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  • Pacific Lutheran University Organ Studies. Most lessons are taught on the Gottfried and Mary Fuchs Organ, a wonderful instrument well known to the organ world, nationally and internationally

    . PLU is located just minutes from Tacoma’s bustling arts scene, about 40 minutes from downtown Seattle, and about one hour from Mount Rainier National Park. It is a school of about 3,100 students, of whom nearly 600 participate in some way in music programs and ensembles. We offer many experiences that are open to all majors: large ensembles such as band, choir, jazz and orchestra, plus smaller ensembles for guitar, percussion, piano and chamber groups. For those who want to focus their studies in

  • The Choir of the West is the premier choral ensemble of the Department of Music at Pacific Lutheran University, located in Tacoma, Washington.

    WelcomeThe Choir of the West is the premier choral ensemble at Pacific Lutheran University, located in Tacoma, Washington. Founded in 1926, the choir was the third Lutheran college choir to tour extensively throughout the United States. Choir of the West has toured Europe, Scandinavia, Japan and China, and has performed at several state, division and national conferences of the National Association for Music Education and the American Choral Directors Association. Most recently the choir has

    The Choir of the West
    Mary Baker Russell Music Center Tacoma, WA 98447
  • The Pacific Lutheran University Wind Ensemble is comprised of the some of the best performers of wind and percussion instruments at the University and is recognized as one of the finest groups of its

    stunning performing chamber music, selected transcriptions, concerti and original full ensemble repertoire spanning five centuries. The Wind Ensemble is committed to championing new music and has performed numerous world premiers each year. The ensemble performs four concerts on campus per season as well as appearing regularly at local schools, national conferences, festivals and special events. Recent highlights have included critically acclaimed performances at the College Band Directors Association

    Pacific Lutheran University Wind Ensemble
    Mary Baker Russell Music Center, Room 206 Tacoma, WA 98447-0003
  • Join us for 12 Gifts of Christmas. For 12 days this holiday season we will share performances of new musical works recorded this fall, performances from recent Christmas Concerts and personal

    Hark! The Herald Angels SingPerformance DetailsHark! The Herald Angels Sing (arr. Mack Wilberg) Choir of the West, University Chorale, and University Symphony Orchestra Brian Galante, conductor Recorded December 2018 Russian Christmas MusicPerformance DetailsRussian Christmas Music, excerpt (Alfred Reed) University Wind Ensemble Edwin Powell, conductor Recorded November 2018 O Nata LuxPerformance DetailsO Nata Lux (Morten Lauridsen) Choir of the West Richard Nance, conductor Recorded December

  • October 11, 2010 Music is very much alive By Chris Albert Several months ago, PLU music professor Edwin Powell began collaborating with Norwegian-born composer Ola Gjeilo. “It’s all been done over Facebook,” Powell said. The PLU Wind Ensemble, director by Ed Powell, will perform the world premiere of Ola Gjeilo’s composition. Powell, the Wind Ensemble director, asked Gjeilo for permission to adapt a chorale piece Gjeilo had done for wind ensemble. He soon found out, Gjeilo was not only

  • Universal language: how teaching music in rural Namibia was a life-changing experience for Jessa Delos Reyes ’24 When the principal of N/a’an ku sê, a rural school in Namibia that serves the San people, asked PLU music education major Jessa Delos Reyes ’24 to expand their existing music program to include children in junior primary (grades K-3), she initially felt daunted at… May 20, 2024 AcademicsEducationMusicStudent LifeStudent VoiceStudy Abroad

  • Camp Songs: PLU music majors produce free music camp for Parkland students Posted by: Logan Seelye / November 3, 2022 November 3, 2022 By Veronica CrakerResoLute Assistant EditorIt’s a warm summer morning and the scent of scrambled eggs drifts from the kitchen at Trinity Lutheran Church into an adjoining room where more than a dozen campers busily make beaded jewelry. Ranging from second to sixth grade, the kids are participants in the Artist Mentoring Program music camp, an operation run by

  • violin performance in 1989. He then earned degrees from Yale University — a Master of Music and a Doctor of Musical Arts — studying under Syoko Aki, Sidney Harth and Jaap Schroder. Rønning serves as concertmaster of the Tacoma Symphony Orchestra, as well as artistic director of the Second City Chamber Series. He previously served as concertmaster of various orchestras, including the Charlottesville Symphony, the San Jose Symphony, the Spoleto U.S.A. and the Tacoma Opera Orchestra. As soloist, he