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participating in. Those on music scholarships must play in at least one large scholarship-fulfilling ensemble and take private lessons on their declared instrument of concentration. What is the audition procedure for instrumental ensembles?Auditions for instrumental ensembles (saxophones, trumpets, trombones) are held the weekend before the first week of classes. You will play a five-minute audition for all the instrumental ensemble directors (orchestra, wind ensemble, jazz, pep band). Play a brief prepared

building,” Anderson remembers. “In my experience, he did not know the word ‘no!’ — he was always willing to tackle the very next project, and to do it well!” As a PLU student, Chris was a member of the Wind Ensemble and majored in business administration with an emphasis in computer science. Away from campus, Chris was passionate about photography, woodworking, backpacking, skiing and cooking. He is remembered lovingly by his daughter and PLU staff member Sarah Daggett ‘07 ‘12 and his sons David

different things, and I was able to pursue them at PLU, knowing that I would eventually have to set them aside to focus on paleontology. I took a lot of classes to do with art, writing and literature coursework. I also played tuba in the wind ensemble and the crazy pep band PLU had back then, known as “commando band.” I’m really glad in retrospect I did it that way. That would be advice I’d give any current student — look forward and prepare for your desired career, but don’t feel like you have to

. Prerequisite: consent of instructor. (1) MUSI 370 : University Wind Ensemble - CX Study and performance of selected wind and percussion literature using various size ensembles. Membership by audition. (1) MUSI 371 : University Concert Band - CX Study of selected band literature through rehearsal and performance. Designed for the general university student. Prerequisite: having played instrument through at least junior year of high school or consent of instructor. (1) MUSI 375 : University Jazz Ensemble

PLU: “Teaching at the university level,” he said. Taylor-Mosquera has submitted applications to Ph.D. programs in the United States and Europe. As has been true many times throughout his life, he doesn’t know where he will wind up, but knows where he will always return. “I have two families, and I have two countries,” he said. “I have no idea where I’ll be next year, in five years or in 10 years, but I know what I’ll be doing, and I know that I’ll always come home.”

the other way around, shuffle is one cruel individual. Heating up beside my rust bucket, the other arrived, and it was time to play with a piece of plastic. That day I learned to throw with and against the wind (to an extent) and how to throw across a table. All important skills that help me navigate today and tomorrow but something else clicked. It was the Grateful Dead and Jerry Garcia’s spacious lead lines, Bill Kreutzmann and Mickey Hart chasing each other, Bob Weir’s jazz centered rhythms

, given the newly elected president. But he said the experience showed him that FabLab isn’t alone in its innovative journey. “It was huge to know we weren’t a single voice screaming in the wind,” he said. PLU Professor Leon Reisberg has brought his education students to FabLab. He says many schools are embracing making culture in K-12 education, and aspiring teachers benefit from seeing the educational components at work in the makerspace. “It opens my students’ eyes to possibilities,” Reisberg said

All Courses AICE 276 : Part-Time Internship A supervised educational experience in a work setting on