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players” (San Francisco Chronicle). Today, he leads the Dmitri Matheny Group, an all-star ensemble featuring some of the most accomplished jazz artists in the western states. July 24 Hilary Gardner In 2010, acclaimed singer Hilary Gardner was chosen by the Frank Sinatra estate to appear as the live, onstage singer in Twyla Tharp’s Come Fly Away. Gardner performs throughout New York City and is a frequent soloist with symphonies throughout the United States. Moby featured Gardner prominently on his

chronicles his use of graphic arts to forge documents used by Jews to escape the Nazi regime in the 1930s and 40s. The conference concludes with a performance by Baith Jaffe in Lagerquist Concert Hall at 8 p.m. Founded by Sascha and David Schönhaus, the Swiss ensemble integrates contemporary European jazz with evocative melodies of klezmer music, a distinctive form of religious and secular music with roots in Hasidic and Ashkenazic Judaism. Admission to the concert is free. Goodwill offerings will be

that can not only help make batteries safer, but also charge them faster and store energy from renewable sources such as wind and solar. One goal is to create a solid- state battery that does not rely on an organic liquid to move ions in the battery. It’s work that Waldow hopes will help humans make the shift away from fossil fuels. “Not only should solid-state batteries be better from a safety perspective, but the time it takes to charge could be lessened and how much energy you could store in the

literary interests with my management job,” Krise explained. “I think any teacher will tell you that we wind up learning as much from the classroom environment and the students as students learn from us. That’s part of the happiness of teaching, you just learn a lot doing it,” Krise said. “It’s fun to do what you’re trained to do and like to do and [what’s] worth while.” Read Previous PLU welcomed into CFA Institute University Recognition Program Read Next Farewell Reception COMMENTS*Note: All comments

fall of 2008. He headed back to Genesee for the summer, working on the family ranch. He’s also on call as a volunteer EMT. So, if you do wind up meeting Jensen somewhere in north­western Idaho, rest assured, you are in good hands. He’s among the region’s best.  -Steve Hansen, University Communications Read Previous A summer job that doesn’t suck Read Next Basketball adventure COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker enabled or are

things I love to see,” he said “This needs to continue and I want to make it happen.” In the future, Markuson said, the club will hopefully have the opportunity for more public exposure. He plans to look into public appearances, or rides, and there has even been talk of including club members in Dance Ensemble 2011. Markuson said, however, this will depend on the progress of group members. The club meets either in the UC or the Columbia Center Wednesdays at 7 p.m., and Markuson encourages anyone who

concepts, like showing musical expression through movement. She also played a video of Dr. T. André Feagin, director of bands in the department of music at Central Washington University, conducting an ensemble. “I wanted to show them someone who looks like them doing a job that they could never have thought of having access to,” Delos Reyes says. Though the video is five minutes long, “They were in a trance. The whole time they were just staring right at him and just saying, ‘Teacher, he looks like us

the absence of a guaranteed production. When PLU Opera Program director James Brown agreed to produce the work, Youtz finished his setting in the summer of 2015. The premiere is produced in a partnership between Pacific Lutheran University and the Confucius Institute of Washington State which has generously provided funding. Read Previous Regency String Quartet Commemorates Hungarian Revolution Read Next Sølvvinden Flute Ensemble to perform at Mary Bridge LATEST POSTS PLU’s Director of Jazz

the resident faculty brass ensemble at Pacific Lutheran University. Members include Zachary Lyman and Edward Castro on trumpet, Gina Gillie on the French horn, Rebecca Good on trombone, and Paul Evans on tuba. Its members teach private lessons at PLU and are all active solo, chamber, and orchestral performers throughout the Pacific Northwest and beyond. The players enjoy performing a wide range of repertoire from the Renaissance to the twenty-first century, including several works that have been

audiences in the 1990s as the protégé of Art Farmer and has matured into “one of the jazz world’s most talented horn players” (San Francisco Chronicle). Today, he leads the Dmitri Matheny Group, an all-star ensemble featuring some of the most accomplished jazz artists in the western states. July 24 Hilary Gardner In 2010, acclaimed singer Hilary Gardner was chosen by the Frank Sinatra estate to appear as the live, onstage singer in Twyla Tharp’s Come Fly Away. Gardner performs throughout New York City