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  • we knew we were on to something,” Krause said of the early days. “I feel like we paid our dues. We worked very hard.” Music is Krause’s passion; it’s what brought him to PLU, where he earned a communication degree. He writes songs, sings and plays guitar for Fort Union, which just released a new album (fupdx.com). He also can play piano and played saxophone in the PLU Jazz Band as a student. Krause makes a different kind of music at Fried Egg I’m In Love when he’s donning an apron and juggling

  • roles from a variety of shows including “The Barber of Seville”, “Hansel and Gretel”, “Orpheus in the Underworld”, and “Alcina”. Last January she was one of four participants in the Joyce DiDonato Masterclasses at Carnegie Hall, live streamed all over the world on Medici.tv. As a member of the PLU Choirs, she has toured all over the country and in Europe. In addition to her musical studies with Chair of Vocal Studies, James Brown, Miya enjoys playing piano, hiking, and traveling.Wednesday, October

  • going to do but go to college?” Despite coming from parents who couldn’t afford to pursue higher education, Frey says it was never a question for her and her sister. “The active conversation in our family was ‘you girls will have more than what your father and I had.’” That included swimming and piano lessons, trips to museums, and anything they needed to thrive at school. “I was first in the family, but I was also free and reduced lunch — government cheese and peanut butter and the whole nine yards

  • the other way around, shuffle is one cruel individual. Heating up beside my rust bucket, the other arrived, and it was time to play with a piece of plastic. That day I learned to throw with and against the wind (to an extent) and how to throw across a table. All important skills that help me navigate today and tomorrow but something else clicked. It was the Grateful Dead and Jerry Garcia’s spacious lead lines, Bill Kreutzmann and Mickey Hart chasing each other, Bob Weir’s jazz centered rhythms