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pieces of the writing of American choral composers at the time. Both feature virtuosic parts for trumpet and piano. Two works by Felix Mendelssohn, Richte mich, Gott, Op. 78, No. 2, and Mitten wir im Leben sind, Op. 23, No. 3, present profound statements of faith in glorious music. Guest artists and PLU faculty members Oksana Ezhokina (piano) and Zachary Lyman (trumpet) will travel with the Chorale. “In addition to being a superb pianist, Oksana is a wonderful collaborator: it often feels like we’re

vacation, but he also wanted to gain professional experience and make himself more marketable by working somewhere. The first internship Stegemoeller obtained was at Daktronics in Brookings, S.D. Facing a move away from the Pacific Northwest, he considered the journey an exciting adventure. Interning at Daktronics, Stegemoeller worked on a team of 10 to help develop and complete a major project by adding new features, fixing a bug and writing codes. “I got experience working on the real software

passions resulted in her pursuing a degree in either environmental or animal law.“As long as I can remember, I knew I wanted to do something to protect animals and work with them,” Whalen said. “I liked animal law, not only because of the great protection that the law and lawyers can give animals, but I like that sort of work. I like reading, I like writing, and I like problem-solving and dealing with places where animals or the environment face troubles, and finding protections for them.” Whalen is an

dive in, head first. So she and Lois joined the 10,000- member-strong Romance Writers of America and began attending monthly meetings in Seattle and annual nationwide conventions, where, as you might expect from a group almost exclusively comprised of women, they were warmly welcomed into the fold. And, naturally, they started writing their own romance novels. It’s been a couple of years now, and Gregson is still about 40 pages into her novel. (Don’t expect anything, she warns.) But from the