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  • Lecturer - Guitar | Guitar & Lute Program | brownec@plu.edu | 253-535-7602 | A specialist in standard classical guitar as well as various early guitars and lutes, Elizabeth C.

    . Elizabeth’s first solo recording, La Folia de España: Dances for Guitar, features works for baroque, 19th century, and modern guitars, and has been praised for its “…apparently effortless ease.” (Lute News, UK) She is also featured in the recording Dolce Desio as a member of the early music trio Le Nuove Musiche, and in the recording Navidad: Christmas in the New World with Seattle Pro Musica. Her second solo recording, In Her Honor, includes music from the Princess [Queen] Anne Guitarbook and the

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  • Associate Dean, School of Music, Theatre & Dance; Director of Choral Studies; Professor of Music | Music | galante@plu.edu | 253-535-7603 | Dr.

    , Choral Methods and Choral Literature. Dr. Galante continues to find success and acclaim as a composer and arranger. His compositions are published by GalanteMusic, Walton, Colla Voce Music, and Pavane Publishing; have been performed by professional, collegiate, and advanced high school choirs throughout the United States and Europe; and recorded for commercial release by Delos, Centaur Records, MSR Classic, and PLU Media. He is the recipient of multiple ASCAP Plus awards, and a regular composer-in

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  • Poetry | MFA in Creative Writing - Low Residency | Geffrey Davis is the author of three books of poems, most recently One Wild Word Away (BOA Editions 2024).

    Geffrey Davis Poetry Biography Biography Geffrey Davis is the author of three books of poems, most recently One Wild Word Away (BOA Editions 2024). His second collection, Night Angler, won the James Laughlin Award from the Academy of American Poets; and his debut, Revising the Storm, received the A. Poulin, Jr. Poetry Prize and was a Hurston/Wright Legacy Award Finalist. His writing has been published in places such as AGNI, The Atlantic, New England Review, The New York Times Magazine, The New

  • Associate Professor of Anthropology | Department of Anthropology | nosakaaa@plu.edu | 253-535-7664 | Dr.

    the book Grandmotherhood: The Evolutionary Significance of the Second Half of Female Life (2005, Rutgers University Press). More recently, she has examined contemporary Japanese women’s fertility with regard to their family structure and relationships. Her recent work has been published in such peer review journals as Human Organization (2008 and 2012), Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Europe (2009), Ethnology (2009), and Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health (2010). Courses she

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  • Lecturer | School of Music, Theatre & Dance | delator@plu.edu | 253-535-7602 | Active as a performer, teacher, adjudicator, curator, and scholar, Dr.

    United States, Canada, Spain, France, and Austria, and has appeared as soloist with orchestras in Mexico and the U.S. A finalist and prize winner in several competitions in his home country, he has also held grants and scholarships from different cultural and government institutions. Ricardo won second prize at the Eleventh Annual Competition in the Performance of Music from Spain and Latin America, sponsored by Indiana University’s Latin American Music Center and the Office of Education of the

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  • Lecturer - Double Bass | Music | jensenak@plu.edu | 253-535-7602 | Growing up in a large, musical family with five siblings, Dr.

    principal bassist of the Tacoma Opera Orchestra, the principal bassist of Vashon Opera, and regularly performs with orchestras across the region. She has performed with the Second City Chamber Music Series, the Icicle Creek Chamber Music Festival, the Kairos Music Festival and Lyceum, the Rackham Chamber Music Series, and the All Rivers at Once contemporary music series. Dr. Jensen has been the featured soloist with the Everett Philharmonic Orchestra, the Lake Chelan Bach Festival Orchestra, the

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  • Lecturer | Music | delator@plu.edu | 253-535-7602 | Active as a performer, teacher, adjudicator, curator, and scholar, Dr.

    United States, Canada, Spain, France, and Austria, and has appeared as soloist with orchestras in Mexico and the U.S. A finalist and prize winner in several competitions in his home country, he has also held grants and scholarships from different cultural and government institutions. Ricardo won second prize at the Eleventh Annual Competition in the Performance of Music from Spain and Latin America, sponsored by Indiana University’s Latin American Music Center and the Office of Education of the

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  • Visiting Instructor of Music, Strings, and Composition | Music | korine.fujiwara@plu.edu | 253-535-7602 | Montana native Korine Fujiwara is a founding member of the Carpe Diem String Quartet, a devoted and sought-after chamber musician and teacher, and a gifted composer and arranger. Ms.

    society Pi Kappa Lambda. Korine began her orchestral career with the Brooklyn Philharmonic and served as a principal player and soloist with the ProMusica Chamber Orchestra of Columbus. She is also a former member of the Columbus Symphony Orchestra, where she held the position of Acting Assistant Principal Second Violin. Korine performs on a 1790 Contreras violin, 2004 Kurt Widenhouse viola, and bows by three of today’s finest makers, Paul Martin Siefried, Ole Kanestrom and Charles Espey, all of Port

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  • Professor of Music - Trumpet; Coordinator of Wind, Brass, and Percussion Studies | Music | lymanzt@plu.edu | 253-535-7612 | Zachary Lyman is Professor of Music at Pacific Lutheran University (PLU), where he teaches trumpet, music theory, directs the trumpet ensemble, coaches chamber music, and performs with the Lyric Brass Quintet.

    as Director of the Tacoma Young Chamber Players, the Puget Sound’s premier chamber music experience for high school musicians. Dr. Lyman’s articles have been published by American Music and the International Trumpet Guild Journal. His trumpet warm-up book Practical Daily Warm-Ups for Trumpet is published by Keveli Music. The Lyric Brass Quintet’s CD, American Music for Brass Quintet, is available from Emeritus Recordings. A second album, featuring the world-premiere recording of Luther: Seven

  • Professor Emeritus | School of Business | Dr.

    , Academic Year, 2004-05. 10. Dean’s Award for Service. School of Business, Pacific Lutheran University, Academic Year 2002-2003. 11. Faculty Teaching Award. Center for Teaching and Learning, Pacific Lutheran University. Academic Year 2001-2002. 12. Highly Commended Award. The Literati Club, The Association for Emerald Editors and Authors, 2002. 13. Wells Fargo Award for Excellence in Teaching. School of Business, Pacific Lutheran University. Academic Year 2000-2001. 14. Best Academic Paper Award. Second

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