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Checklist, before you request the letter: Keep track of the deadlines. Ideally, your letter writers should have at least one month's notice.
FAQ for Students Asking for Letters of Recommendation Checklist, before you request the letter: Keep track of the deadlines. Ideally, your letter writers should have at least one month’s notice. Keep in mind that a potential letter writer might have to decline, and you’ll want to have enough time to find an alternate. Is this the right person from whom to request a letter? Choose people who are most familiar with your studies, research interests, or work, including at least one professor in the
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This exhibit includes a selection of the library’s print books about women published within the past five years. The books cover a wide variety of issues affecting women’s lives, cultural contexts, political work, artistic achievements, and other issues. The library has an additional 383 e-books…
celebrate Women’s History Month by “commemorating and encouraging the study, observance and celebration of the vital role of women in American history.” (https://www.womenshistorymonth.gov/). List of books on display: Hearts of Our People : Native Women Artists Kicking Center : Gender and the Selling of Women’s Professional Soccer Jewish Radical Feminism : Voices from the Women’s Liberation Movement Contemporary Black Women Filmmakers and the Art of Resistance Being Muslim : a Cultural History of Women
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Here you find information about our jazz courses and ensembles, events and concert schedule, and more.
of music styles, including Brazilian music. Check the following link: PLU Weathermon Jazz Festival, for the latest updates on the PLU Weathermon Jazz Festival in 2024. Use the contact information to send us a message with your questions, comments, or information. Cassio Vianna, Director of Jazz StudiesSee upcoming jazz events here
Dr. Cassio Vianna, Director of Jazz Studies and Assistant Professor of MusicMary Baker Russell Music Center Tacoma, WA 98447 -
TACOMA, WASH. (Oct. 6, 2016)- The scholarship of a Pacific Lutheran University faculty member has evolved into a three-part, cross-cultural project that brings together artists and scholars from around the world. Paul Manfredi, chair of Chinese studies, recently published his book “ Modern Poetry in…
book “Modern Poetry in China: A Visual-Verbal Dynamic,” which explores the phenomenon of poet-artists in contemporary China in its final chapter. His forthcoming book takes a deeper look at their visual and poetic work. Both were the catalyst for a partnership of artists in China and Washington state — six from each area — who have created a mixed-media visual arts exhibition that will culminate in a symposium held jointly by PLU and the Seattle Asian Art Museum later this month. The artwork and
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Associate Professor of Music; Director of Jazz Studies | School of Music, Theatre & Dance | cassio.vianna@plu.edu | 253-535-7760 | Cassio Vianna is the Director of Jazz Studies and Associate Professor of Music at Pacific Lutheran University where he directs the University Jazz Ensemble and teaches jazz music courses.
and Jazz Studies Brazilian Music Responsibilities Conducts University Jazz Ensemble, teaches jazz classes. Selected Publications See website for a complete list of original compositions Accolades Outstanding New Instrumental Composition Award: "Baião Moderno," International Society of Jazz Composers and Arrangers (2017) Winner composition: "For the Rise of a New Day," Jazz Education Network Young Composer Showcase (2017) Winner composition: "April Song," National Band Association Jazz Composition
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The Jazz Education Network Conference hosts thousands or people from around the globe every year, connecting jazz beginners, professionals, scholars and educators, and industry experts. In 2022, following safety guidelines, the conference was held in Dallas, Texas in early January. Dr. Cassio Vianna was invited…
.” Dr. Vianna was invited to give a clinic in the composition/arranging category. Vianna’s clinic, “Brazilian Choro for Jazz Big Band: A Guide for Jazz Composers and Band Directors,” covered an old Brazilian instrumental style that is becoming more popular among American jazz musicians in recent years. Due to a lack of quality material for jazz big band in the style, Vianna shared his experience writing his own arrangements and helping students learn this exciting music style. Faculty participation
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Associate Professor of Music; Director of Jazz Studies | Music | cassio.vianna@plu.edu | 253-535-7760 | Cassio Vianna is the Director of Jazz Studies and Associate Professor of Music at Pacific Lutheran University where he directs the University Jazz Ensemble and teaches jazz music courses.
and Jazz Studies Brazilian Music Responsibilities Conducts University Jazz Ensemble, teaches jazz classes. Selected Publications See website for a complete list of original compositions Accolades Outstanding New Instrumental Composition Award: "Baião Moderno," International Society of Jazz Composers and Arrangers (2017) Winner composition: "For the Rise of a New Day," Jazz Education Network Young Composer Showcase (2017) Winner composition: "April Song," National Band Association Jazz Composition
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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:…
on this exciting world premiere.Additional historical information The opera tells the story of the legendary Chinese woman poet Cai Yan who was born in 177 AD at the war ridden, violent end of Eastern Han Dynasty. It captures dramatic scenes of a woman’s life, in peace and in war, as a daughter, a wife, a mother, a poet and musician. Although the heroine lived one thousand eight hundred years ago, her story speaks to the tragedies still faced by contemporary women, such as domestic violence
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(CNN)- President Joe Biden committed to nominating the nation’s first Black female Supreme Court justice, as he honored retiring Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer at the White House on Thursday. “The person I will nominate will be someone with extraordinary qualifications, character, experience and integrity.…
antebellum Charleston HV6626.2.R57 2012 Arrested justice : black women, violence, and America’s prison nation HV9950.M64 2015 The political roots of racial tracking in American criminal justice KF224.L68W35 2014 Race, sex, and the freedom to marry : Loving v. Virginia KF228.S27D74 2010 The Dred Scott case : historical and contemporary perspectives on race and law KF299.A35R43 1998 Rebels in law : voices in history of Black women lawyers KF4758.M39 2011 Reasoning from race : feminism, law, and the civil
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TACOMA, Wash. (July 23, 2015)—During the Aug. 2-12 Rainier Writing Workshop, more than 100 students and faculty will gather at PLU to participate in classes, workshops, readings and other creatively immersive activities. The 10-day workshop, the annual summer residency of Pacific Lutheran University’s Master of…
Program at Bennington College. Stan Sanvel Rubin. Rubin is the founding director of the Rainier Writing Workshop at PLU who also served for more than 20 years as Director of the Brockport Writers Forum and Videotape Library (SUNY), a multifaceted literary arts program. He holds the SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching. His most recent book of poetry is Here. Other books include The Post-Confessionals, a collection of his interviews with contemporary American poets; Hidden Sequel, winner
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