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2009 release, Wait For Me. July 31 The Rob Hutchinson Group Hutchinson teaches music theory, orchestration, analysis, counterpoint, improvisation and composition at the University of Puget Sound. He is also a jazz bassist and organizes and appears at the Jazz in the Rotunda series at the UPS. His band, the Rob Hutchinson Group, includes Kareem Kandi on saxophone, David Deacon-Joyner on keyboards and Jacques Willis on drums and performs original compositions in the jazz/rock fusion style of groups
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Shining a Light on Female-Identifying Jazz Composers Posted by: Reesa Nelson / October 29, 2019 October 29, 2019 By Reesa NelsonMarketing and Communications ManagerThe University Jazz Ensemble, a 19-piece performing group, will present the concert A Tribute to Women Composers on Friday, November 8, 2019 at 8 PM. Featuring the work of five female jazz composers, the concert will be held in Eastvold Auditorium in the Karen Hille Phillips Center for the Performing Arts on Pacific Lutheran
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The Pacific Lutheran University Choral Union will present a tour preview concert on Tuesday, July 11th at 7:30 pm in Lagerquist Concert Hall. This summer’s two-week tour will be to France, with concerts scheduled in Arles, Alixan, Colmar, Troyes, Bayeux and Paris. The tour repertoire…
others. Admission is free. Read Previous Three-time Grammy Award winning saxophonist Jeff Coffin joins the PLU Jazz Ensemble on stage Read Next Richard D. Moe Organ Recital Series 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 Feature Acclaimed
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A prestigious all-girls high school band from Japan, Tamana Girls High School, will once again visit Pierce County this June in a friendship concert with Graham-Kapowsin High School (GKHS). Their message: friendship through music. This year, the Friendship Concert performed by Tamana Girls High School…
of the students, this will be their first time in the U.S., and thus a quick tour of western Washington is also on their busy schedule. After their performance with GKHS on June 3rd, they will perform at the Glenn Miller Festival in Clarinda, Iowa where jazz legend Glenn Miller was born. About the bands: The Tamana Girls High School Wind Orchestra have received multiple gold medals both at the All Japan Band Association and Japan Marching Band Association. The band program at Graham-Kapowsin High
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The Department of Music at PLU a nationally recognized center for musical learning, serving, and sharing.
Wind EnsembleUniversity SingersConcert BandKnights ChorusUniversity Jazz EnsemblePiano Ensemble EXPLORE OUR ENSEMBLES PLU Music offers many different ensemble options for our students. Vocal ensembles and instrumental ensembles are open to students via yearly auditions at the beginning of each fall semester. Diverse musical and vocal styles are celebrated, allowing students to build their own custom musical experience. Vocal Ensembles Instrumental EnsemblesBrian Galante, Chair, Department of Music
Current HoursMonday: 8:00am-4:00pmTuesday: 8:00am-4:00pmWednesday: 8:00am-4:00pmThursday: 8:00am-4:00pmFriday: 8:00am-4:00pmSchool of Music, Theatre & Dance253-535-8669Mary Baker Russell Music Center Tacoma, WA 98447 -
June 16, 2008 Gala marks a decade of Jazz Under the Stars Warm summer nights, picnic dinners, stargazing and the soothing sounds of jazz all add up to the PLU summertime favorite Jazz Under the Stars. For a decade, the free outdoor concert series has brought popular Northwest jazz musicians to the Mary Baker Russell amphitheater. The concerts, held weekly in July and August, attract nearly 200 people each week. “We’re proud to have sustained a professional-level summer jazz concert series for
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Many of the emails I’ve received about this subject reveal listeners’ confusion and misinformation, and I can tell that many people’s passions are very strong and may overwhelm their reason. For example: people complain about: losing a South Sound resource (KPLU has been based in…
Public Radio Sustainability Fundamental to KPLU Sale Posted by: Thomas Krise / December 1, 2015 December 1, 2015 Many of the emails I’ve received about this subject reveal listeners’ confusion and misinformation, and I can tell that many people’s passions are very strong and may overwhelm their reason. For example: people complain about: losing a South Sound resource (KPLU has been based in Seattle for years); losing jazz and blues (KUOW plans to run 24/7 jazz and blues on 88.5); losing local
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By Mollie Smith ’17 and Mandi LeCompte Jennifer Rhyne first came to PLU in 2005 when her husband, Jim Brown, was offered a job as the chair of voice studies in the Department of Music. In her first few years, she taught a few flute students, but as the years went by her responsibilities eventually grew to include instructing theory classes and directing the flute ensemble. In 2015 a full-time, tenure-track position for a flute and theory professor opened, and a national search ensued. Rhyne
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PLU Guitar Orchestra and Ensemble is open to guitarists and lutenists of various levels. Guitar Orchestra is open to anyone with basic guitar and music reading skills.
Welcome!In addition to the highly acclaimed choirs, various instrumental ensembles and jazz ensembles at PLU, there is also PLU Guitar Orchestra and Ensemble, which is open to guitarists and lutenists of various levels. Guitar Orchestra is open to anyone with basic guitar and music reading skills. There are multiple players playing each part, and Professor Brown conducts in all performances and rehearsals. More advanced students (typically guitar/lute majors) also play in smaller, coached
Guitar & Lute ProgramMary Baker Russell Music Center, Room 206 Tacoma, WA 98447-0003 -
Weathermon ’50, Jeff Coffin will visit the PLU campus April 18-19 as part of the Richard and Helen Weathermon Joyful Noise Endowment for Jazz Studies at PLU. Mr. Coffin he will spend an evening working with the Rogers High School Jazz Band (Puyallup) and a day with PLU students in Jazz Theory Labs, a masterclass setting, and rehearsals with the University Jazz Ensemble. Jeff Coffin’s appearance is possible thanks to the generosity of Dr. Richard Weathermon ’50. His visit to PLU is part of the Richard and
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