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Dr. Gina Gillie Recognized for Composition Posted by: Reesa Nelson / January 21, 2022 January 21, 2022 The International Women’s Brass Conference (IWBC) announced that Dr. Gina Gillie, Pacific Lutheran University Professor of French Horn, is the winner of the 2022 Composition Competition. Submissions for the competition were received from around the globe and selections were made by a committee of IWBC members. Dr. Gillie’s composition, “Mountain Ascent for Trombone Octet,” will premiere in a

Concert web streaming of PLU’s annual Christmas Concert, Winter Rose Posted by: Kate Williams / December 14, 2018 December 14, 2018 By Kate Williams '16Outreach ManagerJoin us in one of the most beloved holiday traditions in the Northwest, as The Choir of the West, University Chorale and University Symphony Orchestra present our annual Christmas concert, Winter Rose. Works by Gerald Finzi, Herbert Howells, Michael Praetorius and others, mixed with traditional carols and seasonal favorites to

Sølvvinden Flute Ensemble to perform at Mary Bridge Posted by: Mandi LeCompte / October 27, 2016 Image: Flute Choir at PLU, Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2016. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) October 27, 2016 By Mandi LeCompteOutreach ManagerThe Sølvvinden Flute Ensemble’s latest project is music to our ears. Flute Choir at PLU, Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2016. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) The next concert for Pacific Lutheran University’s Sølvvinden Flute Ensemble, PLU’s flute choir, will have a small but strong

Concert web streaming of PLU’s annual Christmas Concert, Gloria Posted by: Kate Williams / December 6, 2017 December 6, 2017 Join us in one of the most beloved holiday traditions in the Northwest, as The Choir of the West, University Chorale and University Symphony Orchestra present our annual Christmas concert, Gloria. Works by Gustav Holst, Sergei Rachmaninoff, and Randol Bass will be mixed with traditional carols and seasonal favorites as we celebrate the glory, hope, and peace of the

at the 10th anniversary concert of the Lagerquist Organ. https://pipedreams.publicradio.org/listings/2019/1924/   Read Previous Choir of the West 2019 Tour – United Kingdom and Germany Read Next Shining a Light on Female-Identifying Jazz Composers 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

Pacific Lutheran University where he has worked since 1992. At PLU, Nance conducts the Choir of the West, Choral Union, and teaches classes in choral conducting. Nance holds bachelors and masters degrees from West Texas State University and the Doctor of Musical Arts from Arizona State University. He has studied conducting with Hugh Sanders, Douglas McEwen and David Stocker, and composition with Joseph Nelson and Randall Shinn. Nance is an active member of the American Choral Directors Association

‘A Christmas Invitation’ broadcast Posted by: Mandi LeCompte / December 8, 2015 Image: PLU Christmas featuring Angela Meade with the Choir of the West, the University Chorale and the University Orchestra at PLU on Friday, Dec. 11, 2015. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) December 8, 2015 Save the date to see our Christmas concert broadcastTo bring PLU’s 125th anniversary year to a spectacular close, PLU’s annual Christmas concert “A Christmas Invitation” will be broadcast into homes on Christmas and

A Christmas Invitation – Photo Recap Posted by: Mandi LeCompte / January 13, 2016 January 13, 2016 Christmas at PLU this year was extra special. The 2015 concert program featured the world premiere of critically acclaimed composer J.A.C. Redford’s A Christmas Invitation, composed for PLU’s Choir of the West, University Chorale and University Symphony Orchestra. Opera star Angela Meade ’01 joined us for the 125th anniversary celebration performance and last but not least, A Christmas Invitation

Tegels, organ, and PLU’s Choir of the West directed by Richard Nance. The idea of perspective is explored through two compositional views of the Prodigal’s humility in his return: Debussy with piano, and Arthur Sullivan’s oratorio, performed with organ and Choir of the West. The two versions give the same perspective from different compositional voices. Jim Brown, director, explains the differences. “Sullivan (of Gilbert & Sullivan fame) is a real Victorian era compositional voice. There are moments

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