Workshops and Festivals
Every year, Pacific Lutheran University’s Department of Music hosts a variety of workshops and festivals. Many of these events bring high school students from Washington, Idaho and Oregon to the PLU campus. Members of the community have an opportunity to attend workshops and / or simply attend the beautiful performances these workshops provide. These workshops and festivals feature guest clinicians and PLU faculty clinicians and cover a wide variety of topics.
The tentative workshop and festival schedule is:
Dates for workshops that are scheduled for 2022-2023 are listed below. Workshop page details will be updated in the near future. Please check back soon if the workshop you are looking for has not been updated yet.
As of Saturday, March 12, 2022 the PLU campus has moved to a mask-optional policy in concert with changes at the state level and recommendations of the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department. In addition, the university will no longer mandate proof of vaccination for visitors attending campus events.
2022-2023
July
- 2022 Summer Opera Workshop, James Brown, Director / July 11-24, 2022 (By audition only) (CANCELED)
August
- Summer String Intensive, Rowena Hammill, Director / August 8-12, 2022 (CANCELED)
- On campus housing options are available for this event.
September
- Music Education Summit, Linda J. Miller and Ron Gerhardstein, Directors / TBA
October
- Orchestra Festival, Jeffrey Bell-Hanson, Director / October 14, 2022
- Brass Workshop, Gina Gillie, Director / TBA
January
- Northwest High School Honor Band, Edwin Powell, Director / January 6-7, 2023
- PLU Honor Orchestra for Strings, Jeffrey Bell-Hanson, Director / TBA
March
- Choral Invitational, Brian Galante, Director / TBA
- PLU Invitational Band Festival, Edwin Powell, Director / TBA
- Guitar Festival, Elizabeth C.D. Brown, Director / TBA
- PLU Weathermon Jazz Festival, Cassio Vianna, Director / TBA
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