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  • Music Artistic Achievement AwardsFor exceptional students interested in studying and performing music, there is no better place than Pacific Lutheran University. The School of Music, Theatre & Dance offers awards each year to incoming students seeking to develop their skills alongside some of the most talented student-musicians and faculty members in the Pacific Northwest. You do not need to be a music major to receive a Music Artistic Achievement Award; awards are offered regardless of major

  • and 16.  When: Thursdays from 7 to 9 p.m., July 12-August 16Where: PLU, Mary Baker Russell Amphitheater July 12 – Sommer Stockinger and Kareem Kandi Sommer Stockinger, a native of Tacoma, has been performing jazz throughout the Northwest since 1997. Stockinger has evolved through traditional and Brazilian jazz, blues and R&B, listing her strongest influences as Nina Simone, Chet Baker, João Gilberto, Nat King Cole, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Etta James, Ernestine Anderson, Nancy Wilson, Donny Hathaway

  • Brian Galante Associate Dean, School of Music, Theatre & Dance; Director of Choral Studies; Professor of Music Full Profile he/him/his 253-535-7603 galante@plu.edu

  • the professional percussion ensemble Happy Hammers, a group that performs a broad cross-section of percussion music of various ethnic origins including the steel drums from Trinidad, African drumming of the Ewe and Yoruba tribes, Afro-Cuban drumming, Brazilian sambas, and jazz for mallet keyboard instruments. Ivester earned a Bachelor of Music degree from Eastern Washington University, and he did undergraduate and graduate work in ethnomusicology at the University of Hawaii that included field

  • Studying Strings at PLU Outdoor amphitheater at the Mary Baker Russell building. (Photo by Chris Tumbusch) PLU’s School of Music, Theatre & Dance exists inside a comprehensive liberal arts university and  is central to the mission of Pacific Lutheran University. It provides a rich number of happenings at PLU, in Tacoma, and around the Puget Sound.Pursuing the DreamHow Justin Heurtas combined theater and the celloPLU’s “Mascot” You may know that we at PLU are known as the “Lutes,” and whatever

  • at a bevy of events hosted by several organizations: the U.S. Soccer Federation, the Legends Football League (formerly the Lingerie Football League), the West Coast Conference beach volleyball championship, and the International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation, to name a few. In October, Daly will travel to Tunisia with the U.S. Arena National Soccer Team for the World Minifootball Federation World Cup. Shelby Daly ’13West Coast Conference beach volleyball championship. Shelby Daly ’13U.S. Soccer

  • great honor for me to join the PLU faculty and the university’s excellent music program, and to build upon the outstanding work done by Dr. David Deacon-Joyner over the past 18 years. As a unique American art form, jazz music has reached far beyond our borders and it has become a universal musical language. It is my goal to bring my knowledge and experiences in Brazilian jazz to the PLU Jazz Studies program, giving our students and audiences the opportunity to experience musical genres that have

  • had a lot she wanted to get on paper. Inspired by her writing, PLU Professor of Music and Composer Gregory Youtz set several poems to music. And thanks to the talents of three PLU Music faculty, the poetry has a new dimension as music with lyrics. With Oksana Ezhokina behind the piano keys, vocalists Soon Cho and Cyndia Sieden sang the new melodies for Emmons Turner’s poetry. Due to the necessary physical distancing, everything was recorded individually and then edited together for one grand

  • at the Washington Soldiers Home & Colony (and maintained the website SoldiersHomeStories.com) since 2009. Previous Post Babies learning in the womb Next Post Gospel Music Superstar More Story Babies learning in the womb PLU Researcher Gains National Attention on ‘Today’ Show Talking About Babies Learning in the Womb PLU Psychology... January 20, 2015 Volume 2, Issue 2 RESOLUTE is Pacific Lutheran University's flagship magazine, published three times a year. EDITORIAL OFFICES PLU, Neeb Center

  • New Faculty 3320 Jennifer Rhyne wins national search for assistant professor of music and music theory position Mandi LeCompte October 31, 2016 New Faculty 332 Views Read more