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  • Smith and Kody Smith Music Director: Amy Boers Choreographer: Taya Lovejoy An evening of songs from musicals that have never appeared on Broadway, performed by PLU’s brightest talents! (Adult Content Included) Macbeth by Shakespeare Performances: November 9-11 @ 7:30pm; Eastvold Auditorium Director: Jeff Clapp Assistant Director: Mykahla George On his return from war, three strange witches offer Macbeth the prospect of ultimate control. Desperate for a new future, he and his wife set out to make it

  • perform works from Clifton Williams, Franz Biebl, Leonard Bernstein, Frank Ticheli, and Percy Grainger. “The program was picked for a variety of audiences,” explains Ron Gerhardstein who is Associate Director of Bands at PLU.  “Most important are the high school students at our different stops along the route. I chose music that would appeal to them, including selections they might have played before (Clifton Williams – Caccia and Chorale, Frank Ticheli’s Amazing Grace, and Percy Grainger’s Shepherd’s

  • highlighted the talents of the students, faculty and alumni in the communication, art, music and theater departments. “We hope all of the events and all of the speakers attract a wide range of students,” said Sabrina Coady, co-chair of the planning committee. In the past, the event targeted only students and featured several speakers focused on communication and theater topics. This year, event organizers opted to reach out to both PLU and the surrounding community and encouraged alumni to attend. “PLU is

  • February 28, 2010 Raising awareness through song   By Chris Albert PLU students Emily Branch and Marina Pitassi found a way to creatively bring to light the realities of body image in the world today – write a song and make a music video. Then posted it on YouTube.com of course. PLU students bring awareness to body image issues through a song on YouTube. It may have started as just another assignment in Professor Colleen Hacker’s Physical Education 315 class, but soon it became an effort to

  • 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 & OrganizationsCommunityCurrent StudentsDiversityEducationInvolvementLife on CampusLutheran Higher EducationMusicParentsServiceStudent LifeThe ArtsTheatre

  • What’s in our room? With Christian Cutter ‘24 Christian Cutter ’24 gives a tour of his dorm room in Hinderlie Hall. Hilderlie is a great place to live for students who enjoy embracing creativity and the arts. Located close to Mary Baker Russell Music Center, Ingram Hall and Karen Hille Phillips Performing Arts… March 31, 2023 CommunityCurrent StudentsLife on CampusParentsResidential LifeStudent Life

  • 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.