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  • KPLU’s annual Christmas Jam concert and live broadcast with special guests Pearl Django. will take place from noon to 1 p.m. at PLU. KPLU Christmas Jam concert and live broadcast with special guests Pearl Django The 16th Annual KPLU Christmas Jam, 88.5 KPLU’s much-anticipated FREE…

    11th album, Eleven, was released in May 2012. Pearl Django is Michael Gray, violin; Troy Chapman and Ryan Hoffman, Rick Leppanen, bass; and David Lange, accordion. The University Jazz Ensemble is a jazz big band, varying in instrumentation according to repertoire. The ensemble performs regularly on the PLU campus, at jazz venues in the Puget Sound area, regional high schools, and national jazz festivals. The ensemble performs jazz big band repertoire from all eras of the music, from Duke Ellington

  • School of Music, Theatre & Dance faculty and staff.

    Svend Rønning Professor of Music - Violin; Coordinator of String Studies Full Profile 253-535-7605 svend.ronning@plu.edu * On Sabbatical

  • Lecturer - Music History | School of Music, Theatre & Dance | nlockey@plu.edu | 253-535-7602 | Nicholas Lockey is a Puget Sound native whose career has spanned music performance, research, composition, education, and arts administration. As an educator, he has served on the faculty of Sam Houston State University and as a visiting faculty lecturer at Princeton University, teaching courses in music history, music appreciation, world music cultures, music performance, and interdisciplinary arts courses.

    numerous conferences in the US and abroad, including papers given for the American Musicological Society national and regional meetings, the American Handel Society, the Society for Eighteenth-Century Music, the Georg-Friedrich-Handel Society (Hälle), the 14th Biennial International Baroque Conference (Belfast), and the Italian Vivaldi Institute (Venice). As a performer on piano, harpsichord, organ, violin, and viola, Dr. Lockey’s repertoire ranges from Medieval music to modern pop & rock, with a

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  • Lecturer - Music History | Music | nlockey@plu.edu | 253-535-7602 | Nicholas Lockey is a Puget Sound native whose career has spanned music performance, research, composition, education, and arts administration. As an educator, he has served on the faculty of Sam Houston State University and as a visiting faculty lecturer at Princeton University, teaching courses in music history, music appreciation, world music cultures, music performance, and interdisciplinary arts courses.

    . Lockey has presented at numerous conferences in the US and abroad, including papers given for the American Musicological Society national and regional meetings, the American Handel Society, the Society for Eighteenth-Century Music, the Georg-Friedrich-Handel Society (Hälle), the 14th Biennial International Baroque Conference (Belfast), and the Italian Vivaldi Institute (Venice). As a performer on piano, harpsichord, organ, violin, and viola, Dr. Lockey’s repertoire ranges from Medieval music to

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  • Visiting Assistant Professor of Music Education | School of Music, Theatre & Dance | justin.lader@plu.edu | 253-535-7602 | Justin Lader received his PhD in music and human learning from The University of Texas at Austin, Master’s degree in viola performance with emphasis in string pedagogy from the University of Oregon, and Bachelor’s of Music from the Oberlin Conservatory.

    . Dr. Lader began teaching private lessons in 2008 while completing his studies at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music. He served as orchestra department coordinator and faculty instructor at the John G. Shedd Institute for the Arts – Community Music School from 2009-2017, instructing both violin and viola. From 2010-2016 Dr. Lader served as an adjunct instructor teaching private lessons, coaching chamber music, and group classes at the University of Oregon’s Community Music Institute and Suzuki

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  • Associate Professor of Music - Piano | School of Music, Theatre & Dance | powerslm@plu.edu | 253-535-7647 | In demand as a solo and collaborative artist as well as an adjudicator and presenter, Dr.

    Leon Fleisher). Recent solo performances include repeat appearances at Estes Park Music Festival Winter Series in Colorado, performing at the College Music Society 2017 conference in Vancouver, B.C., a performance at the Oklahoma Music Teachers’ Association 2016 State Conference, and frequent two-piano concerts as part of the duo she forms with pianist Ricardo de la Torre. Lark was born in California and grew up studying the piano and the violin. She received a DMA in piano performance from the

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  • Visiting Assistant Professor of Music Education | Music | justin.lader@plu.edu | 253-535-7602 | Justin Lader received his PhD in music and human learning from The University of Texas at Austin, Master’s degree in viola performance with emphasis in string pedagogy from the University of Oregon, and Bachelor’s of Music from the Oberlin Conservatory.

    . Dr. Lader began teaching private lessons in 2008 while completing his studies at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music. He served as orchestra department coordinator and faculty instructor at the John G. Shedd Institute for the Arts – Community Music School from 2009-2017, instructing both violin and viola. From 2010-2016 Dr. Lader served as an adjunct instructor teaching private lessons, coaching chamber music, and group classes at the University of Oregon’s Community Music Institute and Suzuki

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  • Associate Professor of Music - Piano | Music | powerslm@plu.edu | 253-535-7647 | In demand as a solo and collaborative artist as well as an adjudicator and presenter, Dr.

    Leon Fleisher). Recent solo performances include repeat appearances at Estes Park Music Festival Winter Series in Colorado, performing at the College Music Society 2017 conference in Vancouver, B.C., a performance at the Oklahoma Music Teachers’ Association 2016 State Conference, and frequent two-piano concerts as part of the duo she forms with pianist Ricardo de la Torre. Lark was born in California and grew up studying the piano and the violin. She received a DMA in piano performance from the

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  • News articles and blog posts from Pacific Lutheran University.

    PLU has been teaching music for 130 years “I’m confident that here at PLU we can give you an experience that will make you a much better player, whether you choose to pursue music passionately or professionally.” – Svend Rønning, PLU Professor of Music – Violin; Coordinator of String Studies PLU offers the… September 19, 2023 AcademicsCreatorMusicProfessorsThe Arts

  • News articles and blog posts from Pacific Lutheran University.

    PLU has been teaching music for 130 years “I’m confident that here at PLU we can give you an experience that will make you a much better player, whether you choose to pursue music passionately or professionally.” – Svend Rønning, PLU Professor of Music – Violin; Coordinator of String Studies PLU offers the… September 19, 2023 AcademicsCreatorMusicProfessorsThe Arts