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PLU opera opens Handel’s ‘Alcina’ this January Posted by: Mandi LeCompte / January 13, 2015 January 13, 2015 Travel to Alcina’s island for a story of magic, enchantment and song. This January, surround yourself with magnificent music when Pacific Lutheran University Opera performs Handel’s Alcina on the Karen Hille Phillips Mainstage. There are four opportunities to view the production: January 22, 23, and 24 at 7:30pm and January 25, at 2pm. James L. Brown will conduct and stage direct. Taken
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.” Dr. Vianna was invited to give a clinic in the composition/arranging category. Vianna’s clinic, “Brazilian Choro for Jazz Big Band: A Guide for Jazz Composers and Band Directors,” covered an old Brazilian instrumental style that is becoming more popular among American jazz musicians in recent years. Due to a lack of quality material for jazz big band in the style, Vianna shared his experience writing his own arrangements and helping students learn this exciting music style. Faculty participation
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capstone project, Jessica McGifford was required to take an internship. Through a recommendation from the PLU Women’s Center, she wound up at Pierce County’s Crystal Judson Family Justice Center, working with individuals and families affected by domestic violence. There, she met Abi McLane, the victim services supervisor, and also a PLU grad. More >> Sorayah Surkatty ’10 Major: Vocal performance Employer: Vashon Opera PLU Connection: Associate Professor of Music Jim Brown, and PLU Music Lecturer Holly
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February 1, 2014 Lute Plays Piano ‘Up Close with the Masters’ Natalie Burton ’13 plays a Bach piece on the piano for master pianist Vladimir Feltsman during Portland Piano International’s Up Close With the Masters series. (Photo courtesy of Portland Piano International) A Q&A With Natalie Burton ’13 By Sandy Deneau Dunham PLU Marketing & Communications Music and Chinese Studies major Natalie Burton graduated magna cum laude from PLU in 2013, but she might have taken her most high-profile class
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PLU Organist performs Bach at Portland’s St. James Lutheran Church Posted by: Mandi LeCompte / November 8, 2016 November 8, 2016 Sunday, December 4 at 5 pmPLU Music Professor and Organist Paul Tegels will play Bach Cantata Vespers and a Mozart Church Sonata for organ and strings at the historic downtown Portland’s St. James Lutheran Church on Dec. 4. The Bach Vesper will feature Cantata 61, Nun komm der Heiden Heiland, based on the Advent hymn, Savior of the Nations, Come performed by choir
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Free Summer Jazz Series brings Stars-and the community-to PLU Posted by: Mandi LeCompte / June 29, 2014 Image: A crowd enjoys the music at a 2013 Jazz Under the Stars concert at PLU. (Photo: PLU student John Struzenberg ’15) June 29, 2014 16th Annual Jazz Under the Stars Kicks Off July 10 By Sandy Deneau Dunham, PLU Marketing & Communication As a gift to the community—and really, to everyone who attends—the Pacific Lutheran University Department of Music kicks off its free summer concert
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it as well. Youtz says many small universities and high schools with modest budgets jumped at the rare opportunity to be a part of funding an original piece. “We pitched to them that it would cost the same amount of money it does to license a score and parts which most bands do each year,” Youtz explains. “We asked that, this year, instead of sending that money to a publisher and getting something that already exists, how about sending it to a composer and helping to create a new piece of music
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the 2018 program here. Read Previous Summer Research Opportunities at the University of Nebraska Read Next Summer Research Opportunities at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in Arkansas LATEST POSTS ACS Diversity, Inclusion, Equity, and Respect (DEIR) Scholarship May 7, 2024 Environmental Lab Scientist in Training May 2, 2024 The Priscilla Carney Jones Scholarship April 18, 2024 $2000 DEIR scholarship- Extended Deadline May 15! April 16, 2024
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Recording an Album Posted by: Jenna S / May 28, 2014 May 28, 2014 by Patrick Colin Wakefield Last July I was contacted by a PLU music faculty member, Erik Steighner, about recording an album. Erik, as a saxophone professor, obviously loves music for saxophone. His dream was to record an album of modern chamber music for saxophone featuring composers from the Pacific Northwest area. I was excited to be able be a part of this new opportunity. Erik Steighner My First Album Produced at PLU
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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
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