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University Chorale Tour to Include Four Performances in Oregon Posted by: Zach Powers / March 24, 2015 Image: (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) March 24, 2015 TACOMA, WASH. (March 24, 2015)-The Pacific Lutheran University Chorale’s 2015 spring tour, April 15-18, will include a performance in Longview, Washington and four performances in Oregon. The Chorale tours annually and has performed recently for conferences of the Washington Music Educators Association and American Choral Directors Association

, Guest Organist Iain Quinn is Assistant Professor of Organ and Coordinator of Sacred Music at Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida. April 8, 2018, Gregory Peterson, Guest Organist Gregory Peterson is Head of the Music Department, Associate Professor and college organist at Luther College, Decorah, Iowa where he teaches applied organ and church music. Read Previous Choral Union Tour Preview Concert Read Next The upcoming Choral Concert will be music to our ears LATEST POSTS PLU’s Director

PLU to present US premiere of St. Matthew Passion as part of larger “Passion Week” event Posted by: Mandi LeCompte / January 14, 2016 Image: PLU Christmas 2015, “A Christmas Invitation” at Benaroya Hall, Home of the Seattle Symphony, Seattle, on Monday, Dec. 7, 2015. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) January 14, 2016 By Mandi LeCompteOutreach ManagerSave the date for Tacoma Passion Week, March 13-23PLU’s Choral Union, Choir of the West and University Symphony Orchestra will join forces to present

electroacoustic solo, chamber, choral, and symphonic pieces. She uses technology in innovative ways throughout the composing, rehearsing, and performance of her works. After living in Manhattan and Los Angeles, Ms. Shapiro now resides in the San Juan Islands. She will lead a lecture with digital breakout sessions for PLU students involved in ensembles or music composition. www.alexshapiro.org Joseph AlessiSince 1985, Joseph Alessi has been the Principal Trombone with the New York Philharmonic. He is an active

July 8, 2008 Face the Music Inevitably, worried parents will arrive on music professor Greg Youtz’s office doorstep after their child has announced they want to become a composer. “Now what?” the parents ask Charged with running the university’s composition program, Youtz usually succeeds in calming the parental fears during such visits. No, composing isn’t exactly a growth industry, but for those who are called to compose, there’s really no escaping the urge. “I tell the worried parents that

The Choir of the West takes to the road Posted by: Mandi LeCompte / January 21, 2013 January 21, 2013 Performing in Washington and British Columbia The PLU Choir of the West will be on tour in Washington and British Columbia later this January and in early February. The repertoire for this year’s Choir of the West tour spans many stylistic eras and genres. Audience members will hear premiere performances of three works: Exultate, by PLU choral faculty member Brian Galante; Northern Lights, by

University’s U.S. premiere of the Nordic Light Symphony by composer Ēriks Ešenvalds. The March 4 premiere in Eastvold Auditorium will be a treat for your eyes and ears; the multi-media event features the Choral Union, Choir of the West, and the University Symphony Orchestra.   Latvian composer Ešenvalds traveled to the arctic regions with a videographer to film the Aurora. Along the way he met with 23 native storytellers and recorded more than 40 different myths and songs about the Northern Lights. This

universally applicable. It takes courage to be a unique individual and to live out one’s love and passions. Read Previous The upcoming Choral Concert will be music to our ears Read Next Marathon runner and musician- an interview with new music faculty member Lark Powers 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

, was awarded the coveted Churchill International Fellowship and an Australia Council Grant to study in the USA and made her New York debut recital at Merkin Hall in 1983. The Alice Giles Concert is made possible by the generous support of The Greater Seattle Chapter of the American Harp Society, Patricia Wooster, and an anonymous donor. Admission is free, but donations are appreciated. Read Previous Going for a Grammy Read Next The Choir of the West: PLU’s Premier Choral Ensemble Keeps Particularly

Helen Weathermon Joyful Noise Endowment for Jazz Studies at PLU.CONCERT April 19, 2017 at 8pmKaren Hille Phillips Center for the Performing ArtsTickets$8 general admission $5 senior citizens (55+), military, alumni Free for PLU community, all students with an ID and 18 years and younger. Tickets are also available through the PLU Concierge Desk, 253-535-7411 and, if still available, at the door. Purchase Read Previous Celebrated composer and PLU alumna Cindy McTee visits campus Read Next Choral