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come to see me, it’s like wanting to become a poet, they may want to have a backup plan,” Youtz laughed. “Like teach or maybe drive a forklift.” Of the 700 students involved in PLU’s music program each year, maybe 160 of those are actually music majors. Within that group, there are maybe five composition majors. Many go on to attain master’s or doctorate degrees and end up teaching at universities. Or some may decide to keep the degree as a hobby. For Youtz, composing has always been in the

February 19, 2013 Sam Horn ’15, leads a traditional march for a Robbie Burns themed night at the Garfield Book Company. (Photo by John Froschauer) These pipes are playing By James Olson ’14 I exchanged a firm handshake with Samuel Horn ’15 outside the North Pacific Coffee Company, a characteristically cloudy Pacific Northwest sky overshadowing what would be a surprisingly loud morning. For those who have never heard the boisterous vibrations of the bagpipe, it is not a particularly quiet affair

June 8, 2014 Free Summer Jazz Series Brings Stars—and the Community—to PLU A crowd enjoys the music at a 2013 Jazz Under the Stars concert at PLU. (Photo: PLU student John Struzenberg ’15) 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 series, Jazz Under the Stars, on July 10. The 2014

October 15, 2014 Q&A With Rev. Dr. Monica A. Coleman Knutson Lecturer Plans Provocative Talk on the Intersection of Religion and Culture By Taylor Lunka ’15 PLU Marketing & Communications Student Worker Pastor, scholar and activist Rev. Dr. Monica Coleman, one of the brightest lights in womanist/black theology, will deliver the 2014 David and Marilyn Knutson Lecture at PLU on Oct. 22. How bright is her light? The interdenominational preaching magazine The African American Pulpit named Coleman

Lute Powered: Amazon PLU alumni Regan Zeebuyth ’01, Jon Grande ’92 and April Rose Nguyen ’19, ’21 excel at the tech and commerce leader Posted by: Zach Powers / June 5, 2022 June 5, 2022 Amazon is guided by four principles: customer obsession rather than competitor focus, passion for invention, commitment to operational excellence, and long-term thinking. More than 125 PLU alumni work for the global commerce and technology leader. For this “Lute Powered” feature, we met with three of them to

PLU Biology professor nationally recognized Posted by: vcraker / September 21, 2022 September 21, 2022 Pacific Lutheran University Professor of Biology Amy Siegesmund received the American Society for Microbiology’s 2023 Carski Award for Undergraduate Teaching. The award recognizes a university educator for outstanding teaching of microbiology to undergraduate students. What I love about teaching microbiology is that I get to share with students a discipline that I am passionate about and

Sanford Program for Undergraduate Research (SPUR) Posted by: nicolacs / January 4, 2023 January 4, 2023 Sanford Research offers the Sanford Program for Undergraduate Research (SPUR), which provides opportunities for undergraduate students interested in research careers to participate in research. This dynamic summer program allows you to apply your classroom knowledge by working in a laboratory under the supervision of a principal investigator and interacting with research teams that include

, and ten dances choreographed and performed by PLU students. The performance will include contemporary, musical theatre, ballet, jazz, hip hop, and step dancing. “For Shifting Sands, a new work I created, the dancers created all the movement. I didn’t choreograph any of the original dance material. Instead, I gave the dancers carefully chosen choreographic tasks to create solo dances. Because each dancer worked with the same prompt, their solos shared a similar quality of movement, although the

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

March 27, 2008 MESA Day tests math and science skills The voices of 400 elementary, middle and high school students bounced off the walls of Olson and Memorial gyms at the annual MESA Day competition. Working in teams, the students built catapults from Dixie cups and plastic spoons, constructed sail cars from straws, pins and paper, and tested the sturdiness of bridges made from Popsicle sticks and glue. The daylong event also included the egg drop, trebuchet, math and speech competitions, and