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  • Guest Artist Eric Marienthal - SaxophonistEric Marienthal is a two time GRAMMY Award winner and has been nominated 9 times. After graduating high school in Southern California in 1976, Eric went on to study at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, Mass. There he studied with the legendary saxophone professor, Joe Viola. By the time he left Berklee, Eric had achieved the highest proficiency rating given by the school. In 1995, Eric was awarded the Berklee Distinguished Alumnus Award for

  • PLU music majors produce free music camp It’s a warm summer morning and the scent of scrambled eggs drifts from the kitchen at Trinity Lutheran Church into an adjoining room where more than a dozen campers busily make beaded jewelry. Ranging from second to sixth grade, the kids are participants in the… November 8, 2022 AcademicsClubs & OrganizationsCommunityCreatorCurrent StudentsDiversityEducationInvolvementLife on CampusLutheran Higher EducationMusicParentsServiceStudent LifeThe

  • Universal language: how teaching music in rural Namibia was a life-changing experience for Jessa Delos Reyes ’24 When the principal of N/a’an ku sê, a rural school in Namibia that serves the San people, asked PLU music education major Jessa Delos Reyes ’24 to expand their existing music program to include children in junior primary (grades K-3), she initially felt daunted at… May 20, 2024 AcademicsCreatorEducationMusicReformerStudent LifeStudent VoiceStudy AbroadThe Arts

  • Pacific Lutheran University premieres new original opera: Fiery Jade Cai Yan PLU Music Professor Gregory Youtz teams up with prominent Chinese poet Zhang Er, Professor at The Evergreen State College in Olympia, to create this new work around the life of an extraordinary woman poet of ancient China, Cai Yan. In this new opera, Fiery Jade:… October 18, 2016 Opera

  • Mancke Sletten ‘75 and Elizabeth Mancke, in honor of their parents. The scholarship is intended to support students from Africa, or recent African immigrants, pursuing their degree at PLU. Mr. Halvar E. Olstead – Gordon O. Gilbertson Instrumental Music Education Scholarship – Alvina Hauf Olstead ’73 and Halvar Olstead ’71 established this scholarship in memory of their former professor of music, Gordon Gilbertson. Halvar played under Gordon in the band when Halvar was studying to become a public

  • Alyson Rake Consultant She/Her Biography Biography Alyson is a Viola Performance Major with a minor in Writing. In her free time, she enjoys arranging music, singing in the PLU Chorale, and playing with her dog.

  • Gina Gillie Professor of Music - French Horn Full Profile 253-535-7607 gilliegc@plu.edu

  • feel known and loved when you are with Jen. Even after work, Jen interacts with and competes against students in intramural flag football and softball.   Ryan Marsh is the Administrative and Performance Manager in the School of Music, Theatre and Dance. Ryan joined PLU in 2016, and since day one, his attention to detail and ability to manage a wide variety of tasks has greatly enhanced the workflow of the Music program. Ryan’s coworkers say they can’t think of a better first person for students to

  • By Genny Boots ’18 Almost a century of students have counted the Choir of the West as a part of their PLU story. For 90 years, Lutes have joined in the community, passion and song of Choir of the West. This fall during Homecoming weekend, generations of Choir of the West members came together to celebrate a program that has anchored PLU as a premiere music program in the Northwest.  The performance brought together 350 voices. It’s this part that Geoffrey Boers (who directed the Skones era

  • Caitlin Collins Consultant She/Her, They/Them Biography Biography Caitlin is a fourth-year Elementary Music Education Major and Dance Minor. In her free time, she enjoys playing Dungeons and Dragons and Genshin Impact, along with reading and cooking.