Studying Strings at PLU / STRINGS: Faculty of Stringed Instruments at PLU

STUDYING STRINGS AT PLU

THE MARY BAKER RUSSELL MUSIC CENTER Photo: Chris Trumbush

PLU has a very large Music Department inside a comprehensive liberal arts university and the Music Department is central to the mission of Pacific Lutheran University. It provides a rich number of happenings at PLU, in Tacoma, and around the Puget Sound.

SCHOLARSHIPS
Music sholarships are available by audition for all PLU students, regardless of major. Applications for Scholarships my be found by clicking here.
PLU's "Mascot"

You may know that we at PLU are known as the "Lutes," and whatever the origin of this mascot, PLU may have the only mascot in America that is a stringed instrument!

There are four degree options and a minor as options for the academic study of music at PLU. They are:
Bachelor of Music in Performance-- intended for those students wishing to pursue performance at the most intense level possible.
Bachelor of Musical Arts-- intended for those students wishing to study music intensively, but also wishing to combine their studies with an academic cognate field outside of music, such as psychology, religion, or mathematics.
Bachelor of Music in Education-- intended for those students wishing to be certified to teach music in the public schools.
Bachelor of Arts in Music-- intended for those students wishing to obtain a liberal arts degree in music.
Music Minor All string string students enrolled at PLU, regardless of major have the option of being involved in the following ensembles:

Participation in musical ensembles is open to music majors and non-majors alike. Ensembles for Strings include:

Pacific Lutheran University Symphony Orchestra
Jeffrey Bell-Hanson, conductor
plu.edu/~symphony

The University Symphony Orchestra perfroms five concerts each season, and hosts a student soloists competition. The orchestra tours regularly, both domestically and internationally. For more information, contact Jeffrey Bell-Hanson at symphony@plu.edu
University Baroque Ensmeble
Kathryn Habedank and
Svend Ronning, music directors

The University Baroque Ensemble performs once each semster and is open to students by invitation. The ensemble is concerned with stylistically informed performance and regularly hosts faculty and students soloists as well as soloists and clinicians from outside the University. For more information, contact Kathryn Habedank at habadaka@plu.edu
Student Chamber Music Student Chamber Music can be undertaken informally or taken for academic credit. In the later case, students enroll with a member of the string faculty for weekly coachings and a performance at the end of the semester.