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Hey) and some that are out of reach for most high school groups (Frank Ticheli’s Blue Shades and the Overture to Candide by Leonard Bernstein).” At Central Lutheran Church in Portland, Oregon, a small brass and percussion group from PLU will accompany the church choir. After the service, students will play a program including the arrangement of Amazing Grace and a band transcription of Franz Biebl’s Ave Maria, picked especially for the church audience. Students will perform with many other

musician I was well aware of the fine choral tradition at Lutheran colleges around the country. I remember seeing the Choir of the West at a National ACDA Convention in the early 80s and I was impressed. I had been in the Southwest for long enough and an opportunity came up to teach at PLU. The prospect of moving into a choral position at a Lutheran college located in a completely different, beautiful part of the country was very appealing to me. Aside from marrying my wife, Patti, it was the best move

. Huertas was also cast as Feste in the Seattle Shakespeare Company/Wooden O’s production of Twelfth Night, a role which he also played at PLU under the direction of Brian Desmond. Read Previous Streaming Concerts now a permanent reality Read Next The Choir of the West takes to the road 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

said I was doing it well,” Whatley said. “I never had anyone tell me my compositions were good before.” This story was written by By Valery Jorgensen ’15, PLU Marketing & Communications Student Worker, and originally appeared here.  Read Previous The Choir of the West: PLU’s Premier Choral Ensemble Keeps Particularly Busy Read Next Inaugural Christmas Music Scholarship Concert premieres Saturday, December 13 LATEST POSTS PLU’s Director of Jazz Studies, Cassio Vianna, receives grant from the City of

PLU to present US premiere of St. Matthew Passion as part of larger “Passion Week” event Posted by: Mandi LeCompte / January 14, 2016 Image: PLU Christmas 2015, “A Christmas Invitation” at Benaroya Hall, Home of the Seattle Symphony, Seattle, on Monday, Dec. 7, 2015. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) January 14, 2016 By Mandi LeCompteOutreach ManagerSave the date for Tacoma Passion Week, March 13-23PLU’s Choral Union, Choir of the West and University Symphony Orchestra will join forces to present

breakfast, story time, a craft project and picture with Santa (sent as a digital file after the event).  Breakfast will be served starting at 9 a.m. with Santa slated to arrive around 9:30 a.m.  Cost is $10 for adults and $5 for children. In Sweet Rejoicing!  Dec. 3, 4, 5, 9 and 10 |  Lagerquist Concert Hall  (ALL ON CAMPUS CHRISTMAS CONCERTS SOLD OUT. TICKETS AVAILABLE FOR PERFORMANCE IN SEATTLE.) Ring in the season with a Christmas celebration that will warm the heart. Choir of the West, University

, and Sportin’ Life, the drug dealer. Hall recalls the rehearsals as grueling. “I don’t think people realize all the work that goes into it,” she said. Having a built-in support group of Lutes helped. Along with Hall and Van Mechelen, there was Novalee Richard, ’09, Stephanie Johnson ’11 and Ieisha McIntyre ’97. Johnson said that she has received huge support from her fellow Lutes, including Choir of the West members who helped her put together audition videos, and her current voice instructor (and

-2106", swfPath: "/wp-content/themes/plu/library/js/jplayer/jquery.jplayer.swf", supplied: "mp3", useStateClassSkin: true, autoBlur: false, smoothPlayBar: true, keyEnabled: true, remainingDuration: true, volume: 1 }); }); This story originally appeared on the Marketing and Communications web page.  Read Previous Ron Gerhardstein joins PLU music education faculty after extensive career Read Next Choir of the West wins on a global stage LATEST POSTS PLU’s Director of Jazz Studies, Cassio Vianna

prose. She has a Masters of Fine Arts in Creative Writing (Poetry) from the Rainier Writing Workshop at Pacific Lutheran University. Gregory Youtz, composer, Professor of MusicGregory Youtz is head of the PLU music composition program. His compositions include works for orchestra, band, choir, voice and chamber ensembles, three operas and a full-length musical theater show. He is currently at work on a fourth opera, with librettist Zhang Er, about the expulsion of the Chinese from Tacoma in 1885

in third grade, I was in two youth orchestras and a youth choir, meaning that I had rehearsal every night of the week—my poor mom! As a prominent local artist, you stay quite busy! Tell us what other groups you perform with and about your teaching career. I am blessed to have an amazingly diverse career. By day, I teach so many wonderful students at Pacific Lutheran University and I teach some private students as well. They go on to do absolutely everything! Some play in Symphony Tacoma, others