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me started on a lifelong passion for theatre.”   Smith joined PLU this fall after 16 years at New Mexico State University, including six as the theatre department head. He brings extensive experience in directing, improvisation, theatre management and playwriting. Smith is ready for new challenges and hopes his background can further community involvement and program growth at PLU. Coming from a large state university he’s excited for closer student interactions, smaller class sizes and the

we can keep generating a new generation of artists every year. (buzzer blares) Meet the Professors More Stories Visit About Dedicated and approachable faculty, a close-knit and diverse student community, and a commitment to helping you reach your professional goals sets PLU Theatre apart from other programs. As a Theatre major, you’ll have opportunities in acting, musical theatre, directing, design, technology, stage management, playwriting, improvisation, and more! We have a student-centered and

celebrations, PLU will host various theatrical events, including Winchester’s very own choreography of “Girl Pool,” an adaptation of a chapter in Kurt Vonnegut’s work “While Mortals Sleep.” The performance will be featured in the Spring Dance Ensemble Concert hosted in the Eastvold Auditorium featuring her fourth cast of dancers. “Each of the six dancers represent different characters, qualities and emotions, and memorize those parts from a structured improvisation,” Winchester said. “It’s complex.” Simply

the Future3. PSYC 499 - Alana Kirkendall & Sarah Cornell-MaierExploring Racial Microaggressions, Frequency, and Emotional Response: An Experimental Proposal4. PSYC 242 - Kianna Ahlstrom, Taylor Greig, Sarah Glasco, Bianca MolinaMemory Recall: How Different Music Genres Affect Memory5. PSYC 499 - Molly Costello & Brian LoughridgeSocial Therapeutics, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy and Improvisation: A Therapeutic Program for At-Risk Youth6. PSYC 499 - Jessica Kovacs7. PSYC 499 - Micha Young8. PSYC

coordination and technique, sight-reading, improvisation, playing by ear, harmonization of melodies, lead-sheet realization, transposing, ensemble playing, and public performance. Requires no previous keyboard experience. Intended for music majors or minors, but students of all areas are welcome. (1) MUSI 152 : Keyboard Musicianship II Development of piano and musicianship skills in a group piano setting, including sight-reading, harmonization of melodies, lead-sheet realization, open-score reading, scales

Collaborative Piano Studies - CX MUSI 352 Organ Improvisation - CX MUSI 353 Solo Vocal Literature - CX MUSI 355 Diction I (English/Italian) - CX MUSI 360 Choir of the West - CX MUSI 361 University Chorale - CX MUSI 362 Knights Chorus - CX MUSI 363 University Singers - CX MUSI 366 Opera - CX MUSI 370 University Wind Ensemble - CX MUSI 371 University Concert Band - CX MUSI 375 University Jazz Ensemble - CX MUSI 380 University Symphony Orchestra - CX MUSI 381 Chamber Ensemble - CX MUSI 383 Piano Ensemble - CX

finds time to teach saxophone and improvisation at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN. For more information visit www.jeffcoffin.com

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to other colleges and universities in the South Sound area?PLU has a full-time, tenured full professor heading jazz studies that has been in the music department since 2000. Other colleges in the area use part-time jazz faculty and have had a comparatively high rate of turnover. PLU has private studio instruction in jazz guitar, piano, bass, drums, and voice, plus an advanced jazz improvisation class for all instruments. Unlike other area colleges, our jazz band regularly tours, including an

: latterday plays, by Neil Labute. Directed by Travis Clark Morris ‘10. One Song at a Time: A Benefit Concert for Haiti and Chile. Directed by Erin Dorn ‘10. Man to Man, by Manfred Karge. Directed by Bristol Whalen ‘10.

Numerous Clay Crows Improvisation Events.2008-2009Mainstage ProductionsThe Miser, by Molière. Directed by Professor Jeff A. Clapp. The Skin of our Teeth, by Thornton Wilder. Directed by Kristina Corbitt ‘10. A Dream Play, by August Strindberg. Adapted and Directed by Professor Brian