OCTOBER 23-25, 2026
In 2026, the Choir of the West will celebrate our rich tradition—100 years of outstanding choral music! Reconnect with conductors, and enjoy social gatherings, shared singing, a celebratory banquet, and the opportunity to perform together once again in the Centennial Celebration Concert.
Events will begin on Friday, October 23 at 6pm, and conclude by 4pm on Sunday, October 25. Save the date to ensure you’re able to reconnect with fellow alumni and celebrate a program that has anchored PLU as a premiere music program in the Northwest. We hope you can join us!
The deadline to register is September 15th, or once spots fill up. There are limited tickets available for the singer’s package. There is still space at the Saturday night dinner for those in Choir of the West who choose not to sing.
Discounted lodging options for PLU alumni & guests.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Centennial Kickoff & Welcome Social | 5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Catch up with old friends and pick up your registration materials as we begin our 100-year celebration. This reception is for Choir of the West singers only (no family or friends) before heading over to Lagerquist Concert Hall.
Centennial Choir Rehearsal I | 7:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
The first full gathering of the Centennial Choir as we begin blending our voices across the generations.
Location: Lagerquist Concert Hall
Centennial Choir Rehearsal II | 9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Location: Lagerquist Concert Hall
Era Reunion Sings & Social Connections | 10:40 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
These sessions are a special opportunity for alumni to gather as a specific era to sing together under their director, or an alum from their era. This time is for the joy of reconnecting through our shared sound and is separate from the Centennial Concert preparation. When your era is not scheduled for an era sing, please join fellow alumni in your designated Era Social Room for refreshments and connection. Era Social Room locations will be published closer to the event.
Malmin Era Sing | 10:40 a.m. – 11:20 a.m.
Skones Era Sing | 11:30 a.m. – 12:10 p.m.
Sparks Era Sing | 12:20 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Lehman Era Sing | 1:10 p.m. – 1:50 p.m.
Nance and Galante Era Sing | 2:00 p.m. – 2:40 p.m.
Combined Choir Rehearsal III | 3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Voices of Today: Choir of the West in Concert | 5:15 p.m. – 5:45 p.m.
An exclusive performance by the current 2026-2027 Choir of the West for our returning alumni.
Location: Lagerquist Concert Hall
Centennial Banquet Reception | 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Centennial Celebration Banquet Dinner | 7:00 p.m.
Location: Olson Gymnasium
Combined Choir Rehearsal IV | 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Location: Lagerquist Concert Hall
Centennial Celebration Concert | 2:00 p.m.
Location: Lagerquist Concert Hall
Please note: Tickets to attend the performance are not currently on sale, we will announce when tickets open.
Share a Memory or Update
Share a life update—what have you been up to since your time with the Choir of the West? You can also send in news about a fellow alum or reminisce with a favorite choir memory.
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Choir of the West Oral History Project
Who's Registered to Attend
If you sang under two directors and we put you in the wrong era, please email engle@plu.edu and we will update it :).
Malmin Era
Paul Carlson ’60
Joe Grande ’66
Karl Gronberg ’63
Kathryn (Czyhold) Habedank ’66
Linnea (Eger) Hillesland ’64
Lois (Hellberg) Huesby ’59
Ron Hylland ’60
Carolyn (Malde) Kees ’66
William Kees ’65
Bill Koll ’63
Gloria (Reinertson) Koll ’63
Paul Olsen ’67
Dan Olson ’64
Tyger (Swenson) Penson ’61
Nelius Ronning ’63
Ruth (Gunderson) Schaffler ’63
Skones Era
Janis Aldrich ’74
Kevin Allen-Schmid ’81
Daniel Anderson ’79
Paul Benson ’67
Gus Blazek ’82
Sharon (Wugell) Boehm ’67
Ruth (Johnson) Bowen ’79
Paul Brassey ’82
Ellen (Schnaible) Breiten ’69
Ina (Byfuglien) Bressler ’74
LeeAnne Campos ’81
Steven Carlson ’71
Jerry Crawford ’68
Rachel Eidbo ’77
Gretchen (Jerde) Ely ’77
Philip Formo ’68
Carol (Christopherson) Geiszler ’68
Gwendolyn (Bryant) Gilbertson ’77
