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  • Faculty news for Pacific Lutheran University.

    PLU’s Director of Jazz Studies, Cassio Vianna, receives grant from the City of Tacoma to write and perform genre-bending composition Pacific Lutheran University’s own Cassio Vianna , Assistant Professor of Music and Director of Jazz Studies , has been awarded a grant from the City of Tacoma. This grant, part of the Tacoma Artists Initiative Program (TAIP) , encourages artistic engagement in the city by… April 18, 2024 FacultyMusic

  • Every other year the Tamana All Girls’ High School Band travels to Washington state for an exchange with the Graham Kapowsin High School and a friendship concert at PLU. The eight-year long relationship has created bonds that stretch across the ocean. This year, three Graham…

    develop with their students and how music binds us together. This crosses culture and helps us realize that people around the world really are all the same.” Read Previous Famous flutist visits PLU this January Read Next A Symphony of Light 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

  • Helen Jensen arrived at Pacific Lutheran College in 1945 from her hometown of St. Helens, OR; Dick arrived a year later in 1946 after a year of service in the Marine Corps.

    a regular at summer Jazz Under the Stars concerts on campus. In 2016 Dick moved to Pullman, WA, where he lived with daughter Karen Weathermon and grandson Peter Richard Weathermon Smith until his death in February of 2019. This endowment recognizes Dick and Helen’s mutual love of jazz as well as their attachment to PLU. Dick relates that Helen was known to hide a radio under the covers in her room in Old Main (now Harstad Hall) so she could listen to Jimmy Lyon’s nightly midnight jazz broadcast

  • What do you get when you mix a poet, a composer, three musicians, and two editors? A fabulous collaboration between multiple School of Arts and Communication departments and faculty with South Sound poet and PLU alumna  Josie Emmons Turner ! These artists came together as…

    Music Events 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

  • Pacific Lutheran University Organ Studies. Most lessons are taught on the Gottfried and Mary Fuchs Organ, a wonderful instrument well known to the organ world, nationally and internationally

    experiences that are open to all students: large ensembles such as band, choir, jazz and orchestra, plus smaller ensembles for guitar, percussion, piano and chamber groups. For those who want to focus their studies in music, we offer degrees in performance, education, composition and the liberal arts. Our graduates have gone on to become highly successful music educators, opera singers, singer-songwriters, orchestra and chamber musicians, conductors, and even actors and reality television hosts. No matter

  • • Fulbright Scholarships • Nobel Peace Scholars • Joe Smith Peacebuilding Awards • Internship with the State Department • Wang Center Faculty-Student Research Grants

    Awards and Opportunities for Global Studies Students• Fulbright Scholarships • Nobel Peace Scholars • Joe Smith Peacebuilding Awards • Internship with the State Department • Wang Center Faculty-Student Research Grants

  • Achievement AwardsArtistic Achievement Awardshttps://www.plu.edu/professional-studies/arts-scholarships/Rieke Leadership AwardEligibility: Students with a 3.00+ GPA and demonstrated leadership or active involvement in a multi-ethnic context. Requires full-time enrollment (12-17 credits per semester). Amount: Up to $2,000 per year, awarded for fall and spring semesters only. Comments or Conditions: Requires application; deadline March 22. Applications available through the Center for Diversity, Justice

  • Lecturer - Jazz Bass | Music | anderscr@plu.edu | 253-535-7602 | Clipper Anderson is one of the Northwest’s leading bassists.

    Clipper Anderson Lecturer - Jazz Bass Phone: 253-535-7602 Email: anderscr@plu.edu Office Hours: (On Campus) Mon - Fri: By Appointment Website: http://www.clipperanderson.com/ Professional Biography Video Accolades Anderson's 2012 CD "The Road Home," held the top 20-22 spots on the national jazz radio charts Biography Clipper Anderson is one of the Northwest’s leading bassists. Known for his improvisational virtuosity, his steady presence in the groove pocket and his command of multiple styles

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  • 1973, a 17-year-old Gregory Youtz departed from Sea-Tac International Airport and landed in France. Meritoriously skipping the third grade, the young composer had afforded himself the luxury of a year in limbo – graduating high school a year early and giving himself time to explore…

    Michigan B.A. and B.M., University of Washington Read Previous Student Sings way to Seattle Opera Read Next Pacific Lutheran University’s Jazz and Wind Ensembles go “Down Under” this summer 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

  • We’re in a brave new world of all-online scholarship application and adjudication process. Students entering PLU in fall 2021 as a first-year or transfer student with an interest in Music can still apply for an Artistic Achievement Award. Read more in this blog post for…

    additional years, subject to review of enrollment and grades received in lessons and ensemble. We welcome students of all majors to enrich their time at PLU by participating in the Music Department.Ready to Apply?Apply to PLU as a first year studentApply to PLU as a transfer studentApply for a Music Scholarship Read Previous Rhapsody in Zoom: Recap of Fall Master Classes Read Next Harpsichord Donated to PLU Music Program LATEST POSTS PLU’s Director of Jazz Studies, Cassio Vianna, receives grant from the