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Conductor https://www.plu.edu/choir/about/conductor/

Brian Galante, Conductor Past ConductorsJoseph Edwards 1925–1937 Gunnar Malmin 1937–1964 Maurice Skones 1964–1983 Richard Sparks 1983–2001 Kathryn Lehmann 2001–2006 Richard Nance 2006-2022 Dr. Galante is Associate Dean for the School of Music, Theatre & Dance, and Director of Choral Studies at PLU. In Fall 2022, he became the seventh conductor of the Choir of the West. During his time at PLU, Dr. Galante also conducted Chorale, University Singers (SA) and Knights Chorus (TB), and taught

Pacific Lutheran University’s Jazz and Wind Ensembles go “Down Under” this summer https://www.plu.edu/music/news/2013/05/21/pacific-lutheran-universitys-jazz-and-wind-ensembles-go-down-under-this-summer/

three times this May, with three different orchestras 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, 2022

Richard D. Moe Organ Recital Series https://www.plu.edu/music/news/2017/10/16/richard-d-moe-organ-recital-series/

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, 2022

Remembering Gordon Gilbertson https://www.plu.edu/music/news/2017/11/14/remembering-gordon-gilbertson/

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, 2022

Choir of the West 2019 Tour – United Kingdom and Germany https://www.plu.edu/music/news/2019/04/30/cow-tour/

, 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, 2022

Holiday Music Events https://www.plu.edu/music/news/2021/11/29/holiday-music-events/

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, 2022

Course Descriptions https://www.plu.edu/english/course-descriptions/

: ENGL 227. (4) ENGL 334 : Studies in Literature for Young Readers - IT Study of literature and media produced for and about young audiences, from early childhood to adolescence. Possible topics include genres, themes, historical periods, and traditions. Course content varies. Course is repeatable once with different topic. (4) ENGL 336 : Digital Writing and Storytelling Students analyze and practice various genres of creative and professional digital writing, visual rhetoric and narrative, and

PLU signs partnership MoU with Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Center https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2021/06/07/plu-mou-whrc/

inspirational exhibits. Located on Mount of Remembrance in Jerusalem and established in 1953 by an act of the Knesset (Israeli Parliament), Yad Vashem is entrusted with the task of commemorating, documenting, researching and educating about the Holocaust. Yad Vashem is pleased to sign the agreement with Pacific Lutheran University,” said Yad Vashem Director-General Dorit Novak. “Our International School for Holocaust Studies aims to provide teachers with the necessary tools and materials to address the

The Choir of the West and Choral Union perform Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony three times this May, with https://www.plu.edu/music/news/2013/05/21/the-choir-of-the-west-and-choral-union-perform-beethovens-ninth-symphony-three-times-this-may-with-three-different-orchestras/

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

Regency Voices features two compositional perspectives of ‘The Prodigal Son’ https://www.plu.edu/music/news/2015/03/03/regency-voices-feature-two-compositional-perspectives-of-the-prodigal-son/

more about the 2015 SOAC Focus Series, visit www.plu.edu/soac/focus-series Read Previous Nordic Journey: Organ Music From Scandinavia visits PLU March 1 Read Next Ron Gerhardstein joins PLU music education faculty after extensive career 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