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selections with the University Jazz Ensemble under the direction of David Deacon-Joyner.  The event will be hosted by KPLU’s Nick Morrison and broadcast live. Entering their 18th year of performing, Pearl Django continues to be one of America’s most respected and busiest Hot Club style groups. Though still strongly influenced by the music of Django Reinhardt, Pearl Django’s repertoire now includes many original compositions. Their music reaches out across the divides of taste to a wide variety of

Administrative Staff Council, Campus Ministry, Diversity Center and Student Involvement and Leadership and AmeriCorps and VetCorps Refreshments will be served after the event. Please stay and celebrate. Jazz Concert November 26 What: Joint concert with PLU Jazz Ensemble and Swingin’ Sounds of Courage Jazz Ensemble from Joint Base Lewis McChord Time: 8 p.m.-9:30 p.m. Where: Karen Hille Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, Pacific Lutheran University Sponsored By: Pacific Lutheran University Jazz Ensemble

and Communication, Multicultural Recruitment, and the Department of Music, the concert features the PLU university orchestra, wind ensemble, jazz ensemble, and Chorale.  It will also feature Tacoma talent steel drum artist Obe Quarless, vocalist Marlette Buchanan, and DaNell Daymon and the Greater Works Chorale. After emancipation and the end of the Civil War continuing racism and economic rivalry thwarted African-American achievement at every turn. Entertainment was an appealing and viable option

taking PLU jazz to the heart of this scene and will present our music in a variety of formats, from combos to the large jazz ensemble,” says Deacon-Joyner, who serves as the university’s Director of Jazz Studies. All of the featured students will perform together as the University Jazz Ensemble. Throughout the program, the ensemble will subdivide into various “combos” and “little big bands” that will demonstrate different elements of the students’ musical abilities as well as different dimensions of

January 24, 2014 PLU concert celebrates Black History Month Pacific Lutheran University pays tribute to the artistic entrepreneurship of African Americans with a Black History Month Concert that celebrates a lasting legacy of music, literature and art. Covering a rich tapestry of gospel, blues, jazz and concert works, along with recitations from classic African-American literature, the concert will feature PLU student ensembles—including the University Symphony Orchestra, Wind Ensemble, Jazz

challenging, it has also given faculty and staff opportunities to think creatively to build dynamic, interesting courses for students studying all areas of music. Masterclasses are one element of this. We look forward to students deepening their craft with new ideas, concepts, and practices presented by this diverse cohort of musicians, singers, composers, and educators. VOCES8The British a capella group, which performs alone and with orchestras around the world, will be coaching our Vocal Ensemble

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

Dello Joio, Moses Hogan, Eriks Ešenvalds, and more. Dr. Brian Galante will conduct the 42-student ensemble on tour and in concert in three cities in the southeast United States. The title of the program is taken from Moses Hogan’s arrangement of the traditional spiritual I Can Tell the World. Each piece in the program presents a statement, whether one of strength, supplication, faith, hope, resolve, joy or journey. “I talk often in rehearsal about using music to ‘make the world a better place,’ and

PLU’s Choral Union presents Mozart’s Requiem Posted by: Reesa Nelson / November 1, 2019 November 1, 2019 By Reesa NelsonMarketing & Communications ManagerJoin us Saturday, November 9 at 8 PM as the Pacific Lutheran University Choral Union presents Mozart’s Requiem in Lagerquist Concert Hall. PLU’s Choral Union is one of the outstanding community choruses in the United States. The choir was established in 1984 to create a university ensemble that would bring together singers from the community

meadows, braving ice fields, and finally experiencing a climactic summit.” The piece was commissioned by Dr. Jeremy Marks at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and was funded by consortium members of the Carolina Trombone Ensemble Project. The IWBC was founded in 1992 as an organization dedicated to provide opportunities and recognition for women brass musicians. IWBC supports musicians through competitions, commissioning new music for brass, hosting conferences, and publishing a newsletter