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Mary Baker Russell Center Music Building at PLU.

Tacoma, Washington

2015 Performance Tour

Friday Jan. 23, 7:00 pm First Lutheran Church 113 Eighth Ave S. Nashville Free admission (an offering will be taken)

Sunday Jan.25, 7:00 pm Shared concert with Chattanooga School for the Arts and Sciences Band at Creed Bates Auditorium 865 E Third St, Chattanooga

Monday Jan. 26, 8:00 pm Shared concert with University of Tennessee Wind Ensemble John R. Cox Auditorium, Alumni Memorial Building, University of Tennessee Campus 1408 Middle Drive Knoxville

Wednesday Jan. 28, 7:30 pm Christ Lutheran Church 299 Haywood Lane, Nashville (Brentwood) Free admission (an offering will be taken)

Thursday, Feb. 5, 8:00 p.m. Lagerquist Concert Hall, PLU, (Homecoming Concert)

Other Performances

Friday Jan. 23 Belmont University visit Nashville

Sunday Jan. 25, 9:00 am Good Shepherd Lutheran Church Service Chattanooga

Monday Jan. 26 Ooltewah and McMinn County High School visits Chattanooga to Knoxville

Tuesday Jan. 27 Bearden High School and Episcopal Middle School visits Knoxville

Wednesday Jan. 28 Western Kentucky University visit Bowling Green, KY

2015 Tennessee Tour Program

Tour RepertoireProgram to be selected from:

Two-Lane BlacktopJames David

For Those Who Wait• World Premier •

Gregory Youtz

Persichetti SymphonyVincent Persichetti

Hivemind Peter Van Zandt Lane

Moon by NightJonathan Newman

Four Scottish Dances Malcolm Arnold

Our sincere thanks to the schools and churches who sponsored our concerts and to the following who provided home stays:

First Lutheran ChurchNashville

Good Shepherd Lutheran ChurchEast Ridge (Chattanooga)

St. John’s Lutheran ChurchKnoxville

Christ Lutheran ChurchNashville (Brentwood)

PLU Music Department Faculty

Edwin C. Powell, Director of BandsJeffrey Bell-Hanson, Director of Orchestral ActivitiesDavid Joyner, Director of Jazz StudiesRichard Nance, Director of Choral ActivitiesPaul Tegels, OrganistRonald Gerhardstein & Linda J Miller, Music EducationJames Brown, TenorBrian Galante, Choral ConductorGina Gillie, HornistZachary Lyman, TrumpeterSvend Rønning, ViolinistOksana Ezhokina, PianistGregory Youtz, Composer

PLU and Music Department Administration

Thomas W. KriseUniversity President

Steven P. StarkovichProvost

Cameron BennettDean of School of Arts and Communication

John PaulMusic Department Chair

Shirley GarrisonManager of Performance and Outreach

Linda MillerAdministrative Assistant

Nita MuirAdministrative Assistant to the Chair

Deborah Banry Senior Office Assistant

About the Conductor

Edwin C. Powell maintains an active schedule as a clinician and worldwide adjudicator conducting groups from San Francisco, California, to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He is a contributing author for the immensely popular 10-volume textbook series Teaching Music Through Performance in Band, by GIA Publications, and is published in the Journal of Band Research. Dr. Powell is active as a producer for multiple recordings, including Made in Tacoma featuring Erik Steighner; saxophones, and Made in America with the Lyric Brass Quintet. He was a production assistant for the Klavier Wind Recording Project and served as the associate producer for the Albany Records recording of Bandanna, an Opera in Two Acts by Daron Aric Hagen.

Dr. Powell is the Director of Bands and Associate Professor of Music at Pacific Lutheran University, where he is

responsible for conducting the University Wind Ensemble. Additionally, he teaches Conducting and Music Education courses. Dr. Powell comes to PLU via the University of Tennessee, where he was Assistant Director of Bands, responsible for the Symphonic Band, the 350 member Pride of the Southland Marching Band, conducting courses and music-education methods courses.

Dr. Powell has earned degrees from the University of the Pacific; the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music; and The University of North Texas, where he completed a Doctor of Musical Arts in Conducting. At North Texas, Dr. Powell was a graduate teaching fellow studying conducting with Eugene Migliaro Corporon while responsible for teaching conducting courses, Chamber Winds and the North Texas Concert Band. While in Cincinnati, he served as a graduate teaching assistant studying music education with Dr. Lizabeth Wing and taught a variety of courses from Instrumental Methods to Music in Childhood Education. Dr. Powell maintains active memberships in the College Band Directors National Association, the Conductors Guild, the National Band Association, the World Association for Symphonic Bands and Ensembles (WASBE), Music Educators National Conference, Washington Music Educators Association and Pi Kappa Lambda.

