Pacific Lutheran University Music

A reminder that the Choir of the West Tour Homecoming Concert, directed by Dr. Brian Galante, has been rescheduled for tomorrow, Thursday, February 22 at 7:30pm in Lagerquist Concert Hall.

The program is titled "The Gift to Sing", taken from Damien Geter's evocative setting of the James Weldon Johnson poem. Centered on themes of resilience, comfort, hope, renewal, and reimagining, we also feature works by Felix Mendelssohn, William Byrd, Roderick Williams, Saunder Choi, Marques L.A. Garrett, Kestutis Daugirdas, Brian Galante, Caroline Shaw, Craig Hella Johnson, Nilo Alcala, and Juris Karlsons.

Tickets are available in advance online using the following link (or at the door): https://www.eventbrite.com/e/choir-of-the-west-tour-homecoming-concert-tickets-750864735637?aff=oddtdtcreator

We hope to see you all there!

The 2024 Northwest High School Honor Band will feature music performed by over 250 of the finest high school musicians from the region. This performance is a culmination of two days of intense rehearsals with guest clinicians. This year’s Honor Band is under the direction of Dr. Ron Gerhardstein. For more information, please visit plu.edu/music/workshops/northwest-high-school-honor-band/

High school band directors are encouraged to submit nominations by visiting https://plu.formstack.com/forms/honorbandnominations

PLU music major Jack Burrows awarded first place at national singing competition | Pacific Lutheran University Jack Burrows won first place in the 2023 National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) Competition in San Diego earlier this month. The Pacific Lutheran University music major participated in 5 rounds of auditions and competition to earn first place in the Upper Classical TBB…

For those in the Portland and Salem area, we are delighted to announce performances offered during our 2023 Choir of the West Spring Tour: we'll be at St. Michael's Lutheran Church in Portland on Thursday, April 20 (7:30pm); and St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Salem on Friday, April 21 (7:30pm). We'll also perform a Tour Homecoming Concert on Tuesday, April 25 (7:30pm) in Lagerquist Concert Hall, and that performance will be live streamed.

Works include exquisite Psalm settings by Johannes Brahms and Caroline Shaw, significant contemporary works for choir and piano by Jake Runestad and JAC Redford, and two works written during--and in response to--the pandemic by Jennifer Lucy Cook and Ken Burton. We'll be joined in performance by collaborative pianist Amy Boers.

Hope to see you there!

PLU Music friends attending NAfME—Join us for a reception, 4:30-6:30pm on Friday, February 17, in the Lake Coeur d'Alene Room at the Westin. We'll have some light refreshments, a no-host bar, and lots of great conversation! And be sure to catch the performance by the PLU Ringers, our handbell ensemble directed by Linda Miller, at the 10am concert hour tomorrow morning! Looking forward to seeing everyone soon!

The J-Term Opera, The Elixir of Love by Gaetano Donizetti, opens tonight in Eastvold Auditorium at 7:30pm! This hilarious opera follows a snake oil salesman, a soprano and a smitten tenor and is sure to keep you on the edge of your seat. Tickets are $5-17 and doors open at 7pm

Relive, or experience anew, the beauty and excitement of our 2022 Christmas Concert, entitled "Peace". Recorded live in PLU's Lagerquist Concert Hall on December 11, 2022, the concert features the Choir of the West (Brian Galante, conductor), Chorale (Tiffany Walker, conductor), University Symphony Orchestra (Jeffrey Bell-Hanson, conductor), and University Organist Paul Tegels in a variety of works celebrating hope, light, and peace in this Christmas season. Lighting design by Anna Van Vleet '23 and Amanda Sweger, with video and audio production by Travis Pagel and Patrick Brockwell. The recording will be available beginning at 5:00pm PST on Wednesday, December 21, 2022. Merry Christmas!

www.plu.edu/christmas

PLU Music appreciates your support of our department as we celebrate today and tomorrow! Your gift of any size helps expand our programs and support our students. Give online at plu.edu/bjugday2022 by selecting Academics and then Music Department.

No summer storms 🌧⚡️ in the forecast today, so we will see you all for our final 2022 Jazz Under the Stars concert outside at the Mary Baker Russell Amphitheater. We saved the best for last and tonight's concert will feature our PLU Jazz Faculty! Join us at 7pm for tunes played by Kate Olson (sax), Director of Jazz Studies Cassio Vianna (piano), Clipper Anderson (bass), Stephen Howland (guitar) and Mark Ivester (drums).

Tonight's Jazz Under the Stars performance will be outside in the Mary Baker Russell Amphitheater, featuring vocal and instrumental jazz originals and classics by the Jenny Davis Jazz Quintet. Looking forward to seeing you all this evening!

Warm weather tonight, but tonight's Jazz Under the Stars performance featuring the Kareem Kandi World Orchestra, will be outside in the Mary Baker Russell Amphitheater. See you all this evening, stay cool out there!

