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Musical Memories Posted by: Mandi LeCompte / March 21, 2014 Image: Choir of the West members prepare to board the bus at Pacific Lutheran College in 1939 for a 3,000-mile tour. (Photo courtesy of Lorna Vosburg Burt) March 21, 2014 Editor’s Note: When Lorna Vosburg Burt ’40, ’69 read our story on PLU’s annual Christmas Concerts in the winter 2013 edition of Scene magazine, she was inspired to recall—and share—her own Choir of the West story … from 1939. It was so full of history and facts and

A PLU Christmas, Winter Rose Posted by: Kate Williams / November 12, 2018 November 12, 2018 By Kate Williams '16Outreach ManagerDon’t miss one of the most beloved holiday traditions in the Pacific Northwest, as the Choir of the West, University Chorale and University Symphony Orchestra present our annual Christmas concerts. This year’s theme, Winter Rose, features performances of works by Gerald Finzi, Herbert Howells, Michael Praetorius and others, mixed with traditional carols and seasonal

February 19, 2013 Sam Horn ’15, leads a traditional march for a Robbie Burns themed night at the Garfield Book Company. (Photo by John Froschauer) These pipes are playing By James Olson ’14 I exchanged a firm handshake with Samuel Horn ’15 outside the North Pacific Coffee Company, a characteristically cloudy Pacific Northwest sky overshadowing what would be a surprisingly loud morning. For those who have never heard the boisterous vibrations of the bagpipe, it is not a particularly quiet affair

Hall of the Mary Baker Russell Music Center. Learn more. Read Previous University Symphony Orchestra Spring Tour 2019 Read Next Choir of the West 2019 Tour – United Kingdom and Germany 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

, member of Summit Brass, St. Louis Brass Quintet and is a former member of the New York Brass Quintet), Stephen Hendrickson (principal trumpet of the National Symphony) and international recording artist Allen Vizzutti. Gina Gillie, French horn, is an Associate Professor of Music at Pacific Lutheran University where she teaches horn and aural skills, conducts a horn choir, and performs frequently with faculty groups and in solo and chamber recitals. As an orchestral player, she is currently Assistant

raised in Douglas, Arizona on the Mexican border, the youngest of five children. I played baseball, acted in plays, and played trombone in the band. I didn’t sing in a choir until my junior year in high school and got a wonderful opportunity my senior year when I sang at a solo/ensemble contest in Tucson. My adjudicator was Eugene Conley, revered baritone and accomplished voice teacher at the University of Arizona. That chance meeting that day led to enrolling in the U of A to study with Mr. Conley

Wednesday, December 2, at 7:30pm and Seattle on Monday, December 7, at 7:30pm. This year’s concert theme, “A Christmas Invitation,” features the exclusive world premiere of prolific Hollywood film composer J.A.C. Redford’s A Christmas Invitation, a three-movement work composed specifically for the Choir of the West, University Chorale and University Symphony Orchestra. The choirs and orchestra also will premiere “December: A Meditation on Advent,” composed by PLU Professor of Music Greg Youtz.  The

Pacific Lutheran University Choirs and Orchestra close “Passion Week” with North American premiere Posted by: Mandi LeCompte / March 11, 2016 March 11, 2016 By Mandi LeCompteOutreach Manager The Pacific Lutheran University Choir of the West, Choral Union and the University Symphony Orchestra perform the North American premiere of the “St. Matthew Passion” by Sven-David Sandström, one of the world’s best-known composers, on Tuesday, March 22 and Wednesday, March 23 at 8:00 pm in Lagerquist

post-graduate lives and will remain connected through the strong community fabric that is ever present for all alumni who come through PLU during their college years. Below are four individual stories of students who will soon join that alumni class (Alaa Alshaibani, Theo Hofrenning, Takara Mitsui and Thomas Horn). They reflect upon their experiences with study away, music performances, social justice efforts and rigorous academics at PLU, and look ahead to the exciting experiences that

An Insider’s Look at O Nata Lux Posted by: Reesa Nelson / December 5, 2019 December 5, 2019 One of the most beloved holiday traditions in the Northwest, The Choir of the West, University Chorale, and University Symphony Orchestra present PLU’s annual Christmas concert, O Nata Lux. Works by Dan Forrest, Eric Whitacre, Morten Lauridsen, Benjamin Britten and others will be mixed with traditional carols and seasonal favorites as we celebrate the glory, hope and light of the Christmas season. Read