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  • We’re in a brave new world of all-online scholarship application and adjudication process. Students entering PLU in fall 2021 as a first-year or transfer student with an interest in Music can still apply for an Artistic Achievement Award. Read more in this blog post for…

    , Flute, French Horn, Guitar (Classical or Jazz), Harp, Oboe, Organ, Piano, Percussion (Band/Orchestra), Saxophone, Trombone, Trumpet, Tuba, Viola, Violin Voice Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass Other Areas of Interest Composition, Jazz, Music Education I want to audition to be a Music major. Can my scholarship audition count for this? The Music Department requires an Entrance Audition to be admitted into the degree. This audition normally occurs at the end of the semester in which you declare your degree

  • What is your educational background? Bachelor of Music Education from the University of Pacific Master of Music Education from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music Doctor of Musical Arts in Conducting from the University of North Texas Why did you want to teach at…

    dog! A big goofball named Tobi Coffee or chocolate? Coffee French fries or hash browns? Hash browns Mac or PC? Mac Instagram or Twitter? Neither, I don’t do either though I do have accounts. Read Previous Faculty Feature: Meet Dr. Richard Nance, Professor of Music and Director of Choral Studies Read Next Faculty Feature: Dr. Jeffrey Bell-Hanson, Professor of Music and Director of Orchestral Activities LATEST POSTS PLU’s Director of Jazz Studies, Cassio Vianna, receives grant from the City of

  • Why did you decide to study music? What sparked your interest in music and how did your academic path and career develop from there? It was a family business for me, so to speak. My father was my first teacher in both piano and trombone,…

    you’ve had since you began teaching at PLU. Lots, but the orchestra tours in Europe have to be highlights. I don’t think I have ever had a better concert experience than our last concert in Barcelona in 2017. Favorite way to unwind after a long week of teaching and grading? The Saturday morning walk with my wife and our dog, Chloe.Just for fun!Cats or dogs? Dogs! They don’t make me sneeze. Coffee or chocolate? Must I choose? French fries or hash browns? Same answer, but I really should order the

  • What do you get when you mix a poet, a composer, three musicians, and two editors? A fabulous collaboration between multiple School of Arts and Communication departments and faculty with South Sound poet and PLU alumna  Josie Emmons Turner ! These artists came together as…

    the community.Emily Groseclose, video editing, Senior Communication Major and Music MinorEmily Groseclose is a senior at Pacific Lutheran University majoring in Communication with emphases in Film & Media Studies and Strategic Communication and minors in Music and French. She is involved in many student media organizations and clubs, including MediaLab, The Mast, Late Knight (Mast TV), and is the president of HERmonic a cappella. Read Previous Springing Forward with Guest Artists Read Next Holiday

  • Lutes at the Region 10 Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) Mark of Excellence (MOE) Awards did not leave the Portland, Ore. conference empty-handed. They took home 13 SPJ MOEs, including six first place winners. These six entries competed against other regional winners in the same…

    PLU Wins 16 Mark of Excellence Awards, Six First Place Posted by: Todd / May 3, 2014 Image: Photo from left to right: Mast Media staff members Alison Haywood ’14, Sam Horn ’15, Storm Gerlock ’14, Ashley Gill ’15, Leah Traxel ’14, Jessica Trondsen ’14 May 3, 2014 Lutes at the Region 10 Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) Mark of Excellence (MOE) Awards did not leave the Portland, Ore. conference empty-handed. They took home 13 SPJ MOEs, including six first place winners. These six entries

  • If you want to see (or hear) the quality of the PLU’s brass program, look no further than the Lyric Brass Quintet concert on Sunday, December 14 in Lagerquist Concert Hall at 8pm. The Lyric Brass Quintet is comprised of PLU’s brass faculty: Edward Castro…

    December 14 concert shows brass program’s strengths Posted by: Mandi LeCompte / December 9, 2014 December 9, 2014 If you want to see (or hear) the quality of the PLU’s brass program, look no further than the Lyric Brass Quintet concert on Sunday, December 14 in Lagerquist Concert Hall at 8pm. The Lyric Brass Quintet is comprised of PLU’s brass faculty: Edward Castro and Zachary Lyman, trumpet; Gina Gillie, horn; Jason Gilliam, euphonium; and Paul Evans, tuba. “These concerts each semester are a

  • USO features student soloists in March concert This month’s University Symphony Orchestra concert on March 22 will feature four student soloists – three sopranos and a composer – that will showcase talent ranging from operatic to the singing of French chants from the 14th century.…

    March 1, 2011 USO features student soloists in March concert This month’s University Symphony Orchestra concert on March 22 will feature four student soloists – three sopranos and a composer – that will showcase talent ranging from operatic to the singing of French chants from the 14th century. “It’s rare to have all the soloists be singers,” said Jeffrey Bell-Hanson, the USO’s conductor and PLU’s director of orchestral activities. “It just so happened that’s the way it worked out this year

  • Travel with our music students in the footsteps of the Masters.

    Paul Fritts Endowed Chair in Organ Studies and Performance January 29, 2024 PLU’s Weathermon Jazz Festival to Feature Acclaimed Musician Aubrey Logan February 28, 2023 Horn & Fixed Media Premiere at Octave 9 in Seattle October 5, 2022

  • Translating the Enlightenment The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) recently awarded Professor of  French  Rebecca Wilkin a $133,333 grant under the Scholarly Editions and Translations interest area. Wilkin and her collaborator Angela Hunter, an English professor from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock,…

    Timely Research PLU faculty members engage in research critical to today and tomorrow Posted by: nicolacs / November 1, 2021 November 1, 2021 By Veronica CrakerResoLute Assistant DirectorTranslating the EnlightenmentThe National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) recently awarded Professor of French Rebecca Wilkin a $133,333 grant under the Scholarly Editions and Translations interest area. Wilkin and her collaborator Angela Hunter, an English professor from the University of Arkansas at Little

  • Why eating at PLU is not your typical college dining experience By Chris Albert At PLU, eating isn’t just a cafeteria experience of hot dogs and French fries. You can get those too, but not every college dining experience also includes menu items like Korean…

    August 5, 2010 Why eating at PLU is not your typical college dining experience By Chris Albert At PLU, eating isn’t just a cafeteria experience of hot dogs and French fries. You can get those too, but not every college dining experience also includes menu items like Korean tacos. By the way: Don’t call it a cafeteria. It is kind of a bad word around PLU’s Dining and Culinary Services, said Erin McGinnis ’90, its director. PLU has significantly remodeled its University Center, ensuring its