Distinguished teachers, talented students, and supportive public: these are the people who make the Department of Music at PLU a nationally recognized center for musical learning, serving, and sharing.

The Mary Baker Russell Music Center is our home. It features spaces for performing, teaching, and rehearsing; a music library; an outdoor amphitheater; and the acoustically impressive Lagerquist Concert Hall, home to the Gottfried and Mary Fuchs Organ.

Spring 2024 lesson registration can be found here.

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Spring 2024 zero credit ensemble registration can be found here.

Future Students
Current Students
Concerts
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Scholarships

Learn about our available scholarships for Music majors in all areas.

Event Calendar

The Music department has over 200 events a year. See our upcoming performances and recitals.

Livestream

Many of our concerts are streamed online for free. Anyone may tune in and share!

EXPLORE OUR ENSEMBLES

PLU Music offers many different ensemble options for our students. Vocal ensembles and instrumental ensembles are open to students via yearly auditions at the beginning of each fall semester. Diverse musical and vocal styles are celebrated, allowing students to build their own custom musical experience.

MEET OUR FACULTY

A talented, cohesive faculty of performers, composers, and authors, drawn from the nation’s finest conservatories and universities, work to develop the whole person in the context of a caring academic community of outstanding students and enthusiastic audiences.

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