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combination of creativity and diligence in the craft of composition, restless curiosity and firmly-rooted mastery of form, Sandström alternates, to all appearances unconcerned, between a sophisticated orchestral texture and musical melodies, film music and music for the church.Learn More Stefan Parkman, ConductorThe Swedish conductor (and tenor), Stefan Parkman, began his musical career by singing in the Uppsala Cathedral Boys’ Choir and playing the violin. As a student at the Royal University College of
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over 40 years after the original version.” Another student featured in the show, Dalton Rouse, was also a winner of the Student Showcase Competition for his composition, Wisp and Willow. This will be the world premiere performance. “My newest work titled Wisp and Willow, began as an experiment in non-functional chord progressions. The chords, which comprise most of the pitch material, are various four-note sonorities. The “wisps”, heard mostly in the harp and high woodwinds, arpeggiate quickly up
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picture was taken at the Parthenon in Athens, Greece. This was one of the last site visits and was at the end of our trip. Our class had bonded so much. My friend, Frankie, helped me hold up my bent-up Lutes pennet (on the right) and my other friend, Madeline popped up below the flag to make this picture a special, fun memory. The Parthenon itself is an iconic figure of Greece and one with history, paying tribute to the goddess Athena. Athens, Greece January 30, 2022Global Classroom CategoryWhile
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PLU Wind Ensemble: Musica Ignota Posted by: vcraker / November 18, 2021 November 18, 2021 The PLU Wind Ensemble performed the world premiere of Ingrid Stolzel’s “Musica Ignota” on October 9, 2021. Stolzel traveled to PLU to attend the premiere and work with the PLU wind ensemble and Professor of Music Edwin Powell in advance. A composition almost 1,000 years in the making, “Musica Ignota” is based on the 11th-century Medieval composer/mystic Hildegard von Bingen. It is profound for many reasons
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purchased here No longer available Read Previous Richard D. Moe Organ Recital Series Read Next Lyric Brass CD Release 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
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Activities Richard Nance. “His writing is harmonically rich and it contains interesting twists and turns.” The six Christmas Concerts will also be the premiere of “December: A Meditation on Advent,” the latest piece by award-winning composer and PLU Professor of Music Gregory Youtz. The composition features a number of familiar Advent hymns that are used frequently in Lutheran and many other Christian Advent celebrations. Youtz hopes the piece will serve as a way for listeners to connect with the rich
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scale and collaborative effort distinguishes this work. 2nd place: The Pose Juxtaposed (5 panels) Artist: Jamie Dones This multi-panel painting is ambitious and intriguing. The technical skills demonstrated in this work adds to the conceptual strength. The narrative is mysterious and engages the viewer. 3rd place (a tie): Surreal Beach Dreams Artist: Lisa Moxcey This captivating portrait engages the viewer with its strong composition and beautiful quality of light. Excellent use of a shallow depth
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Cotton Club in Harlem where Ellington honed his craft and gained worldwide notoriety. Of his hundreds of compositions, the PLU Jazz Ensemble will feature three selections: “Stompy Jones”, an example of a swinging dance number comprised of short “riffs” and fleshed out by brief improvised solos, “I Got It Bad (and That Ain’t Good)”, a composition inspired by and customized for members of Ellington’s band, and “Cottontail”, a piece recorded during a landmark recording session for Victor Records. The
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2009 release, Wait For Me. July 31 The Rob Hutchinson Group Hutchinson teaches music theory, orchestration, analysis, counterpoint, improvisation and composition at the University of Puget Sound. He is also a jazz bassist and organizes and appears at the Jazz in the Rotunda series at the UPS. His band, the Rob Hutchinson Group, includes Kareem Kandi on saxophone, David Deacon-Joyner on keyboards and Jacques Willis on drums and performs original compositions in the jazz/rock fusion style of groups
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prose. She has a Masters of Fine Arts in Creative Writing (Poetry) from the Rainier Writing Workshop at Pacific Lutheran University. Gregory Youtz, composer, Professor of MusicGregory Youtz is head of the PLU music composition program. His compositions include works for orchestra, band, choir, voice and chamber ensembles, three operas and a full-length musical theater show. He is currently at work on a fourth opera, with librettist Zhang Er, about the expulsion of the Chinese from Tacoma in 1885
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