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, and in the UK, the Aldeburgh Festival and Caritas Chamber Choir. As a specialist in Baroque repertoire, she frequently performs works of Bach and Handel with regional orchestras and choral ensembles, but she also loves a good romantic art song, especially one in Russian. She is a winner of the Northwest Region of the National Association of Teachers of Singing Artist Award Competition (NATSAA), and the Ladies’ Musical Club of Seattle Competition. She received an encouragement award from the

bearing, with vocal endowments to match,” lyric mezzo-soprano Soon Cho is an Associate Professor of Voice at Pacific Lutheran University. Dr. Cho is a sought-after clinician, conducting master classes at institutions such as San Francisco Conservatory of Music, Ithaca College, Florida State University, and various Schmidt Vocal Competitions annually. Dr. Cho is a member of the summer teaching faculty at the Brancaleoni International Music Festival in Italy, and Icicle Creek Chamber Music Festival in

sociology from Western Washington University, and her Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Colorado at Boulder. She was promoted to the rank of Professor in 2012. As a faculty member, Gregson has taught and conducted research in the areas of deviance, gender, and qualitative research methods. Over the span of her career, she has published on such topics as teenage mothers, incarcerated mothers, and divorced women. Since 2010 she has been conducting participant observation research with the authors

Barry Johnson Associate Professor of Music - Voice Phone: 253-535-7625 Email: johnsobw@plu.edu Office Location: Mary Baker Russell Music Center - 341 Office Hours: (On Campus) Mon - Fri: By Appointment Professional Biography Additional Titles/Roles Co-Director of Opera Production/Workshop Director of Knights Chorus Education M.M., Music/Vocal Performance and Pedagogy, University of Colorado, Boulder, 1989 B.M., Music/Choral Education, University of Arizona, 1985 Responsibilities Teaches Applied

professional activities at PLU. Dr. Artime’s research interests focus on trauma and sexual victimization. She investigates various forms of posttraumatic reactions and resilience that are experienced by trauma survivors. Recently, she has been focused on studying the dissemination and implementation of evidence-based trauma-focused treatments in university counseling centers for student sexual assault victims and combat veterans. Dr. Artime also consults with universities to assist in conducting climate

the baton of George Shangrow. Other recent performances include Mozart’s Exsultate, Jubilate motet with the Northwest Sinfonietta, Orff’s Carmina Burana and Handel’s Messiah with the Tacoma Symphony, Bach’s B Minor Mass with the Kirkland Choral Society, Bach’s St. Matthew Passion with Orchestra Seattle as well as the opportunity to revisit one of her favorite characters, Susanna, (Le Nozze Di Figaro) with Tacoma Opera. On the opera stage, Susanna, (The Marriage of Figaro), is one of Ms. Milanese

University of Michigan in 1987. His principal teachers have included Leslie Bassett, William Bergsma, William Bolcom and William Albright. He was awarded a Charles Ives Award in 1984 from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters and has received annual awards from ASCAP since 1990.  His Scherzo for a Bitter Moon for band won the 1984 National Bandmasters Association contest and in 1990 his Fire Works for wind ensemble won the American Bandmasters Association Ostwald Award.  A choral work

of Vocal Studies, Teaches Applied Voice Lessons, Vocal Pedagogy, Solo Vocal Literature, Diction, Directs Opera Production/Workshop Accolades Production Grant from the Kurt Weill Foundation for Music in New York, NY Regency Scholarship Grant, Pacific Lutheran University Biography James Brown enjoys an eclectic career of singing, teaching, stage direction and conducting. James is the Chair of Vocal Studies at Pacific Lutheran University where he directs the opera and oversees a large voice program

West at PLU and PLU’s Choral Union. She sings in recital settings whenever she gets the chance, and usually incorporates a vocal chamber piece into the horn recitals she presents. A lover of early music, she lectures and performs on natural horn as well as baroque horn. During her time in Madison she appeared in period performances with the Madison Bach Musicians playing repertoire including Bach’s Mass in B Minor. Dr. Gillie’s doctoral dissertation is entitled “Twentieth and Twenty-First Century

that resulted in PLU being a recipient of the Sen. Paul Simon Award for Internationalizing the Campus from NAFSA: Association of International Educators 2006 Recipient of the “Lifetime Achievement Award” from the Institute for the International Education of Students (IES) Biography Dr. Sobania, Professor of History Emeritus, retired from PLU in 2016. Neal Sobania has extensive experience in living, working, and conducting research in Africa that began as a freshly minted college graduate with his