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Craig Rine Lecturer - Clarinet Phone: 253-535-7602 Email: rinecj@plu.edu Office Hours: (On Campus) Mon - Fri: By Appointment Professional Biography Education B.M., Clarinet Performance, Catholic University of America WA State Teaching Certificate, University of Puget Sound Master's Degree Coursework, Educational Technology, City University Responsibilities Applied Clarinet Lessons, Member of Camas Wind Quintet Biography Craig Rine is an Affiliate Artist and Lecturer at Pacific Lutheran

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

Ensemble, Emerald Ridge High School Concert Band, the Northwest Regional International Tuba Euphonium Conference, the University of Idaho, University of Oregon, University of Victoria, Pacific Lutheran University, Puget Brass, Brass Band Northwest, the Harvey Phillips Northwest Big Brass Bash, Sun City Concert Band (Sun City, Arizona), Sitka High School Band (Sitka, Alaska), Tacoma Community College Wind Ensemble, Tacoma Community College Orchestra, Bremerton High School Symphonic Band, Grays Harbor

, responsible for future growth opportunities of a $5B portfolio and also led a team of 250 executives, engineers and technologists developing new concepts and programs for Network Centric Operations. Earlier in his career, Sweberg was an early pioneer in commercial space and was responsible for several programs and payloads that successfully flew on the Space Shuttle.  He helped win the multi-$B Space Station (ISS) program. He was a member of the AIAA Technical Committee for Space Processing for many years

Mara Finkelstein Lecturer - Cello Phone: 253-535-7602 Email: finkelm@plu.edu Biography Biography Mara Finkelstein studied cello at the Gnessin College of Music and the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow before coming to the U.S. in 1989. Ms. Finkelstein was Principal Cellist of the Moscow Symphony Orchestra and the only woman in the all men orchestra. She toured in Europe as a member of the New European Strings, and recently played with that group in a series of virtual recordings during the

Korine Fujiwara Lecturer - Violin and Viola she/her Phone: 253-535-7602 Email: korine.fujiwara@plu.edu Office Hours: (On Campus) Mon - Fri: By Appointment Website: //www.korinefujiwara.com Professional Biography Education M.M., The Juilliard School B.M., Northwestern University School of Music Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Violin Viola Responsibilities Applied Violin and Viola Lessons Biography Montana native Korine Fujiwara is a founding member of the Carpe Diem String Quartet, a devoted and

Connecticut District of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, was a finalist in the Palm Beach Opera Competition, completed fellowships at the Aspen Music Festival, Music Academy of the West, and the Britten-Pears Programme in England, and is a graduate of the Seattle Opera Young Artists Program and the Baroque Performance Institute at Oberlin College. She is a passionate teacher and an active member of The National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS), where she serves on the board of

). He has proudly served as an honor band conductor on several occasions, most notably the 2019 APAC Honor Band in Kobe, Japan, and the 2017 WMEA Junior All-State “Rainier” Band. A passionate advocate for music education, Ron is an active member of WMEA, currently serving a two-year term as WMEA President. In addition, he serves on the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association (WIAA) as the honorary board member for the Fine Arts. Dr. Gerhardstein makes his home in Tacoma with his wife

Thecla Kirigiti, MSN, BSN Clinical Instructor of Nursing Email: tgk@plu.edu Professional Biography Education Associate Degree, Nursing, Thames Valley University - UK BSN, Nursing, Grand Canyon University MSN, Nursing , Grand Canyon University Biography I have been a registered nurse for over 20 years. My specialties are medical/surgical, telemetry, oncology and PACU. In addition, I am a member of Sigma Global Nursing Society, I enjoy hiking, vacationing and road trips with my family.

topics to each other, long before  such tools were available in platforms like forums, chat rooms, and social media.  Students did so much email journaling that limits had to be placed to preserve the university’s primitive band width at the time. Professor Fryhle was chair of the PLU Chemistry Department from 1999 and 2015 (except for sabbaticals).   He has been a member of the American Chemical Society (ACS) for over 25 years.  He was chair of the ACS Puget Sound Section (PSS) in 1999 and currently