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future informed by the school’s ideals of “competence, leadership and service”.  During the 11 years I was there, we were able to increase our standards and enrollment, adding faculty positions in music theory, choir and music therapy. About the time the job opening at PLU was published, we hosted noted composer Morten Lauridsen in a sell-out concert at Trinity Cathedral (Portland). I realized the department had accomplished most of the what we had attempted to do, and decided it was a good time to

, 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

, 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

Aubrey Logan February 28, 2023 Horn & Fixed Media Premiere at Octave 9 in Seattle October 5, 2022

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

Feature Acclaimed Musician Aubrey Logan February 28, 2023 Horn & Fixed Media Premiere at Octave 9 in Seattle October 5, 2022

first time at the park, but even some Northwest natives chose to come on this trip. “I’ve been here before… it’s not always the same tour,” said first-year Dani Andrews. As the guide explained, different animals can be seen on the tour during different times of the year. This time of year, animals can typically be seen preparing for the breeding season – where elk bugle for mates and big horn sheep literally bang heads. Saturday, though, the group got an unexpected treat. They oohed and awed over a

was obviously pleased to be doing this at PLU,” said a happy Kane, after she received the crown of candles and holly that the Lucia traditionally wears. Later, Kane and her attendants presided over the Lucia festival at Lagerquist Hall, a ceremony that included performances from the Sodra Vatterbygdens Fokshogskola Choir, which is visiting from Jonkoping, Sweden. Jeff Anderson played the fiddle, and of course Jultomten (Santa Claus) came for a quick visit. To compete for the honor, each of the

the PLU campus and includes musical performances by the Lucia applicants, the Swedish Vasa Lodge singers and a children’s choir. A free public reception follows at the Scandinavian Cultural Center. The event is sponsored by IKEA (Lucia applicants also will sing at IKEA on Dec. 7 and at two local retirement homes). Tickets are $8 general, $5 for members of the Scandinavian Cultural Center and free for the PLU community. They are available from the Campus Concierge in the Anderson University Center

Administration with a concentration in Management and Human Resources. Mr. Merrill is also a Specialized Music Minor, and he sings in Choir of the West. During Fall 2020, Ben also plans to continue working as an Innovation Studies intern, helping to organize events and creative programming in the PLU Makerspace. Ralph Flick (J.D., M.B.A.) is an Assistant Professor in PLU’s School of Business. He teaches business law, ethics, and management at PLU, and he advises the university’s pre-law program. The Benson