Workshops

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:

July

• 2023 Summer Opera Workshop, James Brown, Director / July 9-22, 2023

September

• High School Woodwind Workshop, Jennifer Rhyne, Director / September 24, 2022

October

• Orchestra Festival, Jeffrey Bell-Hanson, Director / October 14, 2022
• Music Education Summit, Linda J. Miller and Ron Gerhardstein, Directors (CANCELED)

November

• Brass Workshop, Gina Gillie, Director / November 5, 2022

January

• Northwest High School Honor Band, Edwin Powell, Director / January 6-7, 2023
• PLU Honor Orchestra for Strings, Jeffrey Bell-Hanson, Director / January 14-15, 2023

March

• Choral Invitational, Brian Galante, Director / March 2-3, 2023
• PLU Invitational Band Festival, Edwin Powell, Director / March 10-11, 2023
• Guitar Festival, Elizabeth C.D. Brown, Director / March 18, 2023
• PLU Weathermon Jazz Festival, Cassio Vianna, Director / March 21, 2023