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  • PLU hosts Tamana Girls’ High School Band in friendship concert A prestigious all-girls high school band from Japan, Tamana Girls High School, will once again visit Pierce County this June in a friendship concert with Graham-Kapowsin High School (GKHS). Their message: friendship through music. This year, the Friendship Concert performed by Tamana Girls High School… April 13, 2018

  • PLU Organist performs Bach at Portland’s St. James Lutheran Church Posted by: Mandi LeCompte / November 8, 2016 November 8, 2016 Sunday, December 4 at 5 pmPLU Music Professor and Organist Paul Tegels will play Bach Cantata Vespers and a Mozart Church Sonata for organ and strings at the historic downtown Portland’s St. James Lutheran Church on Dec. 4. The Bach Vesper will feature Cantata 61, Nun komm der Heiden Heiland, based on the Advent hymn, Savior of the Nations, Come performed by choir

  • In Praise of the Nativity Choir of the West, University Chorale, Singers, & Men’s Chorus, Trinity Handbell Ensemble – Richard Sparks, Richard Nance, James Holloway, Conductors This, our first Christmas CD, was recorded over the 1995 and 1996 Christmas seasons. Enjoy the beauty and pageantry of these concerts in this digital recording captured in the wonderful acoustics of Lagerquist Concert Hall in the Mary Baker Russell Music Center at Pacific Lutheran University. This music has been carefully

  • July 30, 2012 Thomas W. Krise arrived as Pacific Lutheran University’s 13th president on June 1. He was chosen for his passion for a liberal arts education, as well as being a strategic thinker and first and foremost a teacher and an academic. (Photos by John Froschauer) What’s He Like? By Barbara Clements Details say a lot about a person, and that’s certainly true when you meet Thomas W. Krise, Pacific Lutheran University’s new president. First, there’s the greeting. “Call me Tom.” As he works

  • Free Summer Jazz Series brings Stars-and the community-to PLU Posted by: Mandi LeCompte / June 29, 2014 Image: A crowd enjoys the music at a 2013 Jazz Under the Stars concert at PLU. (Photo: PLU student John Struzenberg ’15) June 29, 2014 16th Annual Jazz Under the Stars Kicks Off July 10 By Sandy Deneau Dunham, PLU Marketing & Communication  As a gift to the community—and really, to everyone who attends—the Pacific Lutheran University Department of Music kicks off its free summer concert

  • – Lunch 1:00pm – ConductVR Noatak Post (BA), Curtis Ganung (BA) ConductVR is an education focused application built for the Meta Quest platform that will allow users to learn and practice the art of conducting music by taking advantage of visual aids, the Meta Quest’s real-time hand-tracking, and adaptive music playback through a MIDI controller. For this application we use Inverse Kinematics to allow the player to see their upper body and arms to help make the application feel more ‘real’. This

  • research into PLU. But really it is Sarmast’s story that is so powerful and offers a unique perspective about the people of two countries who may not be as different as they think – Iran and the United States. She was born in Iran, but moved to the United States when she was 9 years old. For many years she worked in the music industry managing and collaborating with worldwide sensations, such as Bon Jovi. But with incidents like, 9/11, the image of her birthplace was painted as purely evil, she said

  • Highlights Upcoming Events Christmas concerts: “In Sweet Rejoicing” Dec. 3-5, Dec. 9-10 Ring in the season with a Christmas celebration that is sure to warm the heart and lift your holiday spirit! Choir of the West, University Chorale and University Symphony Orchestra will perform in the annual event. Tickets go on sale Nov. 1. More Information Opera: “Fiery Jade — Cai Yan” Nov. 17-20 PLU Opera presents the world premiere of “Fiery Jade- Cai Yan” with music by Gregory Youtz, composer and professor of

  • How to be a Lute: Diversity support groups and programs on campus Posted by: vcraker / December 7, 2021 December 7, 2021 Mary Sarpong ’22 introduces you to different groups and programs on campus that support diversity. Read Previous Ian Lindhartsen ’20 uses his individualized major to pursue his passion for music Read Next Students share why they love studying music at PLU LATEST POSTS YouTube Short: PLU Parkland Night Market & Taste of Garfield Street September 30, 2024 College Prep 101

  • In 2019 we were pleased to present O Nata Lux as our annual Christmas concert. Performances were held on campus in the Lagerquist Concert Hall and one special evening, the concert was performed at Benaroya Hall in Seattle. For more background on some of the music, composers, and history, please read this Music blog that previewed the concert. To help spread joy and a bit of happiness, we re-released the recorded performance of O Nata Lux during the summer of 2020. You may watch it in its