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PLU Wind Ensemble tours eastern Washington and Portland, Oregon Posted by: Mandi LeCompte / March 1, 2016 March 1, 2016 By Mandi LeCompteOutreach ManagerThe Pacific Lutheran University Wind Ensemble is traveling across the mountains to eastern Washington to perform in various venues this March. The 50-student ensemble will perform in Yakima, Spokane, Richland, Pasco and Portland, Oregon, and will finish with a homecoming concert in Lagerquist Concert Hall on March 15, at 8pm. The ensemble will

and member of the Camas Quintet, Kracht didn’t start composing until he left PLU in 2001. Presenting this piece at PLU and being part of the 500 year tradition carries sentiment. “It feels very much like coming home, but coming home in an entirely new capacity—as a composer,” Kracht remarked. Lyman also feels that this performance carries more weight than usual. “It’s always incredibly exciting to bring a new work to life, especially when that work was written by a beloved member of the PLU music

Principal with the Tacoma Symphony and has also played with the Northwest Sinfonietta, the LaCrosse Symphony Orchestra, the Central Wisconsin Symphony Orchestra and the Beloit-Janesville Symphony Orchestra. She is a member of two faculty chamber ensembles at PLU, the Camas Wind Quintet and the Lyric Brass Quintet. In 2006, she attended the Tanglewood Music Festival as an orchestral fellow where she worked with world-class musicians such as James Levine, Elliot Carter, Bernhard Haitink, Stefan Asbury

December 14 concert shows brass program’s strengths Posted by: Mandi LeCompte / December 9, 2014 December 9, 2014 If you want to see (or hear) the quality of the PLU’s brass program, look no further than the Lyric Brass Quintet concert on Sunday, December 14 in Lagerquist Concert Hall at 8pm. The Lyric Brass Quintet is comprised of PLU’s brass faculty: Edward Castro and Zachary Lyman, trumpet; Gina Gillie, horn; Jason Gilliam, euphonium; and Paul Evans, tuba. “These concerts each semester are a

Pacific Lutheran University’s Jazz and Wind Ensembles go “Down Under” this summer Posted by: Mandi LeCompte / May 21, 2013 May 21, 2013 The University Jazz Ensemble and University Wind Ensemble will travel to Australia May 28 –June 11, 2013, to discover the “Down Under” and share their music with an international audience. Traveling to Melbourne, Bairnsdale, Canberra and Sydney, 49 students will discover both the rural and urban aspects of Australia, and perform and participate in musical

PLU Wind Ensemble to Premiere Crowd-Commissioned Composition on Tour of Tennessee Posted by: Zach Powers / January 20, 2015 Image: [Photo by John Froschauer/PLU] January 20, 2015 By Zach Powers & Mandi BradyPLU Marketing & Communications and the School of Arts and Communication TACOMA, WA (Jan. 20, 2015)—The Pacific Lutheran University Wind Ensemble is heading South this month to perform four concerts in Tennessee. The tour includes performances in Nashville on Jan. 23 and 28, Chattanooga on

Choir of the West, University Chorale, and University Wind Ensemble Spring Conference Appearances Posted by: Reesa Nelson / February 15, 2022 Image: Spokane skyline, where Choir of the West and University Chorale will be performing February 15, 2022 Three PLU music ensembles will take their performances to venues near and far next month. Two vocal groups, Choir of the West and University Chorale, are traveling to Spokane to perform at the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) 2022

have the PLU Trumpet Ensemble perform because I have been looking for ways to show this great group off the wider community. This is the perfect venue.” “Also, as a trumpet player I have performed on this same radio show twice myself, once with the Mosaic Brass Quintet, and once with the Lyric Brass Quintet,” Zachary Lyman, Associate Professor of Music – Trumpet; Chair of Winds and Brass at PLU. Pieces that will be performed include an eclectic mix of modern work written for large trumpet ensemble

year as band director at Meeker, where he teaches 260 students at the elementary and middle-school levels, along with a before-school jazz band. At PLU, Micah played with the Wind Ensemble, Jazz Band, brass quintet and Trumpet Ensemble—and even then, he made quite an impression. “It makes me very proud to know that he is getting this well deserved recognition,” said Edwin Powell, PLU Associate Professor of Music and Director of Wind Ensembles. “Micah was part of a five-student cohort who were

semifinalists, some of whom I know and look up to,” said Haven, who’s in his fifth year as band director at Meeker, where he teaches 260 students at the elementary and middle-school levels, along with a before-school jazz band. At PLU, Micah played with the Wind Ensemble, Jazz Band, brass quintet and Trumpet Ensemble—and even then, he made quite an impression. “It makes me very proud to know that he is getting this well deserved recognition,” said Edwin Powell, PLU Associate Professor of Music and Director