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  • High school directors, please use the link provided below to nominate and recommend students that you would like to participate in the Northwest High School Honor Band.

    in Chamblee, Georgia. Mitchell-Spradlin has a diverse background as a clinician, adjudicator, educator, and speaker. She is a frequent guest conductor, and has presented regionally at the South Carolina Music Educators Association Conference, nationally at the Midwest International Band and Orchestra Clinic, internationally at the International Society for the Promotion of Wind Band in Austria, and has served as Tau Beta Sigma’s local and national Women in Music Speaker. As a proponent of new

  • Center Stage: The $20 million Karen Hille Phillips Center for the Performing Arts officially opens in October By Steve Hansen Jeff Clapp ’89, PLU artistic director of theater, PLU theater program undergraduate, son of a theater professor, likes to tell a story of his tenure…

    . However, aside from the original brick exterior, everything is new – from the copper roofline to the miles and miles of conduit buried underneath. Seating in the auditorium ranges around 600 depending on configuration – about half of Eastvold’s former capacity. By removing those extra seats, architects were able to create space for an orchestra pit, and greatly enhance the acoustics and the sightlines, vastly improving what Clapp calls the “audience relationship.” The sound, lighting, rigging, and

  • If you are interested in participating in the workshop please fill out the Interest Form linked here. The Interest Form will be available beginning November 16 at 8am and will close to further

    with Eugene Symphony in 2002, conducted by Miguel Harth-Bedoya. Her career launched with notable performances at Seattle Symphony (Gerard Schwarz), Oregon Symphony (James DePreist), Northwest Chamber Orchestra (Sidney Harth), Northwest Sinfonietta, Spokane Symphony, Great Falls Symphony, Helena Symphony, and many others. Previous operatic roles have included Susanna in Le Nozze di Figaro, Violetta in La Traviata, Blanche in Dialogues of the Carmelites, and Micaela in Carmen. Her recordings are

  • What are you doing next Summer? If you're interested in history, innovation studies, or a range of allied topics, you may want to consider a Benson Student-Faculty Summer Research fellowship, which

    . Katherine Gunter (right) is a History major and Dance minor beginning her senior year at PLU. She is also an International Honors student and plays Flute in the university symphony orchestra. Katherine’s Summer 2024 research project was entitled “You Must Attend The ‘No On 9’ Ballot Measure Business Breakfast:” Alliances between Queer Activists and Portland Businesses in the Defeat of Oregon Ballot Measure 9. The goal of this project was to examine the relationship between the Lesbian Community Project

  • In their own words Compiled and edited by Chris Albert This spring, new PLU graduates closed a chapter in their lives and prepared to turn the next page. In the following, some Lutes shared their stories of why they came to PLU, what their experiences…

    been academically challenged and enriched in subjects from gender studies, environmental justice and jazz. I’ve learned to take risks and always found a community to fall back on. Because so much time is devoted to looking at issues and topics from a perspective other than my own, I have been challenged to discover my own capacity for compassion. What’s next? I’m hoping to get hired to teach music somewhere in the Northwest. Elementary, secondary, band, orchestra, choir – I just want to teach music

  • No courses in music (MUSI) may be taken for credit by examination. First-Year Students Students intending to major in music should begin the major music sequences in the first year.

    Instrumental (Band) Bachelor of Music Education: K-12 Instrumental (Orchestra) Music Education Core 12 semester hours All B.M.E. degrees include the following music education core courses: MUSI 240: Introduction to Music Education (3) MUSI 340: Managing the Classroom and Curriculum  (3) MUSI 345: Conducting I (1) MUSI 346: Conducting II (1) MUSI 464: Practicum in Music Education I (1) MUSI 465: Practicum in Music Education II (1) MUSI 469: Student Teaching Seminar (2) School of Education Sequence 17

  • Sounds of Christmas with a Reformation choral work performed by University Singers and Men’s Chorus and directed by Associated Director of Choral Studies Brian Galante.

    . 80). The program features works based on previously-written vocal music, and also includes Wagner’s Prelude to Die Meistersinger, Butterworth’s evocative rhapsody A Shropshire Lad, and the Hebraic Meditation by Bloch–with faculty member Anna Jensen as double-bass soloist.  Huw Edwards conducts, making his debut with PLUSO.Get tickets to the University Symphony Orchestra concertWest Coast Premiere of James Stephenson's "this is most certainly true"Oct. 15 – 3 p.m. – Lagerquist Concert HallOn Oct

  • More than 850 students will graduate from PLU for the 2011-2012 academic year. Spring Commencement takes place Sunday, May 27 in the Tacoma Dome. (Photo by John Froschauer) In their own words Compiled and edited by Chris Albert This spring, new PLU graduates closed a…

    hired to teach music somewhere in the Northwest. Elementary, secondary, band, orchestra, choir – I just want to teach music! Heidi Weston – Bachelor of Arts in business administration Why PLU? I came to PLU because I wanted to stay in the Pacific Northwest, play tennis, attend an esteemed university with small class sizes, and be able to become a part of an involved community. PLU was extremely unique in the sense that it let me do all of these things. My mom graduated from PLU in 1976, so she was

  • Joining and Playing in the PLU OrchestrasHow much do the orchestras rehearse?The University Symphony Orchestra rehearses 2 evenings each week during the school terms, Monday and Thursday. Rehearsals begin at 7:15 pm and last until 9:45. Members are expected to attend all rehearsals for which they are called. Schedules are posted in advance online and in the music building. KammerMusikeren rehearses during USO rehearsal times, most often on Thursdays, but not every Thursday. Can I receive credit

  • New Delete Honor Strings Form Pacific Lutheran University Symphony Orchestra Site Menu Orchestra Home Mission Calendar Listen & Watch For USO Members For School Orchestras PLU Orchestra Festival Orchestra Clinics PLU Honor Orchestra for Strings Scholarships Travel Student Showcase FAQ Documents Faculty Conductor Strings Woodwinds Brass Percussion Contact Information Pacific Lutheran University Symphony Orchestra Phone: 253-535-7617 Fax: 253-535-8669 Email: asieh.mahyar@plu.edu Mary Baker Russell