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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.
special interest in music of the Baroque period. He was co-director of the University of Victoria Collegium Musicum and served for eight years as director of the early music ensemble at Princeton University. He has accompanied and directed numerous operas and musical theater works, including organizing and directing the Western hemisphere premiere of highlights of Vivaldi’s Chinese-themed opera Teuzzone. In addition to recitals, he has given lecture-recitals and collaborative performances with
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Ron Gerhardstein joins PLU music education faculty after extensive career As a music educator for the past 18 years, Ron Gerhardstein has taught instrumental and vocal music in both public and private settings in Washington, Idaho, Pennsylvania, and Ohio. Now, as a new PLU faculty…
. It’s important to start thinking of yourself as a teacher right away.” Gerhardstein joins Linda Miller, as the second full-time music education faculty member. Jeffrey Bell-Hanson, Brian Galante, Ed Powell, and Richard Nance also serve students in the Music Education curriculum. “The community of faculty is one of the greatest highlights of teaching at PLU. The collaborative nature and being part of a mission that impacts the future of music education; that’s really something,” Gerhardstein says
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Erik Steighner, who teaches applied saxophone at PLU, was one of four solo winners in the 26th annual Frances Walton Competition. In addition to prize money, Steighner will go on a six-day winner’s tour September 13-18, 2015. When Erik Steighner was preparing to compete in…
his favorite thing to do, he opted to perform from memory on the chance it would give him a leg up on his competition. It also helped that his partner Angela Draghicescu, a collaborative pianist, knew how to respond instantly to any expressive decisions he might make. His competition repertoire included Robert Muczynski’s Sonata, a short piece with both slow and fast movements making it perfect for competitions; Christian Lauba’s Worksong, a work full of technical fireworks that showcases how some
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The Pacific Lutheran University Department of Music and the Dick and Helen Weathermon Joyful Noise Endowment for Jazz Studies will host the PLU Weathermon Jazz Festival on Tuesday, March 21. The public is invited to the festival’s evening concert showcase featuring Aubrey Logan, the PLU…
collaborated on many others, including as a featured artist for Postmodern Jukebox. Between recording commitments, Logan has shared the stage with Alabama Shakes, Meghan Trainor, Pharrell Williams, the Commodores and the Boston Pops. Logan has appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live and the Grammys and has recorded a duet with Gloria Estefan, her childhood hero. Logan now brings her award-winning collaborative skills to the PLU Weathermon Jazz Festival, thanks to a generous endowment established by PLU alumnus
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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.
collaborative performances with specialists in early music and historical dance for the Princeton University Art Museum, Historic Morven Museum and Gardens, and the Princeton Friends of Opera. At PLU, he studied piano with Dr. Calvin Knapp and Dr. Richard Farner, harpsichord with Kathryn Habedank, organ with Dr. Susan Ferré, viola with Betty Agent, voice with Barry Johnson, and composition with Dr. Gregory Youtz. At Princeton, he studied piano with Dr. Geoffrey Burleson, harpsichord with Wendy Young, and
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China: Tour like a rock star By Chris Albert While touring China this June, Luke Peterson ’10 felt something a jazz drummer doesn’t normally get to experience. Jazz students touring china this summer found they generated excitement no matter where they performed. He was treated…
July 15, 2009 China: Tour like a rock star By Chris Albert While touring China this June, Luke Peterson ’10 felt something a jazz drummer doesn’t normally get to experience. Jazz students touring china this summer found they generated excitement no matter where they performed. He was treated like a rock star. Actually, it’s something more than 60 PLU wind and jazz ensemble students felt at every one of their five official concert stops this summer and a number of collaborative workshops. From
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TACOMA, WASH. (Nov. 4, 2015)- After screenings and film festivals and cinemas throughout the world, the acclaimed documentary “Resistencia: The Fight for The Aguan Valley“ will be screening at Pacific Lutheran University. The free, public showing will begin at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 12, in…
key member of the Real News Network from 2009-11, he produced more than 100 investigative video pieces on economics, politics and social movements in North and Central America. Since 2012, Freeston has directed five documentaries for TeleSUR, the world’s largest public Spanish-language broadcaster. Resistencia is his second documentary film on Honduras. The screening is a collaborative project, co-sponsored by the PLU Departments of Anthropology, History and Global Studies; International Honors
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PLU officials announced the launch of a Doctor of Education (Ed.D) in Educational Leadership program. The program will focus on educational leadership in P-12 schools, preparing graduates to serve as district superintendents and in other education strategy and leadership roles. “We are thrilled to announce…
can earn the Superintendent Certification in 15 months and obtain their Ed.D in three years. Certified superintendents can complete the doctoral degree in three years. “The addition of this program to PLU’s other education graduate program offerings demonstrates our ongoing commitment to developing equity-minded instructional leaders and delivering intellectually challenging, collaborative learning experiences that assist students in reaching their personal and professional goals,” said Drago.Ed.D
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Mare Blocker and Jessica Spring, visiting assistant professors of art and design, discuss the massive letterpress donation by WCP Solutions — the Thorniley Collection — and the interdisciplinary
, collaborative history of book arts is enhanced in our classrooms, gathering students from diverse departments to add depth to the discussion. This substantiation of content models the strength of the liberal arts. Much like putting together a 1,500-piece puzzle, locking up a chase full of type and ornaments is an exercise in creative problem-solving. The life lessons of cause and effect are reinforced with each project: every step has multiple repercussions, and the more time invested, the greater the
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The Amgen Scholars Program at UT Southwestern is designed to provide an intensive research experience to outstanding undergraduates who have the goal of pursuing a research intensive career (Ph.D. or M.D./Ph.D.) in the field of biomedical science. Under the mentorship of our 340 Division of Basic…
Southwestern Amgen Scholars will use state-of-the-art equipment in advanced labs to help to solve complex health challenges. Conducting projects similar to those encountered during graduate research training, students will gain invaluable insights into the planning, discipline, and teamwork involved in innovative biomedical research. UT Southwestern Amgen Scholars will become active, contributing members of our collaborative, cross-disciplinary scientific community. In addition to research, Amgen Scholars
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