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TACOMA, WASH. (Sept. 24, 2018) — Justin Huertas ’09 says opening night of “Legally Blonde,” presented by Seattle-based Showtunes Theatre Company, was electric. Applause roared when his castmate, Alexandria Henderson, walked on stage for the first time Saturday night. Sure, Elle Woods is a lovable…
" presented by Seattle-based Showtunes Theatre Company. In 2015, he was commissioned to write his own musical for Seattle Rep, called “Lizard Boy,” after the artistic director saw him play the cello in a musical theater concert. “It was the most of me I’ve ever put on stage,” Huertas said. “This was very much my words, coming out of my own mouth, playing my own music.” Huertas added that if audiences didn’t like the show, it would feel like they didn’t like him. Well, they liked him very much. “Lizard Boy
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Jodie Rottle ’10 Finds Fame Even Without a Direct Roadmap By Shunying Wang ’15 and Sandy Deneau Dunham, PLU Marketing & Communications As far as Jodie Rottle ’10 can recall, she started to play the flute because her sister randomly suggested it. Good call, Jodie Rottle’s sister. Rottle,…
career and take it to the next level.” While in Manhattan, Rottle and a couple of friends from the master’s program— Meaghan Burke (cello/voice) and Tristan McKay (piano/harpsichord/toy piano)—founded the new-music ensemble Dead Language, a trio that “seeks out music that has something to say, and says it.” And if that sounds a little wide-ranging, so is Dead Language: The ensemble improvises and performs interdisciplinary works that include everything from literature and white noise to toys and wolf
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Music faculty and staff.
Mara Finkelstein Lecturer - Cello Full Profile 253-535-7602 finkelm@plu.edu
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A Flutist’s Unplanned Path to Success Internationally renowned flutist Jodie Rottle ’10 advises undergraduates without a clear plan to pause, make slow progress and explore as many new possibilities as they can. (Photo courtesy Jodie Rottle) Jodie Rottle ’10 Finds Fame Even Without a Direct…
inspiring as an artist just to see what I could do with my career and take it to the next level.” While in Manhattan, Rottle and a couple of friends from the master’s program— Meaghan Burke (cello/voice) and Tristan McKay (piano/harpsichord/toy piano)—founded the new-music ensemble Dead Language, a trio that “seeks out music that has something to say, and says it.” And if that sounds a little wide-ranging, so is Dead Language: The ensemble improvises and performs interdisciplinary works that include
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School of Music, Theatre & Dance faculty and staff.
Mara Finkelstein Lecturer - Cello Full Profile 253-535-7602 finkelm@plu.edu
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Scott graduated with a Bachelor of Musical Arts in Music (with a minor in English Literature) in 1991.
-graduation. My education at PLU taught me to see the importance of connecting with my community, the joy of making music of all kinds, and the happiness that comes from serving others.”Kathleen HaugheyKathleen graduated in 2011 with two degrees—a Bachelor of Music in Cello Performance and a Bachelor of Arts in Hispanic Studies. During her time at PLU, Kate was able to combine her love of language and culture by performing many concert and chamber works from Spain and Latin America and spent the fall of
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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…
didn’t feel a need to show any reaction.And after he began working with me, I saw kindness in his eyes. I was so focused on memorizing all he said and applying it to my playing that I don’t think I showed much reaction during the whole class. It was helpful to watch how Mr. Feltsman taught the other students, though, because he treated all of us in the same manner. It reminded me not to take his criticisms too personally. Do you play any other instruments—or sing? I played cello for six years when I
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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.
. Special fee in addition to tuition. Concurrent registration in MUSI 199 required. Students register in 204A for 1 hour; 204B for 2 hours; 204C for 3 or 4 hours. (1 to 4) MUSI 205 : Private Instruction: Violin/Viola - CX Private instruction for Violin/Viola. Special fee in addition to tuition. Concurrent registration in MUSI 199 required. Students register in 205A for 1 hour; 205B for 2 hours; 205C for 3 or 4 hours. (1 to 4) MUSI 206 : Private Instruction: Cello/Bass - CX Private Instruction for Cello
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Domaine Forget Chamber Music Festival, the Olympic Music Festival and the Zephyr International Chamber Music Festival in Italy. A graduate of the Juilliard School and Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music, Ariana is an adjunct faculty member at Texas Southern University, maintains a private cello studio, and is a coach for AFA’s Chamber Music Academy. She is originally from Seattle, Washington, and when not making music enjoys hiking, yoga, and podcasting.GUEST CLINICIAN, DOUBLE BASS Chris Burns
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in Anthropology and BA in Global Studies “I spent part of this summer as a Youth Worker at an inner city community centre in Regina, SK (hometown). Then I drove 30 hours from Vancouver, BC to Whitehorse, Yukon, bringing 21 cellos to a music camp that had never before been able to have cello lessons for lack of instruments. I taught some beginner music classes at the camp (not cello– I was just helping the cello instructor transport them from Vancouver!). Now I have moved to Vancouver, BC, where I
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