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  • Bashair Alazadi, who helped form the Muslim Association and Allies this fall, spoke of Islam and its similarities with Christianity and Judaism at the service. (Photo by John Froschauer) Remembering 9/11 and looking to the future By Barbara Clements It is right to remember the…

    innocents, and that 9-11 was a political, not a religious act of violence. Representatives from the Secular Student Alliance, the Pan-Orthodox Organization and the Oseh Shalom Jewish Club also spoke at the gathering. On Saturday, the commemorative events continued, as the PLU community participated in a Day of Service. Volunteers helped individuals with yard work in the Parkland community. Finally on Sunday, the 10-year anniversary of the attacks, the first of the Richard D. Moe Organ Recital Series

  • Travel with our music students in the footsteps of the Masters.

    Paul Fritts Endowed Chair in Organ Studies and Performance January 29, 2024 PLU’s Weathermon Jazz Festival to Feature Acclaimed Musician Aubrey Logan February 28, 2023 Horn & Fixed Media Premiere at Octave 9 in Seattle October 5, 2022

  • The 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…

    composers. Tickets are on sale now. Prices are $10 for general admission; $5 for seniors (60+), Military, alumni, and PLU community; and free for youth under 18 and PLU students. Tickets are available online only at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/plu-university-jazz-ensemble-tickets-66723536895. For additional information, call the School of Arts and Communication at 253.535.7150 or soac@plu.edu. Read Previous The Lagerquist Organ, recently featured on “Pipedreams,” showcasing David Deacon-Joyner’s work

  • Pacific Lutheran University’s own Cassio Vianna , Assistant Professor of Music and Director of Jazz Studies , has been awarded a grant from the City of Tacoma. This grant, part of the Tacoma Artists Initiative Program (TAIP) , encourages artistic engagement in the city by…

    PLU Music Announces Inaugural Paul Fritts Endowed Chair in Organ Studies and Performance LATEST POSTS PLU Music Announces Inaugural Paul Fritts Endowed Chair in Organ Studies and Performance January 29, 2024 PLU’s Weathermon Jazz Festival to Feature Acclaimed Musician Aubrey Logan February 28, 2023 Horn & Fixed Media Premiere at Octave 9 in Seattle October 5, 2022 Two Anniversaries, One World Premiere October 5, 2022

  • Lecturer - Music History | School of Music, Theatre & Dance | nlockey@plu.edu | 253-535-7602 | Nicholas Lockey is a Puget Sound native whose career has spanned music performance, research, composition, education, and arts administration. As an educator, he has served on the faculty of Sam Houston State University and as a visiting faculty lecturer at Princeton University, teaching courses in music history, music appreciation, world music cultures, music performance, and interdisciplinary arts courses.

    numerous conferences in the US and abroad, including papers given for the American Musicological Society national and regional meetings, the American Handel Society, the Society for Eighteenth-Century Music, the Georg-Friedrich-Handel Society (Hälle), the 14th Biennial International Baroque Conference (Belfast), and the Italian Vivaldi Institute (Venice). As a performer on piano, harpsichord, organ, violin, and viola, Dr. Lockey’s repertoire ranges from Medieval music to modern pop & rock, with a

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  • Full of beauty and a joy to sing is how conductor Richard Nance describes Pacific Lutheran University Choral Union’s upcoming Gioachino Rossini’s “Petite Messe Solennelle”. The performance took place Sunday, November 12 in Lagerquist Concert Hall, Mary Baker Russell Music Building. The performance featured PLU…

    . Have I just written sacred music, or rather, sacrilegious music? I was born for opera buffa, as you well know. Not much technique, a little bit of heart, that’s all. Blessings to you and grant me Paradise.” An unusual element of this piece is the use of Harmonium, or “pump organ,” in the accompaniment, along with two pianos. PLU faculty emeritus, David Dahl, graciously volunteered to allow the music department to borrow it for the performance. The instrument has a very distinct timbre and lends a

  • The Pacific Lutheran University Department of Music and the Dick and Helen Weathermon Joyful Noise Endowment for Jazz Studies will host the PLU Weathermon Jazz Festival on Tuesday, March 21. The public is invited to the festival’s evening concert showcase featuring Aubrey Logan, the PLU…

    , all students with an ID and 18 years and younger Tickets are also available through Eventbrite and, if still available, at the door. Read Previous Horn & Fixed Media Premiere at Octave 9 in Seattle Read Next PLU Music Announces Inaugural Paul Fritts Endowed Chair in Organ Studies and Performance 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

  • Lecturer - Music History | Music | nlockey@plu.edu | 253-535-7602 | Nicholas Lockey is a Puget Sound native whose career has spanned music performance, research, composition, education, and arts administration. As an educator, he has served on the faculty of Sam Houston State University and as a visiting faculty lecturer at Princeton University, teaching courses in music history, music appreciation, world music cultures, music performance, and interdisciplinary arts courses.

    . Lockey has presented at numerous conferences in the US and abroad, including papers given for the American Musicological Society national and regional meetings, the American Handel Society, the Society for Eighteenth-Century Music, the Georg-Friedrich-Handel Society (Hälle), the 14th Biennial International Baroque Conference (Belfast), and the Italian Vivaldi Institute (Venice). As a performer on piano, harpsichord, organ, violin, and viola, Dr. Lockey’s repertoire ranges from Medieval music to

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  • PLU Music Offers Online Ticket Sales PLU Music offers online ticket sales now for select concerts! Keep an eye on PLU’s  Eventbrite homepage  where you’ll find all upcoming concerts available for purchase. Upcoming concerts include: University Symphony Orchestra on Oct. 13 University Wind Ensemble on…

    Previous PLU Lecturer wins Seattle competition Read Next A Christmas Invitation at PLU 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 to Feature Acclaimed Musician Aubrey Logan February 28, 2023 Horn & Fixed Media Premiere at Octave 9 in Seattle October 5

  • Sounds of Christmas with a Reformation choral work performed by University Singers and Men’s Chorus and directed by Associated Director of Choral Studies Brian Galante.

    Jonathan Ryan will present an organ recital in Lagerquist Hall on Sunday, Oct. 9, at 3 p.m. The program will include selections from J.S. Bach’s Clavierübung III, sometimes referred to as The German Organ Mass, one of the many masterpieces by the most famous of Lutheran composers. From Bach’s title page: “The third Part of the Keyboard Practice, consists of various preludes on Martin Luther’s catechism and other hymns for the organ.” Ryan will also present a lecture/demonstration on the topic of