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Multi-talented senior and composer TJ Wheeler ’22 views music as his vocation https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2022/05/11/tj-wheeler/

Multi-talented senior and composer TJ Wheeler ’22 views music as his vocation Posted by: Silong Chhun / May 11, 2022 May 11, 2022 By Isabella DaltosoMarketing & CommunicationsTJ Wheeler '22 is a music composition major at Pacific Lutheran University. This semester, he was a valuable member of six music ensembles, including Choir of the West, Opera, Steel Band, Percussion Ensemble, Wind Ensemble, and the PLU Ringers handbell choir. We talked with Wheeler about his experiences at and before PLU

Professor of Music Gina Gillie receives K.T. Tang Faculty Excellence Award in Research https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2024/01/25/2023-faculty-awards-research-gillie/

Professor of Music Gina Gillie receives K.T. Tang Faculty Excellence Award in Research Posted by: Jeffrey Roberts / January 25, 2024 Image: Professor of Music Gina Gillie (Photo: John Froschauer / PLU) January 25, 2024 By Jeffrey RobertsPLU Marketing & CommunicationsThe K.T. Tang Faculty Excellence Award in Research recognizes up to two faculty scholars who have made significant contributions to their disciplines through the dissemination of research findings related to the discovery

Gateway & J-Term Health Form PART B Student Health History Study Away 2024-2025 https://www.plu.edu/wang-center/documents/15401/

Gateway & J-Term Health Form PART A Self-Assessment Study Away 2024-2025 (pdf) view download To use TimelyCare to complete Student Health History PARTS A & B, please follow these instructions.

PLU Chorale tours the southeast, uses music to make the world a better place https://www.plu.edu/music/news/2016/01/08/plu-chorale-tours-the-southeast-uses-music-to-make-the-world-a-better-place/

PLU Chorale tours the southeast, uses music to make the world a better place Posted by: Mandi LeCompte / January 8, 2016 January 8, 2016 The Chorale will perform in Georgia, Alabama and Florida and will close the tour with a homecoming concert in PLU’s Lagerquist Concert Hall.By Mandi LeCompteOutreach Manager In a program titled “I Can Tell the World,” the Pacific Lutheran University Chorale will perform a repertoire of choral music, featuring works by Felix Mendelssohn, Halsey Stevens, Norman

Faculty Feature: Meet Dr. Richard Nance, Professor of Music and Director of Choral Studies https://www.plu.edu/music/news/2020/04/30/faculty-feature-richard-nance/

Faculty Feature: Meet Dr. Richard Nance, Professor of Music and Director of Choral Studies Posted by: Reesa Nelson / April 30, 2020 April 30, 2020 What is your educational background? I received my Bachelors of Music Education (1977) and Master of Arts in Choral Conducting (1982) from West Texas State University (now West Texas A&M) in Canyon, Texas. I received the Doctor of Musical Arts in Choral Conducting from Arizona State University in 1992. Why did you want to teach at PLU? As a choral

PLU receives a $2 million gift for music studies from organ builder Paul Fritts https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2021/11/16/paul-fritts-endowed-chair-organ-studies/

PLU receives a $2 million gift for music studies from organ builder Paul Fritts Posted by: Silong Chhun / November 16, 2021 November 16, 2021 By Veronica CrakerPLU Marketing & CommunicationsPacific Lutheran University is proud to announce the establishment of the Paul Fritts Endowed Chair in Organ Studies and Performance, thanks to the generosity of longtime university supporter Paul Fritts, owner and founder of Paul Fritts & Co. Organ Builders. Fritts has pledged $2 million to support and

Super Bowl Stage Setter ‹ Resolute Online: Spring 2015 https://www.plu.edu/resolute/spring-2015/super-bowl-stage-setter/

Commencement, LollaPLUza and the Karen Hille Phillips Center dedication; and on hugely high-profile events including Bumbershoot, the Sasquatch Music Festival—and a ton of Seahawks stuff. Dilts said his company has provided staging, roof systems, lighting and more for all the big Seahawks rallies, along with the Macklemore/Ryan Lewis halftime performance last year and this year’s by Alice In Chains. “One of my favorite memories was providing the big stage and press riser inside the stadium last year during

Professor of Music Gina Gillie uses sabbatical to explore new teaching methods – Acclaim 2016-17 https://www.plu.edu/acclaim/2016-17/09/30/professor-of-music-gina-gillie-uses-sabbatical-to-explore-new-teaching-methods/

Associate Professor of Music Gina Gillie, who teaches horn at Pacific Lutheran University, spent the 2015-16 academic year growing her teaching, composing and performing repertoire. In the fall, Gillie gave a lecture and performance at the International Horn Symposium in Los Angeles, traveled to the University of Louisiana to perform and lecture, and helped with numerous soundtrack recordings, including a piece for the popular online video game World of Warcraft. She also composed two pieces

Marathon runner and musician- an interview with new music faculty member Lark Powers – Acclaim 2017- https://www.plu.edu/acclaim/2017-18/01/18/lark-powers/

By Genny Boots ‘18 and Kate Williams ‘16 Lark Powers joins the music faculty as the new piano instructor at PLU. She will be teaching the keyboarding sequence as well as piano lessons for students. What is your background? I grew up in Northern California in Humboldt county, on the coast close to the Oregon border. Growing up, I studied both piano and violin. I attended the University of the Pacific in Stockton, California and then lived in Paris for three years studying piano. From there, I

Army, PLU team up for free concert in honor of Music in our Schools Month https://www.plu.edu/music/news/2017/03/08/army-plu-team-up-for-free-concert-in-honor-music-in-our-schools-month/

Army, PLU team up for free concert in honor of Music in our Schools Month Posted by: Mandi LeCompte / March 8, 2017 Image: PLU, Monday, Sept. 26, 2016. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) March 8, 2017 Since 1985, educational institutions across the nation have recognized March as Music in our Schools Month, and to celebrate, the 56th Army Band from 1 Corps at Joint Base Lewis-McChord will join Pacific Lutheran University’s Wind Ensemble concert in Lagerquist Concert Hall, on Sunday, March 12 at 3 p.m