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Faculty news for Pacific Lutheran University.
Faculty Feature: Meet Dr. Richard Nance, Professor of Music and Director of Choral Studies What is your educational background? I received my Bachelors of Music Education (1977) and Master of Arts in Choral Conducting (1982) from West Texas State University (now West Texas A&M ) in Canyon, Texas. I received the Doctor of Musical Arts in Choral Conducting from… April 30, 2020 Choir of the WestFaculty
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The Choir of the West is comprised of undergraduate majors from a wide variety of academic disciplines. The choir rehearses four days each week, ninety minutes per day.
professional choirs and to do guest conducting. Kathryn Lehmann became the fifth conductor of the Choir of the West in the fall of 2001. Lehmann was the first PLU graduate and former COW member to return to conduct the choir. Lehmann’s choirs were chosen to perform for the Washington Music Educators Association (2002), and for the Northwestern Division Convention of the American Choral Directors Association (2006). The highlight of her career at PLU came with the choir’s performance at the ACDA National
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Performance/clinic: Each school band will perform 15-20 minutes along with a 15-20 minute onstage clinic.
. Asieh Mahyar is the interim Director of Orchestral Studies at Pacific Lutheran University where she conducts the PLU Symphony Orchestra. Ms. Mahyar is a candidate in Doctor of Musical Arts in Orchestral Conducting at Michigan State University, where she studied with Octavio Más-Arocas and Katherine Kilburn. She received her MM in Orchestral Conducting from University of Massachusetts-Amherst under the mentorship of Morihiko Nakahara, and Kristo Kondakci. Ms. Mahyar obtained her BM degree in Choral
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News for Pacific Lutheran University.
Faculty Feature: Meet Dr. Richard Nance, Professor of Music and Director of Choral Studies What is your educational background? I received my Bachelors of Music Education (1977) and Master of Arts in Choral Conducting (1982) from West Texas State University (now West Texas A&M ) in Canyon, Texas. I received the Doctor of Musical Arts in Choral Conducting from… April 30, 2020 Choir of the WestFaculty
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Staff Pianist | School of Music, Theatre & Dance | aboers@plu.edu | 253-535-7602 | Amy Boers is well known as a collaborative pianist, music director, singer, and church musician. As pianist and collaborator, she currently holds positions at Pacific Lutheran University (staff pianist), Symphony Tacoma (principal keyboard), and Symphony Tacoma Voices (pianist and assistant rehearsal conductor).
music directing, Amy has led regional honor choirs and coached developing choral conductors from across the Western Hemisphere at the annual Cascade Conducting Workshop in Tacoma, WA. As a true collaborative artist known for her deep insight and “getting inside the conductor’s head,” Amy provides feedback through the special lens of accompanist, singer and conductor combined. She has led pedagogical workshops for choral conductors and collaborative artists regionally and in Canada. Her recent
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Staff Pianist | Music | aboers@plu.edu | 253-535-7602 | Amy Boers is well known as a collaborative pianist, music director, singer, and church musician. As pianist and collaborator, she currently holds positions at Pacific Lutheran University (staff pianist), Symphony Tacoma (principal keyboard), and Symphony Tacoma Voices (pianist and assistant rehearsal conductor).
music directing, Amy has led regional honor choirs and coached developing choral conductors from across the Western Hemisphere at the annual Cascade Conducting Workshop in Tacoma, WA. As a true collaborative artist known for her deep insight and “getting inside the conductor’s head,” Amy provides feedback through the special lens of accompanist, singer and conductor combined. She has led pedagogical workshops for choral conductors and collaborative artists regionally and in Canada. Her recent
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Resident Music Director | Theatre & Dance | aboers@plu.edu | 253-535-7602 | Amy Boers is well known as a collaborative pianist, music director, singer, and church musician. As pianist and collaborator, she currently holds positions at Pacific Lutheran University (staff pianist), Symphony Tacoma (principal keyboard), and Symphony Tacoma Voices (pianist and assistant rehearsal conductor).
addition to her music directing, Amy has led regional honor choirs and coached developing choral conductors from across the Western Hemisphere at the annual Cascade Conducting Workshop in Tacoma, WA. As a true collaborative artist known for her deep insight and “getting inside the conductor’s head,” Amy provides feedback through the special lens of accompanist, singer and conductor combined. She has led pedagogical workshops for choral conductors and collaborative artists regionally and in Canada. Her
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Hearty congratulations to our own Dr. Edwin Powell, Director of Bands and Professor of Music, on his selection for the 2020 class of the Washington Music Educators Association Hall of Fame . Honorees are selected every other year by their teaching peers and inducted at the…
Edwin C. Powell is the Director of Bands and Professor of Music at Pacific Lutheran University where he is responsible for the University Wind Ensemble, Conducting, and Music Education Methods courses. In 2015 he was the recipient of a Pacific Lutheran University Faculty Excellence Award. Dr. Powell earned degrees from the University of the Pacific, the Cincinnati College – Conservatory of Music and The University of North Texas where he completed a Doctor of Musical Arts in Conducting studying with
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What is your educational background? Bachelor of Music Education from the University of Pacific Master of Music Education from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music Doctor of Musical Arts in Conducting from the University of North Texas Why did you want to teach at…
Faculty Feature: Meet Dr. Edwin Powell, Professor of Music and Director of Bands Posted by: Reesa Nelson / May 17, 2020 May 17, 2020 What is your educational background? Bachelor of Music Education from the University of Pacific Master of Music Education from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music Doctor of Musical Arts in Conducting from the University of North Texas Why did you want to teach at PLU? I loved my undergraduate experience in a liberal arts setting—it was very
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No courses in music (MUSI) may be taken for credit by examination. First-Year Students Students intending to major in music should begin the major music sequences in the first year.
421: Functional Piano for the Professional Musician (2) MUSI 445: Conducting III (1) MUSI 453: Vocal Pedagogy (2) MUSI 460: Elementary Music Methods (3) MUSI 462: Choral Repertoire and Rehearsal (3) Choose five credits from the following: MUSI 241: String Lab I (1) or MUSI 242: String Lab II (1) MUSI 243: Woodwind Lab I (1) or MUSI 244: Woodwind Lab II (1) MUSI 245: Brass Lab I (1) or MUSI 246: Brass Lab II (1) MUSI 247: Percussion Lab (1) MUSI 321: Guitar Lab (1) MUSI 325: Class Composition I (2
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