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Current Students https://www.plu.edu/music/documents/file-group/current-students/

Semester and Assessment Jury Rubric, Composition (pdf) view download

New Faculty – Acclaim 2016-17 https://www.plu.edu/acclaim/2016-17/category/faculty/new-faculty/

New Faculty 3320 Jennifer Rhyne wins national search for assistant professor of music and music theory position Mandi LeCompte October 31, 2016 New Faculty 332 Views Read more

Jazz Under the Stars Brings the Stars to PLU https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2014/06/08/jazz-under-the-stars-brings-the-stars-to-plu/

and is a frequent soloist with symphonies throughout the United States. Moby featured Gardner prominently on his 2009 release, Wait For Me. July 31 The Rob Hutchinson Group Hutchinson teaches music theory, orchestration, analysis, counterpoint, improvisation and composition at the University of Puget Sound. He is also a jazz bassist and organizes and appears at the Jazz in the Rotunda series at the UPS. His band, the Rob Hutchinson Group, includes Kareem Kandi on saxophone, David Deacon-Joyner on

Jazz Under the Stars concert lineup announced https://www.plu.edu/music/news/2016/05/02/jazz-under-the-stars-concert-lineup-announced/

Festival. She has a thriving private teaching practice and is releasing an instructional e-book in 2015 and new CD is coming in 2016.Learn More Read Previous Students featured in University Symphony Orchestra season closer Read Next PLU hosts Tamana Girls’ High School Band in friendship concert 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

Symphony Orchestra Reunion https://www.plu.edu/alumni-student-connections/pluso_reunion/

the celebration and share the podium. Adding to the festivities will be the world premiere of a new work by retiring Chair of Composition, Professor Gregory Youtz. The orchestra will also preview some selections planned for its summer tour of Ireland. We invite all alumni who played in the PLU Symphony Orchestra as well as current orchestra students to join this exciting reunion, including dinner, rehearsals and a concert on May 20 and 21, 2023. Come to play if you can. Or come for the dinner to

December 14 concert shows brass program’s strengths https://www.plu.edu/music/news/2014/12/09/december-14-concert-shows-brass-programs-strengths/

Tennessee this month 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

Simon Carrington to guest-conduct PLU’s Choir of the West https://www.plu.edu/music/news/2015/11/02/simon-carrington-to-guest-conduct-plus-choir-of-the-west/

Previous Choir of the West receives high honors in global ranking Read Next PLU Opera ushers you into the dark underworld 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

Facilities https://www.plu.edu/music/facilities/

Mary Baker Russell Music CenterThe Mary Baker Russell Music Center includes: choral and instrumental rehearsal spaces; faculty studios, practice rooms; a music library; electronic music labs; classrooms; and the acoustically impressive Lagerquist concert Hall, which houses the Gottfried and Mary Fuchs Organ. This building also features the magnificent Chihuly Glass Roses installation in the lobby, and the Amphitheater, the perfect location for outside concerts. Lagerquist Concert HallPacific

Honor Orchestra https://www.plu.edu/music/workshops/honor-orchestra/

Information for the 2025 Honor Orchestra for Strings is still being updated. Check back soon for more details! PLU Honor Orchestra for Strings January 19, 2025Mary Baker Russell Music CenterThe annual PLU Honor Orchestra for Strings offers individual high school string players from all around the country the opportunity to perform excellent literature for string orchestra with a nationally recognized guest conductor and clinician. Over two days, young musicians gain high quality experience

Transfer student finds his home at PLU https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2010/11/08/transfer-student-finds-his-home-at-plu/

November 8, 2010 Perseverance, love of music brings transfer student to PLU By Barbara Clements When Andrew Pogue ’14 strolled into Lagerquist Hall, he stopped, looked around and listened. The 30-year-old transfer student from Highline Community College knew that Pacific Lutheran University was the place for him. Andrew Pogue ’14 transferred from Highline Community College, knowing PLU was the perfect place for him. (Photo by John Froschauer) “I just walked into that hall and I knew it,” said