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for each other, and somehow, along with their 20 majors, community work, and club attendance, each student manages to dedicate themselves fully to the creative process. It’s admirable to watch them succeed gracefully as dancers at the same time.” DeFilippis is the Dance Director at the University of Nebraska at Kearney, and has collaborated with Brown in the past. “When this opportunity arose, I immediately knew working with the PLU Dance Ensemble would be an exciting and worthwhile endeavor

laugh and cry, and that would feature an ensemble cast. She feels she is most successful when she is part of an ensemble cast – working in collaboration with her fellow students. This idea of collaboration is a common theme that seems to run throughout the PLU theater program – the whole campus, really. It is evident as Schultz talks about staging her upcoming drama. It is evident almost any day in the new studio theater and scene shop, which has come to serve as something of an ad hoc theater

laugh and cry, and that would feature an ensemble cast. She feels she is most successful when she is part of an ensemble cast – working in collaboration with her fellow students. This idea of collaboration is a common theme that seems to run throughout the PLU theater program – the whole campus, really. It is evident as Schultz talks about staging her upcoming drama. It is evident almost any day in the new studio theater and scene shop, which has come to serve as something of an ad hoc theater

of today’s outstanding vocalists, specializing in Mozart, Verdi, and bel canto opera. As the New Yorker put it, “Meade is astounding. … She has exceptional dynamic control, able to move from floating pianissimos to sudden dramatic swells. The coloratura effects … are handled with uncommon ease. She is a very musical singer, naturally and intelligently riding the phrase.”Learn More Read Previous PLU Wind Ensemble tours eastern Washington and Portland, Oregon Read Next Metropolitan Opera singer

Japan is highly structured. Students meet before school for individual practice, warm up, or group sectional, and then meet after school, for up to five hours. They also work at length on Saturday and sometimes Sunday. The Tamana group is polished and performs at an extremely high level for an ensemble made up of 14-17 year-old students. “The Tamana Band practices with so much respect for the group effort,” Gerhardstein explained. “From this I’ve learned to give my best to not only do my part in

the three “the most important thing I’ve ever done.” On Wednesday, March 15 at 8 p.m., PLU’s University Jazz Ensemble and University Chorale will perform selections from Duke Ellington’s Sacred Concerts in Eastvold Auditorium of the Karen Hille Phillips Center for the Performing Arts as part of the 2017 SOAC Focus Series on Re-forming. Professor of Religion Doug Oakman will speak, highlighting the intersection of faith and music. “Ellington’s music and life reflected intense sensuality and

, University Chorale, and University Wind Ensemble Spring Conference Appearances Read Next Horn & Fixed Media Premiere at Octave 9 in Seattle 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

– who in the play ages from 11 to 18 – and her Uncle Peck. The script casts a translucent vale over the archetype of the abuser, and grants a pained humanity to those who do the damaging. It is a daunting, sensitive piece, and PLU’s five-person ensemble approached it with marked poise and reflection. Ali Schultz ’14 played Lil’ Bit, and Jack Sorenson ’13 played her abuser, lover, best friend, and pseudo-father, Uncle Peck. Following performance Friday, March 9, the cast and director –Assistant

, and that would feature an ensemble cast. She feels she is most successful when she is part of an ensemble cast – working in collaboration with her fellow students. This idea of collaboration is a common theme that seems to run throughout the PLU theater program – the whole campus, really. It is evident as Schultz talks about staging her upcoming drama. It is evident almost any day in the new studio theater and scene shop, which has come to serve as something of an ad hoc theater workshop and

hand to support him. “Without doing a degree that created these opportunities, to begin with, I definitely wouldn’t be where I am now,” he said. “I definitely feel like I’m living out my vocation.” Read Previous PLU Wind Ensemble: Musica Ignota Read Next How to be a Lute: Diversity support groups and programs on campus LATEST POSTS Summer Reading Recommendations July 11, 2024 Stuart Gavidia ’24 majored in computer science while interning at Amazon, Cannon, and Pierce County June 13, 2024 Ash