 2024 Music at PLU boasts one of the largest arrays of majors and minors, yet participation isn't limited to those studying music!Did you know the music faculty are also active performers and composers in professional capacities? How do you balance being involved in multiple music ensembles alongside classes? In this session, hear from Dr. Brian Galante, Chair of Music, who talks
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, receives grant from the City of Tacoma to write and perform genre-bending composition April 18, 2024 PLU Music Announces Inaugural Paul Fritts Endowed Chair in Organ Studies and Performance January 29, 2024 PLU’s Weathermon Jazz Festival to Feature Acclaimed Musician Aubrey Logan February 28, 2023 Horn & Fixed Media Premiere at Octave 9 in Seattle October 5, 2022
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musical styles: from classical to popular music, from traditional Christian hymns to Brazilian jazz, from folk to jazz fusion. I received a Bachelor of Music degree from Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, where I studied Brazilian Popular Music and arranging. After years performing, recording, and composing in Rio, I moved to the U.S. in 2009 to attend Western Oregon University, where I received a Master of Music degree. In 2014, I moved to Greeley, Colorado, to pursue a Doctor of Arts
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three times this May, with three different orchestras 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 Inaugural Paul Fritts Endowed Chair in Organ Studies and Performance January 29, 2024 PLU’s Weathermon Jazz Festival to Feature Acclaimed Musician Aubrey Logan February 28, 2023 Horn & Fixed Media Premiere at Octave 9 in Seattle October 5, 2022
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TACOMA, WASH. (March 23, 2016)- Imagine using bananas and a circuit board to create a piano. Absurd? Thanks to the maker movement and some creative minds, it isn’t. Pacific Lutheran University’s School of Education & Kinesiology is bringing that creative spirit to campus April 12…
Teachers tinker: Education department’s annual Benson Lecture, hands-on workshop bring spirit of maker movement to PLU Posted by: Kari Plog / March 22, 2016 Image: The seventh annual Benson Lecture on April 12 will focus on the maker movement and its impact on education. The lecture will be held at 7 p.m. in the Regency Room in the UC. March 22, 2016 By Kari Plog '11PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (March 23, 2016)- Imagine using bananas and a circuit board to create a piano. Absurd
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Mortvedt Library materials for HEALING: PATHWAYS FOR RESTORATION AND RENEWAL symposium Posted by: Holly Senn / February 16, 2022 February 16, 2022 Below are links to Mortvedt Library or open web materials by panelists and PLU faculty participating in the Wang Center 2022 symposium, HEALING: PATHWAYS FOR RESTORATION AND RENEWAL. Article: Healing, a Concept Analysis Firth, K., Smith, K., Sakallaris, B. R., Bellanti, D. M., Crawford, C., & Avant, K. C. (2015). Healing, a Concept Analysis. Global
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To catch Josh Wallace, you’ll have to call him — and he’ll probably be on the move when you do so. The busy MBA student is juggling school classes, his job as a marketing intern… and a starring role in The Fern Shakespeare Company’s “Othello,”…
the next week. But if you keep working, keep grinding, you’re going to find the success you’re looking for.” In the future, he hopes to have a successful business as an actor, musician and producer. In the near term, he’ll probably move to Los Angeles in the next few years after graduating from the MBA program in May. “The community here is very supportive. If I call people up for a music show or a play, people support and love it,” he says. Leaving behind that supportive community for L.A
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SEATTLE, WASH. (April 16, 2015)- Ordinarily, it takes many years for a Theatre Major to earn the opportunity to write, compose or star in a high-profile musical production. However, one Lute is dramatically defying that expectation. Justin Huertas graduated almost six years ago, in 2009,…
Shakespeare education in my head all the time (while writing music and lyrics),” Huertas said. “Would this character stick to a meter?” he recalled often asking himself while writing Lizard Boy. “Would he rhyme if he had this in his head?” “How does this language inform what the characters are going through? That’s something I’ve always been very fascinated by.” Huertas also used connections made at PLU to cast his show. His former classmate, Kirsten deLohr Helland ’09, is starring alongside him in Lizard
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