The weather should be great for tonight's Jazz Under the Stars concert which will be held outside in the Mary Baker Russell Amphitheater. This evening's performance will feature jazz classics and originals by the Sherry Alves Brazilian Quartet. Hope to see you all there!

Tonight's Jazz Under the Stars performance will feature inspired original jazz by the Mark Lewis Quartet. The concert begins at 7pm and will be outside in the Mary Baker Russell Center Amphitheater. See you this evening!

Tonight's Jazz Under the Stars performance featuring David Joyner will be outside in the Mary Baker Russell Center Amphitheater. We look forward to seeing you all there to kick off the start of this year's concert series - concert starts at 7pm!

Next week on campus we are proud to host Musicians United for Ukraine, a concert benefiting the Leleka Foundation which is providing medical supplies to Ukraine. This moving and engaging program includes traditional melodies played on a bandura (the iconic Ukrainian psaltery), art songs by romantic and contemporary composers, works for organ, as well as chamber music for piano, cello, and violin.

Join us Thursday, June 23 at 7:30pm in Lagerquist Concert Hall for an unforgettable concert performed by international artists, including our own professors Lark Powers, Cassio Vianna, and Paul Tegels. Tickets are $10 or free for students.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/musicians-united-for-ukraine-tacomaparkland-tickets-354374051327

Musicians United for Ukraine (Tacoma/Parkland) Music of Ukrainian composers performed by an international team of artists. All proceeds support delivery of medical aid into the war zone.

In May, Professor of Music Gina Gillie attended the 2022 International Women’s Brass Conference in Denton, TX as an awardee and panelist. Her composition for eight trombones, Mountain Ascent, won the 2022 IWBC Composition Contest and was premiered at the conference by the University of North Texas Trombone Consortium. As part of the contest award, Gina served on a panel discussion of composers and received a cash prize. Additionally, throughout the conference four other performances of Gina’s works were presented: To the Seasons (soprano, horn, and piano), Horn Quartet No. 1, Scenes from the Bayou (brass trio), and Song for the Lost (trumpet and piano). Gina plans to spend the summer working on current commissions including a piece for solo horn and fixed media which will be premiered in September in the Octave9 space at Benaroya Hall.

The Composers Forum is this afternoon at 3pm in Lagerquist Concert Hall! It’s a super fascinating way to finish out your concert attendance!

Break a leg at Juries tomorrow, Lutes! We know this is a stressful time for our dedicated music students, but we’re so proud of you and can not wait to watch you showcase your talents!

University Concert Band has their final performance of the 2021/2022 school year tonight at 8pm in Lagerquist Concert Hall!

We have two Kaleidoscope performances in Lagerquist today! Join us for Chamber music performers at 6pm and come see String performers play at 8pm!

Both the Piano and Guitar Orchestra Ensembles have concerts today in Lagerquist Concert Hall! Join these talented musicians at 3pm and 8pm for a day full of musical talent!

Join the University Symphony Orchestra tonight in Lagerquist Concert Hall at 8pm for their last concert of the school year!

Join us for some of the many music performances this weekend! They’re great ways to support your peers and get concert attendance! Tonight at 8pm in Lagerquist Concert Hall the Steel Band and Percussion Ensemble will perform, and tomorrow at the same time, the PLU ringers will have their final performance of the school year! The Woodwind and Brass Students also have recitals on Sunday at 3 and 4:30pm respectively in LCH!

Do you like jazz? Well if so, you’re in luck! Tonight Jazz Combos in The Cave returns!! Check them and the Saxophone Quartets out at 5:30pm!

CoW performs tomorrow at 8pm in Lagerquist Concert Hall! Join some of the west coast’s most talented choral students for an evening of beautiful music and a beautiful farewell to Dr. Richard Nance as he directs one last PLU spring concert.

The next Artist Series concert is tonight at 8pm in Lagerquist Concert Hall! Come support featured artist Aria Manning, a former PLU student and member of Choir of the West, as she sings a beautiful array of soprano repertoire!
https://calendar.plu.edu/event/artist_series_aria_manning_soprano #.YmxaL_PMJuU

We're looking forward to two musical opportunities this weekend, both on Sunday in Lagerquist Concert Hall!

First up at 3 pm is our final Organ Series Recital for this academic year. Dr. Paul Tegels, our University Organist, will play selections by J. S. Bach, Mendelssohn, Scheidemann, and César Franck. PLU Flute instructor Dr. Jennifer Rhyne will join Dr. Tegels to play Mozart's "Rondo in D Major." Tickets available online or catch the livestream of the event.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/richard-d-moe-organ-recital-series-paul-tegels-university-organist-tickets-196140039137

On Sunday at 8 pm, enjoy a free concert of The Goldberg Variations by J. S. Bach. Affiliate Artist & Lecturer Rowena Hamill plays cello and is joined by Artur Girsky, violin and Timothy Christie, viola.
https://youtu.be/w841f0wqD8Q

Richard D. Moe Organ Recital Series: Paul Tegels, University Organist Richard D. Moe Organ Recital Series: Paul Tegels, University Organist