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PLU Represented at Jazz Education Network Conference The Jazz Education Network Conference hosts thousands or people from around the globe every year, connecting jazz beginners, professionals, scholars and educators, and industry experts. In 2022, following safety guidelines, the conference was held in Dallas, Texas in early January. Dr. Cassio Vianna was invited… January 18, 2022 FacultyUniversity Jazz Ensemble
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Hildenbrand My name is Chris Hildenbrand. I am a trumpet performance major here at PLU. I finished my two year degree at Pierce College and I have been playing trumpet since sixth grade. A few interesting facts about me are that my dad played trumpet in college and that I enjoy playing tennis, video games and also piano and guitar. I formerly studied with Jay Scott and I advanced to the state contest as a sophomore in high school playing the Kennan Sonata and placed first alternate in the Mountain Region
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Political Aims of Jesus: Peasant Politics in Herodian Galilee, Jesus and the Peasants, and, with K.C. Hanson, Palestine in the Time of Jesus: Social Structures and Social Conflicts. As a member of the PLU Honors faculty, he has created and taught The Quest for Global Justice. Douglas E. Oakman David Deacon-JoynerDavid Deacon-Joyner is Professor and Director of Jazz Studies at PLU. A native of Memphis, Dr. Deacon-Joyner was mentored by jazz piano great James Williams. In addition to his expertise in
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Think faster, work harder, feel more deeply Posted by: Mandi LeCompte / November 21, 2010 Image: PLU Associate Professor of Music, Violin, Svend Ronning,in his office. November 21, 2010 By Barbara Clements Looking back, Svend Rønning ’89 can’t remember when music wasn’t part of his life. His mother was a piano teacher; his grandfather played the violin. In fact, he still occasionally uses a bow that his grandfather bought from a Sears and Roebuck catalogue in the 1920s. “Actually, it still
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. Clearly, music has profound meaning to Whatley. “It represents all the things we experience and feel in life,” Whatley said. Whatley chose orchestra over band in middle school and started playing the double bass in sixth grade. Whatley said there was only one other double bass player in the orchestra when he started at PLU. Which is kind of why he chose it in the first place. “As a kid, it was, ‘This looks the most unique, so it is going to make me stand out,’” Whatley said. Whatley also plays piano
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Information for the 2025 Guitar Festival is still being updated. Check back soon for more details! PLU Guitar Festival March 2, 2024Mary Baker Russell Music Center | Elizabeth C.D. Brown & Stephen Howland, DirectorsThe festival will feature hands on Classical and Jazz guitar workshops, lectures and concerts with PLU guitar faculty members Elizabeth CD Brown and Dr. Stephen Howland alongside guests Stella Kosim and Elliott Turner. Festival participants will have the opportunity to rehearse and
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. “I’m going to do whatever I need to do to make this work,” she said. “I’d never had the courage to audition before now, but I’ve awakened this talent, and I’m going to keep going.” Read Previous New piano chair looks forward to a new chapter at PLU Read Next WATCH: Drum Taps: Nine Poems on Themes of War 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
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Faculty Feature: Dr. Jeffrey Bell-Hanson, Professor of Music and Director of Orchestral Activities Posted by: Reesa Nelson / June 22, 2020 June 22, 2020 Why did you decide to study music? What sparked your interest in music and how did your academic path and career develop from there? It was a family business for me, so to speak. My father was my first teacher in both piano and trombone, and my first band director. I learned to read music before I learned to read English. The die was cast at an
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loved playing the Suzuki songs, but I also loved to sing and sang in a group like the Tacoma Youth Chorus (the Northwest Boychoir) as well. I also took piano lessons from my mother, and later from a local high school student named Rick Steves (yes, he grew up to be THE Rick Steves!). I loved all of these things (and continue to), but by the time I was finishing grade school I knew I had to make a choice. I gave violin my all, but learned a bit of guitar, and occasionally sang in choirs. When I was
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