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Taylor Whatley’s Original Piece, ‘Fanfare Giocoso,’ Premieres at LUCO’s Season-Opener Seattle’s renowned Lake Union Civic Orchestra (LUCO) opened its 20th anniversary season with pieces by Mozart, de Falla, Respighi—and Whatley. That’s Taylor Whatley ’15, a Music Composition major at Pacific Lutheran University. And his original composition,…
the concert, and I wanted it to be exciting.” At PLU, Whatley is principal bass in the University Symphony Orchestra and spends the bulk of his time practicing, writing and performing classical pieces. As a student of composition, he has participated in composers forums, represented the department in the National Association of Schools of Music concerts and has had works published in the student arts publication Saxifrage. After graduation, Whatley plans to pursue graduate studies in composition
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Lecturer - Horn | School of Music, Theatre & Dance | lemieudj@plu.edu | 253-535-7602 | Danielle Lemieux is an active performer in the Puget Sound and is a tenured member of the Pacific Northwest Ballet Orchestra and Auburn Symphony Orchestra and Principal Horn of the Northwest Sinfonietta and Vashon Opera.
, Frøydis Ree Wekre at the Norwegian State Academy of Music. As a teacher, Danielle has taught private lessons on both horn and piano for over 26 years through UPS Community Music, Federal Way School of Music and through a private studio. She has spent over 22 years as Director of Music Ministry at various Lutheran churches where she plans music and leads the choirs (instrumental and vocal, all ages). Danielle is also adjunct faculty at Tacoma Community College where she has taught Music in the
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Lecturer - Horn | Music | lemieudj@plu.edu | 253-535-7602 | Danielle Lemieux is an active performer in the Puget Sound and is a tenured member of the Pacific Northwest Ballet Orchestra and Auburn Symphony Orchestra and Principal Horn of the Northwest Sinfonietta and Vashon Opera.
renowned hornist, Frøydis Ree Wekre at the Norwegian State Academy of Music. As a teacher, Danielle has taught private lessons on both horn and piano for over 26 years through UPS Community Music, Federal Way School of Music and through a private studio. She has spent over 22 years as Director of Music Ministry at various Lutheran churches where she plans music and leads the choirs (instrumental and vocal, all ages). Danielle is also adjunct faculty at Tacoma Community College where she has taught
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For dedicated musicians seeking the highest professional goals and achievement in performance - 80 semester hours Concentrations in: Instrumental Performance Piano Performance Organ Performance
Bachelor of Music Performance For dedicated musicians seeking the highest professional goals and achievement in performance – 80 semester hours Concentrations in: Instrumental Performance Piano Performance Organ Performance Vocal Performance
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Dean of The College of Professional Studies | College of Professional Studies | cbennett@plu.edu | 253-535-7150 | Cameron Bennett has had an active and varied career as an administrator, educator, and performing artist, having served in a diversified range of academic and professional institutions.
Cameron Bennett Dean of The College of Professional Studies he/him/his Phone: 253-535-7150 Email: cbennett@plu.edu Office Location: Ingram Hall - 101 Office Hours: (On Campus) Mon - Fri: By Appointment Professional Biography Additional Titles/Roles Professor of Music Education D.M.A., Piano Performance, Manhattan School of Music, 1990 M.M., Piano Performance, Manhattan School of Music, 1987 B.M., Honors Piano Performance, University of Western Ontario, 1986 A.R.C.T., Piano Performance
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PLU’s forthcoming Innovation Studies minor was in the news this month, a new academic program that is being sponsored by the Benson Program in Business and Economic History. Acting PLU President Allan Belton describes Innovation Studies as one example of how PLU prepares students for life…
highlights PLU’s Doctorate in Nursing program, which stresses the advanced training in high technology that graduates receive. Innovation Studies combines PLU’s unique offerings in the liberal arts and the professional schools, as well as curriculum and programming offered by Benson Chair Michael Halvorson. Innovation Studies is especially supportive of, and connected to, PLU initiatives that encourage diversity, justice, and sustainability. For full text of the article in the Tacoma News Tribute, see
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By Dana Shreaves, Instructional Designer When on-campus class sessions cannot be held as scheduled, online lessons provide an alternative method for teaching. Online lessons created in Sakai can provide faculty and students with access to all the major components of a course, including instructional content,…
How to Create a Basic Online Lesson Posted by: Marcom Web Team / March 6, 2020 March 6, 2020 By Dana Shreaves, Instructional Designer When on-campus class sessions cannot be held as scheduled, online lessons provide an alternative method for teaching. Online lessons created in Sakai can provide faculty and students with access to all the major components of a course, including instructional content, activities, and assessments. While a fully online class is best designed through the PLUTO
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Student Composition Wins Statewide Competition Taylor Whatley, right, works with Prof. Greg Youtz on Whatley’s winning composition. (Photo: John Struzenberg ’16) Taylor Whatley’s Original Piece, ‘Fanfare Giocoso,’ Premieres at LUCO’s Season-Opener By Valery Jorgensen ’15 PLU Marketing & Communications Student Worker Seattle’s renowned Lake Union…
plays piano to accompany his compositions. He began composing in high school but didn’t take his first lesson until PLU. “Before it was an impassioned hobby,” Whatley said. “It was important coming here because I knew I could take lessons in the area I was most passionate about.” And now he credits his instructors—specifically Youtz and Clement Reid—with helping him grow into the composer he is today. Youtz has encouraged Whatley since their first lesson. “It was the first time I had lessons with
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PLU Opera offers two productions per academic year – a complete main stage opera with orchestra and an opera scenes program with piano in alternating semesters.
About opera at PLUPLU Opera offers two productions per academic year – a complete main stage opera with orchestra and an opera scenes program with piano in alternating semesters. Members participate in all facets of production, including set and costume design, staging and performance. The full productions are planned in a three-year cycle that includes early music, standard repertoire, and 20th/21st century. Recent productions have included Mozart’s The Magic Flute, Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo
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Amy Van Mechelen ’08 had just finished up her master’s degree in music at Colorado State University and had moved back to the Tacoma area. She auditioned for the chorus of Porgy and Bess,and didn’t think she’d get a part. But she did. And she…
. “I’m going to do whatever I need to do to make this work,” she said. “I’d never had the courage to audition before now, but I’ve awakened this talent, and I’m going to keep going.” Read Previous New piano chair looks forward to a new chapter at PLU Read Next WATCH: Drum Taps: Nine Poems on Themes of War 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
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