Conductor Dr. Edwin Powell

About the University

Pacific Lutheran University seeks to educate students for lives of thoughtful inquiry, service, leadership and care—for other people, for their communities and for the Earth.

Founded in 1890 by Norwegian pioneers, PLU is an exemplar of the New American University—integrating the liberal arts, professional studies and civic engagement—in the beautiful Pacific Northwest. With distinctive international programs and close student-faculty research opportunities, the Lutheran tradition of higher education helps PLU’s 3,300 students from all faiths and backgrounds discern their life’s vocation through coursework, mentorship and internships at world-class Puget Sound-area businesses and institutions. Located in the Parkland neighborhood of Tacoma, Washington, PLU is set in a region that also offers vast opportunities for outdoor recreation, culture and sports.

About the Department

The Department of Music at Pacific Lutheran University is a nationally recognized center for musical learning, serving and sharing. The Mary Baker Russell Music Center, with its exquisite Lagerquist Concert Hall and state-of-the-art rehearsal and learning facilities, brings together talented, cohesive faculty, outstanding students, and enthusiastic audiences to experience the art and industry of music.

Every student at PLU who wishes to participate in exciting music activities can be accommodated regardless of major. Degree programs include Bachelor of Arts (music and liberal arts), Bachelor of Musical Arts (music combined with an outside field) and Bachelor of Music (in performance or composition). The Bachelor of Music Education is offered for those intending to become music teachers in public schools. For additional information, please call (253)535-7602 or e-mail music@plu.edu.

Wind Ensemble Tour Personnel 2014-15

Hometown MajorBassoonHelene Beck* Seattle, WA Music EducationJennifer Brown Ravensdale, WA Music EducationMegan Cummings Kenmore, WA Music EducationNicholaus Townsend-Falck Federal Way, WA Business

ClarinetKathleen Davidson Granite Bay, CA Music PerformanceDaniel Kennett Graham, WA Music PerformanceLyndi Knox* Tacoma, WA Music EducationJarel Sanders Tacoma, WA SociologyIngrid Smith Federal Way, WA Music Education

Bass ClarinetDevin Turner Tacoma, WA Music Education

SaxophoneAustin Baduria University Place, WA Music EducationNick Barene Aberdeen, WA Music EducationGabriel Johnson Puyallup, WA Music EducationWill Radford* Seattle, WA Music Education

HornAlexander Justice McMinnville, OR Music EducationTaylor Mills* Port Townsend, WA Music EducationCalley Odum Juneau, AK (Undeclared)

EuphoniumPablo Hernandez Mercer Island, WA ChemistryAnnalise King Mercer Island, WA Music Education

FluteSarah Crum Puyallup, WA Music ArtsJoey Erberich Puyallup, WA Elementary EducationJessica Fletcher Lake Tapps, WA Music EducationAngela Froschauer Tacoma, WA Music PerformanceEmma Pierce Enumclaw, WA HistoryElise Rodrigues* Graham, WA Music Education

Hometown MajorOboe/English HornAustin Bastrom Auburn, WA Music EducationKelsey Johnson* Aurora, OR BiologyLydia Robinson Tacoma, WA Music Performance

PercussionShayla Chaykin Belfair, WA Music PerformanceEmilio Gonzalez Tacoma, WA Music PerformanceKelsey Kosin Paso Robles, CA Music EducationKaela Shoe* Enumclaw, WA Music PerformanceEric Sundberg Lacey, WA (Undeclared)

TrumpetKristi Eckroth Yelm, WA Music EducationJohn Heckel SeaTac, WA Arts and Pre-MedRobert Layton Bremerton, WA Music PerformanceKenneth Lorentzen* Port Angeles, WA Music EducationMykal Moody Federal Way, WA Music PerformanceClaire Rehmke Gresham, OR Music Education

TromboneTaylor Bauer Bonney Lake, WA Computer SciencePaul Dalenberg Missoula, MT (Undeclared)Jonathan Julius Renton, WA Applied PhysicsCollin Ray Puyallup, WA Music PerformanceNathan Tunheim* Olympia, WA Music Education

TubaAlan Young* Juneau, AK Music Education

String BassJordan Hamilton Puyallup, WA Music Education

PianoAlexa Bayouk Tacoma, WA Music Performance

* = Section Leader