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February 1, 2013 Sorayah Surkatty ’10 Associate Professor of Music Jim Brown and Sorayah Surkatty ’10 at the Vashon Opera. Sorayah Surkatty ’10 Major: Vocal performance Employer: Vashon Opera PLU Connection: Associate Professor of Music Jim Brown, and PLU Music Lecturer Holly Boaz If there is one discipline where finding a job is heavily weighted on “who you know,” it’s the arts, even more so with opera. As Sorayah Surkatty reflects on her new career in the realm of big voices and classical

an orchestration by George Crumb called “Ancient Voices of Children,” a sprawling work that looks a bit like a Rorschach test of musical notes. Mezzo-soprano, boy soprano, mandolin, harp, toy piano and Tibetan prayer stones are all called for in this score that fills pages, some of which are 20 inches long. And if one can’t get prayer stones? Use rocks, Reid laughed. Reid’s music will be included in a program of chamber music on Feb. 29th at 8 p.m. in Lagerquist Concert Hall. The pieces will

June 13, 2011 Opera star Angela Meade ’01 is the 2013 Spring Commencement speaker. The ceremony begins at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, May 26 at the Tacoma Dome. Angela Meade’s dreams come true with a phone call, a bit of luck and a lot of hard work. Alumna wins Beverly Sills Award. By Josh Bard ’76 Angela Meade ’01 had dreamed of this moment, hoped for it, prayed for it. But when “the call” came in 2008, she was so shocked, she asked if she could come back tomorrow. “I still can’t believe I said that

What’s in our room? With Jess Mason ’24 Posted by: mhines / March 11, 2024 March 11, 2024 Join Portland native, Jess Mason for a tour of their room in Hong Hall. Hong Global Hall is for local, national, and international students. Located in the middle of upper campus, it is home to a unique living/learning community consisting of six language and global engagement houses: Chinese, French, Global Studies, Indigenous Languages, Spanish, and the International Honors program.Check out Hong Hall

into the 21st century,” said Lynn Stegner, co-editor of West of 98. “It is also a book about how landscape imprints individuals.” What began as a much smaller collection of 12 essays on Western identity over the past 200 years, grew into a compilation of 66 poems and essays commenting on the changes in the West since expansion in the 18th century. “It quickly mutated to be a defining core of voices that could talk in a way that could really define what it meant to be a Westerner,” Stegner  said

Public Health Epidemiology program Read Next 10 ways to take care of your mental health as a college student 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 Bechtel ’24 combines science and social work for holistic view of patient care; aims to serve Hispanic community June 13, 2024 Universal language: how teaching music in rural Namibia was a life-changing experience for

Deborah Schwartzkopf on Twitter and Instagram at @DebsPottery Facebook at Ceramistas Seattle  http://www.debspottery.com  http://www.ceramistasseattle.info Read Previous Award Recognizes PLU Speech and Debate Team as one of the Best in the Pacific Northwest Read Next MediaLab receives three major recognitions for “Waste Not” film LATEST POSTS Pacific Lutheran University Communication students help forgive nearly $1.9M in medical debt in Washington, Idaho, and Montana May 20, 2024 PLU Faculty Directs

growth and development. One way growth is promoted at PLU is via study abroad. This semester I also added to the statistics as I journeyed off to explore Botswana, Africa. Yes Mom, Africa. I have seen the face of poverty and heard the cries of AIDS. I have looked into hungry eyes and better understand the dynamics of food distribution. I have been enlightened about a different way of life and an interestingly new diet. I have learned the click language of the San people and moved to the steps of the

interning at Amazon, Cannon, and Pierce County June 13, 2024 Ash Bechtel ’24 combines science and social work for holistic view of patient care; aims to serve Hispanic community June 13, 2024 Universal language: how teaching music in rural Namibia was a life-changing experience for Jessa Delos Reyes ’24 May 20, 2024

also the head coach of men’s soccer at Bellevue College; coach of two FC Alliance Premier Soccer A-teams in Woodinville; a coach with Washington’s Elite Player Development youth soccer program; and co-founder of a nonprofit called PlayUp, created to empower, support and develop youth through soccer and mentorship. Sometimes, it would appear, your vocation finds you, even if you turn your back on it. “Who knows where I would be now if I hadn’t quit?” Croft said. “It was a good learning experience