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  • Degree Designers: Students match passion with purpose through individualized majors https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2022/06/05/individualized-major-2/

    knew he wanted to study music, but he wasn’t interested in teaching.“At the time I was doing a general music major and considering minoring in communication or business,” Lindhartsen said. “But through my involvement with LASR (PLU’s student radio station) I was able to explore the music community and learn about careers outside of composition, performance and education.” He credits conversations with music professor Greg Youtz, an inspirational songwriting and production course, and his experience

  • Composing for the cannery: of boxcars, rhinos, and grapes https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2013/04/01/composing-for-the-cannery-of-boxcars-rhinos-and-grapes/

    , a sublime conclusion to a sometimes meditative, oftentimes unsteady, and always worthwhile leave of absence. Profile Areas of expertise Classical music composition Classical music history and theory World music traditions (Chinese, Irish, and Trinidadian in particular) Chinese history and culture Educational study tours in China Education D.M.A, University of Michigan M.M., University of Michigan B.A. and B.M., University of Washington Returning to the states with the beginning of Youtz’ exotic

  • New Faculty – Acclaim 2017-18 https://www.plu.edu/acclaim/2017-18/category/faculty/new-faculty/

    Faculty 2110 Preparation, organization, punctuality and respect is how Barry Johnson leads his singing, teaching and directing in the PLU music department Kate Williams January 18, 2018 Faculty, New Faculty 211 Views Read more

  • 2007 – Light Everlasting https://www.plu.edu/multimedia-recordings/recordings/2007-light-everlasting/

    Silent Night, Noche de Paz. Also included are O Yule Full Of Gladness by Caroline Jennings, Eric Whitacre’s Lux Aurumque, and the CD’s title composition, Light Everlasting, by Olaf Christiansen. And we are especially pleased to present the premiere recording of PLU alumnus, Michael Dailey’s, beautiful composition Ave Maria.   Compact Disc – 2007 PLU Multimedia Recordings — Pacific Lutheran UniversityProgram

  • Alumni Travel https://www.plu.edu/alumni-student-connections/alumni-travel/

    act of resistance to oppression, and the balance between celebrating the heroic struggles of the past with the challenges of emerging as a post-colonial society that can compete with and indeed offer solutions to an increasingly connected, tumultuous and fragile world. Dr. Greg Youtz has been taking students to Trinidad and Tobago since 1999 and directed the PLU Gateway Program in T&T from 2015 to 2022. On campus his courses focused on music composition, music history, ethnomusicology and the

  • PLU alum seeks to engage community https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2012/11/01/plu-alum-seeks-to-engage-community/

    November 1, 2012 Sean Howell and his partner transformed a historic building into a space for the arts and concerts. (Photo provided by Sean Howell) PLU grad seeks to engage community in Northwest music scene By Hailey Rile ’12 Creating a new meeting place for people who wouldn’t traditionally meet and being exposed to the Northwest music scene in ways that he never was before;these are two of Sean Howell’s ’02 favorite parts about his entrepreneurial work. Howell, along with his business

  • There Will Come Soft Rains https://www.plu.edu/choir/there-will-come-soft-rains/

    , including the North American premieres of Sven David Sandström’s Matthauspassion and the Nordic Light Symphony by Ēriks Ešenvalds. Dr. Nance has published choral works with Walton Music, Hinshaw Music and Colla Voce Music. In 2002, Nance was selected to write the prestigious Raymond Brock Memorial Composition for the American Choral Directors Association. In 2011 and 2013 was awarded the American Prize for choral conducting, and he has received leadership awards from the Washington State and

  • Christmas Concert Gala to Feature Two Musical Premieres and a Superstar Headliner https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2015/11/02/christmas-concert/

    Activities Richard Nance. “His writing is harmonically rich and it contains interesting twists and turns.” The six Christmas Concerts will also be the premiere of “December: A Meditation on Advent,” the latest piece by award-winning composer and PLU Professor of Music Gregory Youtz. The composition features a number of familiar Advent hymns that are used frequently in Lutheran and many other Christian Advent celebrations. Youtz hopes the piece will serve as a way for listeners to connect with the rich

  • PLU Opera ushers you into the dark underworld https://www.plu.edu/music/news/2015/11/10/plu-opera-ushers-you-into-the-dark-underworld/

    livestreaming the performances on our website! Read Previous Simon Carrington to guest-conduct PLU’s Choir of the West Read Next The University Wind Ensemble featured at the Western International Band Clinic 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

  • Dance Minor https://www.plu.edu/music-theatre-dance/dance-minor/

    further develops musical theatre and jazz dance technique and performance. Repeatable for credit up to 4 times. Prerequisite: consent of instructor or DANC 222. (2) DANC 340 : Dance Composition and Choreography A study of the principles of dance composition. Students engage in concentrated creative practice through choreographic projects, exercises, and guided improvisation. (2) DANC 351 : Advanced Ballet Designed for intermediate/advanced students, this course further develops ballet technique and