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the PLU music department LATEST POSTS PLU’s Director of Jazz Studies, Cassio Vianna, receives grant from the City of Tacoma to write and perform genre-bending composition April 18, 2024 PLU Music Announces Inaugural 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

Director of Jazz Studies, Cassio Vianna, receives grant from the City of Tacoma to write and perform genre-bending composition April 18, 2024 PLU Music Announces Inaugural 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

showcasing the music of African Americans, the program also will feature works of European composers from the early 20th Century inspired by African-American music, including Milhaud’s La Creation du Monde and the second movement of Dvorak’s New World Symphony. In addition, the PLU Jazz Ensemble will perform the music of Duke Ellington, accompanying the PLU Swing Club dance troupe. The concert, organized by David Deacon-Joyner, PLU Professor of Music and Director of Jazz Studies, serves as the first

live sports show.” “It is a brand-new show,” Tootell said. “We are still trying to figure out what works and what doesn’t work, but it is a great learning experience.” The interactive weekly show covers local Montana sports that have been overlooked by other broadcasts in the area, Tootell said, including the University of Montana and prep-school teams. The show also will touch on national sports and discussions based on listener input. Tootell, a Communications and Religious Studies graduate, was

Foundation. Grogan lives in Gig Harbor with his partner, Anna-sara Home, and their six children. About Pacific Lutheran University Pacific Lutheran University purposefully integrates the liberal arts, professional studies and civic engagement through distinctive international programs and close student-faculty research opportunities for its 3,100 students. Founded in 1890 by Norwegian pioneers, PLU continues the distinctive tradition of Lutheran higher education through its commitment to the advancement

PLU MAE alumna Brooke Brown ’06 named the 2021 Washington State Teacher of the Year Posted by: Silong Chhun / November 10, 2020 Image: PLU Alumna Brooke Browne ’06 in front of Washington High School (photo by John Froschauer/PLU) November 10, 2020 By Silong ChhunMarketing & CommunicationsBrooke Brown '06, an ethnic studies teacher at Parkland’s Washington High School, was recently named the 2021 Washington State Teacher of the Year by the Washington State Office of the Superintendent of Public