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Bachelor of Music in Performance - Instrumental Bachelor of Music in Performance - Vocal Bachelor of Musical Arts Bachelor of Music Education Bachelor of Music in Composition Bachelor of Arts in Music Minor in Music Minor in Composition Minor in Performance Minor in Jazz
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Distinguished teachers, talented students, supportive public: these are the people who make the Department of Music at PLU a nationally recognized center for musical learning, serving and sharing. 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.
Notable Alumni Include:
Angela Meade, John Marzano, Micah Haven, Crystal Aikin, Michael Peterson.
Faculty Info:
Edwin C. Powell, Ron Gerhardstein, Zachary Lyman, Edward Castro, Paul Evans, Rebecca Ford, Jason Gilliam, Gina Gillie, Richard Nance, Brian Galante, Barry Johnson, Greg Youtz, Gina Gillie, Jeff Leisawitz, Clement Reid, Dawn Sonntag, Cassio Vianna, Clipper Anderson, Stephen Howland, Mark Ivester, Kate Olson, Linda Miller, Ron Gerhardstein, Anna Jensen, Richard Nance, Edwin C. Powell, Jeffrey Bell-Hanson, Ron Gerhardstein, Zachary Lyman, Jennifer Rhyne, Paul Tegels, Greg Youtz, Jeffrey Bell-Hanson, Paul Tegels, Miho Takekawa, Oksana Ezhokina, Cameron Bennett, William Chapman-Nyaho, Lark Powers, Timothy Strong, Svend Rønning, Clipper Anderson, Elizabeth C. D. Brown, Catherine Case, Korine Fujiwara, Rowena Hammill, Stephen Howland, Anna Jensen, James L. Brown, Holly Boaz, Marlette Buchanan, LeeAnne Campos, Soon Cho, Glenn D. Guhr, Janeanne Houston, Barry Johnson, Jessica Robins Milanese, Melissa Plagemann, Cyndia Sieden, Francine Peterson, Jennifer Rhyne, Craig Rine, Shannon Spicciati, Erik Steighner.
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