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degree in English Literature and a minor in Music. While in Taiwan, she also will study local and American songs. Thomas Flanagan ’14 will leave Sept. 1 for Germany, where he’ll teach English. His love of languages likely will mean returning to a master’s program once his Fulbright tour is over. Two PLU alumni also received Fulbright Scholarships this year. Natalie Burton ’13 will study piano education and culture in China, a continuation of her senior research project at PLU.  She will conduct her

Sound and decided to compete in Miss Pierce County after transferring to PLU. After winning that, Leibold went on to take second place at the Miss Washington pageant and won the award for Talent. Leibold graduated from PLU with a Bachelor’s of Music with a concentration in Vocal Performance and now teaches private voice and piano lessons at the Washington Academy of Music and sings with the jazz combo The Pit Crew in Tacoma. “I don’t think there is that appreciation of classical music; one thing I

enhance and attract quality students to the school who would otherwise not come. PLU has unique facilities and generous access to those facilities to attract these prospective students. While there are currently pressing needs for the continuation of existing programs, an effective organ department can be a beacon for the whole PLU community.” Fritts has a deep connection with PLU. His father, Dr. Byard Fritts, was a member of the music faculty in the 1950s. Byard taught piano and organ performance

giant universities lacks the critical-thinking skills and interpersonal savvy offered at PLU—a more-integrative experience exhibited, in part, by the speed-dating exercise. It seems to have paid off. “Both the Chinese and the PLU students told me afterward they thought it was really fun,” Meyer said, and the visitors’ director of teacher recruitment and program coordinator said they enjoyed the PLU activity more than the lecture they heard at a much larger university. Read Previous Lute Plays Piano

students on campus for a few days before the performance and even played piano during the premiere. PLU has been the site for a number of world premieres, including works done by PLU faculty, like Greg Youtz, but this one’s a little different. To have a composer visit the premiere and sit in the audience for the concert is fairly common, Powell said. What made this unique was while Gjeilo was here he worked with the students before the final performance. Having the opportunity to work with the composer

. “I’m going to do whatever I need to do to make this work,” she said. “I’d never had the courage to audition before now, but I’ve awakened this talent, and I’m going to keep going.” Read Previous New piano chair looks forward to a new chapter at PLU Read Next WATCH: Drum Taps: Nine Poems on Themes of War 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

in the Anderson University Center, at the door, or at 253-535-7411. Read Previous Professor Emeritus David Dahl releases new CD: “The Organ Sings” Read Next Lute Plays Piano ‘Up Close with the Masters’ 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

Faculty Feature: Dr. Jeffrey Bell-Hanson, Professor of Music and Director of Orchestral Activities Posted by: Reesa Nelson / June 22, 2020 June 22, 2020 Why did you decide to study music? What sparked your interest in music and how did your academic path and career develop from there? It was a family business for me, so to speak. My father was my first teacher in both piano and trombone, and my first band director. I learned to read music before I learned to read English. The die was cast at an

February 21, 2008 MFA students earn top honors Amy Andrews remembers it was a Saturday when the phone rang. Her daughter was practicing piano and her husband was hiking the trails of a nearby nature park. When she answered the phone, Lee Gutkind, editor of the journal Creative Nonfiction, identified himself and said he was calling about the first-ever “Creative Nonfiction MFA Program-Off” contest. He was calling to inform Andrews she’d won the grand prize. “I was very composed,” she said. “I

Greg Williamson’s Pony Boy Records All-Star Big Band July 24 Tacoma-based trio Hip Bone July 31 Vocalist Gail Pettis August 7 The David Joyner Trio August 14 For more information about the concert series or the scheduled performers, visit the music department’s Jazz Under the Stars Web site or call ext. 7602. Jazz Under the Stars is co-sponsored by PLU Summer Sessions, PLU’s Department of Music, 88.5 KPLU-FM, Prosser Piano Company and Pura Vida Coffee. Read Previous Grads charged to be global