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had arrived in the U.S.Upon returning home, Brizuela, who majored in music education at PLU, had two in-classroom days with his Clover Park School District students before classes were suspended. “It was a rapid-fire shut down of everything,” he remembers. Two states away, Sarah Lord ’00 was teaching high school biology and environmental science at Billings Senior High School in Billings, Montana. While inconvenienced by the immediate shutdown, she didn’t realize the scope until several weeks

interning in her campaign, and that’s when she suggested it.” Herde’s main concern is education. He supports restoring funding to K-12 schools and public colleges. “A friend of mine is going the UW and with the 14 percent increase each year he had to quit. There’s stories like that across the state,” Herde said. Herde personally witnessed cuts to the music departments in the Franklin Pierce School district while he was in high school. “I am fully in favor of equality of opportunity, in any situation

now he’s back for a hands-on guitar technique workshop this spring. Christopher has performed around the world as a soloist and as half of Duo Noire and is highly sought after as a teacher.There will be many opportunities for Music Education students to hear from professionals currently teaching or serving as school administrators. Jill Burch from Dessie Evans Elementary in Puyallup will cover classroom management in the elementary music room, incorporating traditional methods and electronic

,” Tegels said. “Education and honest education is a crucial factor in that.” Read Previous Think faster, work harder, feel more deeply Read Next Student Musicians Charm European Audiences 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

together on this commission and will also perform the work. University Wind Ensemble conductor, Dr. Edwin Powell, is well known in Tennessee, having taught conducting courses and music education methods at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, where he was Assistant Director of Bands. “It’s exciting to return to Tennessee where I spent five years before I came to PLU,” Powell said. “I look forward to reconnecting with colleagues and many former students while I’m there, and of course, sharing the

her mom was pursuing a degree in education. With musician parents, McTee grew up watching their band rehearsals. Her mom taught her the saxophone and how to transpose music. Applying to PLU for a degree in Music just made sense. Today, McTee’s award-winning compositions have been played by orchestras globally, including performances in Carnegie Hall five separate times. She has received numerous awards such as the Fulbright Senior Lecturer Fellowship to teach at the Academy of Music in Poland. It

learn from them much longer! Other professors that stand out to me are Professor David Robbins, Timothy Strong and Paul Manfredi – they each contributed so much to making my music and Chinese education at PLU so rewarding. Read Previous Relay for Life Read Next International ‘Speed-Dating’ COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker enabled or are currently browsing in a "private" window. LATEST POSTS Caitlyn Babcock ’25 wins first place

February 28, 2010 Raising awareness through song   By Chris Albert PLU students Emily Branch and Marina Pitassi found a way to creatively bring to light the realities of body image in the world today – write a song and make a music video. Then posted it on YouTube.com of course. PLU students bring awareness to body image issues through a song on YouTube. It may have started as just another assignment in Professor Colleen Hacker’s Physical Education 315 class, but soon it became an effort to

, she led the implementation of a three-year university retention strategic plan. “We are delighted to welcome Rae Linda to PLU, and we look forward to applying her vision and experience to advancing the distinctive mission of PLU,” said PLU President Thomas W. Krise, Ph.D. Brown earned a B.S. in Music Education from the University of Connecticut in 1976; an M.A. in African American Studies and Music from Yale University in 1980; and a Ph.D. in Musicology from Yale in 1987. She was also an American

more about the 2015 SOAC Focus Series, visit www.plu.edu/soac/focus-series Read Previous Nordic Journey: Organ Music From Scandinavia visits PLU March 1 Read Next Ron Gerhardstein joins PLU music education faculty after extensive career 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