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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 Musician Aubrey Logan February 28, 2023 Horn & Fixed Media Premiere at Octave 9 in Seattle October 5, 2022

for alumni and prospective students. There will be a special Homecoming Concert Friday, February 8th at 8 p.m. in Lagerquist Concert Hall when the group returns.  Tickets can be purchased here. Read Previous Upcoming Opera, Le Nozze di Figaro Read Next Winners of the Inaugural Angela Meade Vocal Competition 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

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 Musician Aubrey Logan February 28, 2023 Horn & Fixed Media Premiere at Octave 9 in Seattle October 5, 2022

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 Musician Aubrey Logan February 28, 2023 Horn & Fixed Media Premiere at Octave 9 in Seattle October 5, 2022

combination of creativity and diligence in the craft of composition, restless curiosity and firmly-rooted mastery of form, Sandström alternates, to all appearances unconcerned, between a sophisticated orchestral texture and musical melodies, film music and music for the church.Learn More Stefan Parkman, ConductorThe Swedish conductor (and tenor), Stefan Parkman, began his musical career by singing in the Uppsala Cathedral Boys’ Choir and playing the violin. As a student at the Royal University College of

over 40 years after the original version.” Another student featured in the show, Dalton Rouse, was also a winner of the Student Showcase Competition for his composition, Wisp and Willow. This will be the world premiere performance. “My newest work titled Wisp and Willow, began as an experiment in non-functional chord progressions. The chords, which comprise most of the pitch material, are various four-note sonorities. The “wisps”, heard mostly in the harp and high woodwinds, arpeggiate quickly up

, music composition theory and conducted the Concert Chorus.  “The music department in those early days was small and my father brought his teaching skills to composition classes, choral conducting and other diverse classes,” Fritts said.  Fritts founded the Paul Fritts & Co. Organ Builders in 1979, and says he has been dedicated to the design and construction of high-quality pipe organs ever since. His company was commissioned by former music professor David Dahl to develop the Lagerquist Hall organ

purchased here No longer available Read Previous Richard D. Moe Organ Recital Series Read Next Lyric Brass CD Release 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 Musician Aubrey Logan February 28, 2023 Horn & Fixed Media Premiere at

PLU Wind Ensemble: Musica Ignota Posted by: vcraker / November 18, 2021 November 18, 2021 The PLU Wind Ensemble performed the world premiere of Ingrid Stolzel’s “Musica Ignota” on October 9, 2021. Stolzel traveled to PLU to attend the premiere and work with the PLU wind ensemble and Professor of Music Edwin Powell in advance. A composition almost 1,000 years in the making, “Musica Ignota” is based on the 11th-century Medieval composer/mystic Hildegard von Bingen. It is profound for many reasons

scale and collaborative effort distinguishes this work. 2nd place: The Pose Juxtaposed (5 panels) Artist: Jamie Dones This multi-panel painting is ambitious and intriguing. The technical skills demonstrated in this work adds to the conceptual strength. The narrative is mysterious and engages the viewer. 3rd place (a tie): Surreal Beach Dreams Artist: Lisa Moxcey This captivating portrait engages the viewer with its strong composition and beautiful quality of light. Excellent use of a shallow depth