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

• 2019 Summer Opera Workshop, 9th Year Anniversary, James Brown, Director / June 23 – July 7, 2019 (By audition only)
  • Fully furnished traditional and apartment style housing options are available for this event.

September

• All-State Preparation Workshop / September 14, 2019

October

• Orchestra Festival, Jeffrey Bell-Hanson, Director / October 11, 2019
• Brass Workshop, Gina Gillie, Director / October 28, 2018
• Music Education Summit, Linda J. Miller and Ron Gerhardstein, Directors / November 3, 2018

January

• Northwest High School Honor Band, Edwin Powell, Director / January 4-5, 2019
• Northwest High School Honor Jazz Band, Cassio Vianna, Director / January 19, 2019
• Northwest Honor Orchestra for Strings, Jeffrey Bell-Hanson, Director / January 19-20, 2019

March

• Choral Invitational, Richard Nance, Director / March 7-8, 2019
• Guitar Festival, Elizabeth C.D. Brown, Director / March 9, 2019