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Svend Rønning https://www.plu.edu/music-theatre-dance/staff/svend-ronning/

Emphasis or Expertise Strings Violin Responsibilities Chair, Stringed Instruments; Applied Violin Lessons; Director String Kaleidoscope, Member Regency String Quartet Accolades Mellon Grant (2019) for course development in New Media (shared with multiple faculty) Wang Center Award for development of International Education (2018) Karen Hille Phillips Regency Advancement Award Recipient 2015-2016, Pacific Lutheran University Regency Advancement Award Recipient 2006-2007, Pacific Lutheran University PLU

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253-535-7605

svend.ronning@plu.edu

Office Hours

Mon - Fri: -

Area of Emphasis/Expertise

Strings

Violin

Seattle Opera’s ‘Porgy and Bess’ – five Lutes, one stage, hitting the high notes in fun https://www.plu.edu/music/news/2011/12/13/seattle-operas-porgy-and-bess-five-lutes-one-stage-hitting-the-high-notes-in-fun/

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

Black History Month Concert kicks off 2014 SOAC Focus Series on Entrepreneurship https://www.plu.edu/music/news/2014/01/21/black-history-month-concert-kicks-off-2014-soac-focus-series-on-entrepreneurship/

to Feature Acclaimed Musician Aubrey Logan February 28, 2023 Horn & Fixed Media Premiere at Octave 9 in Seattle October 5, 2022

Free Summer Jazz Series brings Stars-and the community-to PLU https://www.plu.edu/music/news/2014/06/29/free-summer-jazz-series-brings-stars-and-the-community-to-plu/

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

PLU Chorale tours the southeast, uses music to make the world a better place https://www.plu.edu/music/news/2016/01/08/plu-chorale-tours-the-southeast-uses-music-to-make-the-world-a-better-place/

to Feature Acclaimed Musician Aubrey Logan February 28, 2023 Horn & Fixed Media Premiere at Octave 9 in Seattle October 5, 2022

Faculty Feature: Meet Dr. Edwin Powell, Professor of Music and Director of Bands https://www.plu.edu/music/news/2020/05/17/faculty-feature-edwin-powell/

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

Faculty Feature: Dr. Jeffrey Bell-Hanson, Professor of Music and Director of Orchestral Activities https://www.plu.edu/music/news/2020/06/22/faculty-feature-jeffrey-bell-hanson/

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

Harpsichord Donated to PLU Music Program https://www.plu.edu/music/news/2021/02/16/harpsichord-donated-to-plu-music-program/

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

Svend Rønning https://www.plu.edu/music/staff/svend-ronning/

Emphasis or Expertise Strings Violin Responsibilities Chair, Stringed Instruments; Applied Violin Lessons; Director String Kaleidoscope, Member Regency String Quartet Accolades Mellon Grant (2019) for course development in New Media (shared with multiple faculty) Wang Center Award for development of International Education (2018) Karen Hille Phillips Regency Advancement Award Recipient 2015-2016, Pacific Lutheran University Regency Advancement Award Recipient 2006-2007, Pacific Lutheran University PLU

Contact Information

253-535-7605

svend.ronning@plu.edu

Office Hours

Mon - Fri: -

Area of Emphasis/Expertise

Strings

Violin

Student perspective: the presidential campaign https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2008/02/14/student-perspective-the-presidential-campaign/

over who our next president would be. “Yes, We Can!” sang from YouTube videos across campus and candidates planned visits to the region. With the Washington state caucus only one day away, three fellow seniors and myself, all undecided, set out early on the morning of Feb. 8 to volunteer and hear Sen. Hillary Clinton speak about healthcare at the University of Puget Sound. Within moments of entering the field house, we were gobbled up for volunteer tasks: checking-in and directing media, monitoring