Ivan Gorne ’70
Marsha (Norberg) Gorne ’72
Timothy Gubsch ’82
Marc Hafso ’78
Paula (Grams) Hawkins ’69
Dinah (Lindberg) Helgeson ’76
Beverly (Owens) Hoback ’75
Marnee Hollis ’77
Cathy Hornbaker ’73
Patty (Dugwyler) Howland ’80
Debbie (Herivel) Hushagen ’72
Janice (Ritchey) Jones ’77
Rhonda Juliano ’82
Sharlene (Anderson) Klein ’77
Mark Knutson ’77
Randy Knutson ’82
Robin (Johnson) Knutson ’81
Dianne (Burger) Kutzke ’76
Vickie (Pomeroy) Lackman ’79
Wayne Lackman ’78
Duane Larson ’75
Jerry Lemieux ’73
Dave Liezen ’74
Joy (Tuff) Liezen ’74
Cindy (Sovereign) Luebke ’77
Susan Lyon ’82
Clark McLean ’81
Ann (Haugerud) McNattin ’75
Nancy (Holmes) Milliron ’77
Sharon (O’Neil) Moa ’67
Jan (Geschwind) Morgan ’73
Julye (Cessnun) Neel ’81
Paul Nelson ’71
Philip Nesvig ’70
Bruce Neswick ’78
Jon Overvold ’78
David Paulson ’72
Debra (O’Neill) Pine ’77
Gordon Pritchard ’70
Sue (Lind) Raney ’80
Janet (Hitt) Skones ’74
Laurie (Mosier) Spitzer ’72
Randy Spitzer ’74
John Svendsen ’71
Charlotte Thompson ’70
Susan (Peterson) Troselius ’74
Cindy (Albritton) Uecker ’76
Paula (Johnson) Westgaard ’76
Jesse Wittrock ’83
Sparks Era
Jamie (Unger) Balducci ’00
Amy (Leslie) Bangsund ’98
Erik Bangsund ’99
Deb Cash ’01
Ronald Crump ’91
Jaina (Adler) Cunningham ’02
Ardys (Burt) Curtis ’86
Brian Dohe ’86
Brian Ekberg ’95
Tanya (Lutz) Elias ’89
Darcy Eliason ’86
Beth (Shawger) Ellsworth ’90
Casey Feskens ’97
Tara (Shelton) Fredericks ’96
Deneen (Crosson) Grant ’85
Angela (Kellogg) Gunter ’98
Stacie (Lintvedt) Hanson ’01
Heidi Hester ’91
Britta Hobbs ’01
Louis Hobson ’00
Melanie (Kasting) Hoffman ’93
Angel (Lepley) Hofmann ’97
Marina (Palm) Jaurez ’01
Todd Kelley ’88
Darren Kerbs ’96
Phyniix Lambourn ’91
Heidi (Yeager) Lamers ’87
Karen (Swanson) Lee ’87
Laura (Rowley) Leek ’92
Steve Leifsen ’96
Jayne (McNutt) Leighty ’93
Jane Lin ’92
Erin (Clauson) Mann ’96
Karen (Kelley) Mares ’92
Nan Martin-Clapp ’91
Heidi Menzenberg-Zvilna ’88
Cate Milburn ’89
Michael Monsen ’96
Dana Nasby ’90
Lora (Whitmore) Nordstrom ’94
Sarah (Lane) Palms ’01
Ruth Preston ’87
Gavin Pyle ’98
Kara Quello ’92
Vianne (Koch) Reay ’88
Paula (Smith) Rieke ’88
Paul Roe ’92
Jeff Roberts ’91
Krista Severeid ’99
Alison (Whitney) Shane ’90
Cooper Sherry ’95
Krystal Shoop-Hardin ’84
Matt Smeller ’01
Sarah (McDougall) Smeller ’01
Diann (Gilpin) Spicer ’02
Chelle (Killian) Stearns ’92
Stacey Sunde ’92
Clarice (Huesby) Swanson ’89
Keith Swanson ’90
Cara (Cossairt) Swenson ’92
Kent Upton ’90
Maija (Durr) Vance ’01
Robert Vogelsang ’90
Nancy (Thiel) Voogd ’84
Alan West ’90
Bracy (Boney) Wevers ’84
Julie (Reeder) Whalen ’94
Amy Wigstrom ’96
Matthew Wilkins ’86
Sara Wolbrecht ’01
Liz Warner ’03
Lehmann Era
Jennifer (Krauszer) Barge ’07
Kelley Brandt ’02
Jordan Brookshire ’03
Lauren Carr ’06
Adam Gentz ’05
Wendy Gilles ’04
Sarah (Davis) Hallberg ’05
Ryan Healy ’05
Stephanie Anne Johnson ’07
Aaron Mast ’04
Anna McLeod ’06
Leischen Moore ’03
Solveig (Berg) Munson ’04
Katie Olson ’02
Amy (Luebke) Onstot ’06
M. Brett Patterson ’07
Siri (Flesher) Preston ’02
Kirstin (Vorhes) Sellers ’02
Matt Shimkus ’03
Melanie (Florian) Stroud ’04
Jonathan Young ’04
Nance Era
Stephanie Bivins ’13
Megan (Leibold) Blum ’12
Megan (McCormick) Booth ’13
Alonso Brizuela ’14
Patrick Carlisle ’09
Katie Coddington ’16
Joseph Delgado ’17
Katie (Wenndt) Devore ’14
Melissa Dier ’12
Kimberly (Stone) Divelbiss ’13
Gillian Dockins ’19
Rebekah Dumestre ’20
Clara Eickhoff ’15
Karla Eickhoff ’20
Brendan Fitzgerald ’13
Sophia (Lewis) Fitzgerald ’17
Tommy Flanagan ’14
Tyler Gubsch ’10
Nick Gysberg ’08
Luke Hartley ’20
Annie Herzog ’15
Jessie (Sheppard) Hubbard ’13
Kameron Jacobs ’14
Julie Landes ’19
Cecilia Lewis ’21
Jamie (Williams) Lindberg ’10
Eric Mattson ’12
Lydia (Bill) Marier ’19
Lauren (James) Mickey ’12
Kyle Mitchell ’16
Rachel (Bridges) Murphy ’20
Sean Murphy ’18
Morgan Myers ’19
Allison (Bill) Neely ’12
Kiana Norman-Slack ’17
Stephanie Pfundt ’19
Phillip Pia ’14
Riley Pitts ’08
Allison (Bertelson) Saager ’09
Randy Saager ’07
Jason Saunders ’11
Austin Schend ’19
Emily Shane ’19
Maggie Smith ’08
Jessica Swanson ’20
Natasha (Gilman) Thurmon ’08
Erin (White) Whitfield ’13
Megan (Anderson) Wilson ’12
Morgan (Ostendorf) Whitson ’08
Kylie (Lewinski) Youngren ’12
Riley Youngren ’12
Galante Era
Daniel Beck ’25
Maria-Viktoria Kovalsky ’23
Trevor Kytola ’23
Ryan Shane ’23
Hailey Wharton ’23
Anna Yee ’26