Nordic Journey’s Organ Concert March 1

Jim Hicks will play unique organ selections from all five of the Nordic countries, and the Faeroe Islands, some new compositions and some rarely heard classics at 8 p.m. Sunday March 1 at PLU’s Lagerquist Hall. This event is sponsored by the Scandinavian Cultural Center. The music selection have been recorded in cathedrals all over Sweden.

March 1st Organ Concert at PLU

Nordic Journeys is an organ concert upcoming on Sunday night, March 1st, 8 p.m. at PLU. The organist will premier one new composition and several others rarely heard. He has been recording organ concerts in Scandinavian cathedrals for several years, as part of a multi-volume music project. Compositions come from all five of the Nordic countries,…

Possibilities 2015 will focus on art and technology

Bethel School District will hold the Sixteenth Annual All-District Art Festival at Spanaway Lake High School on Saturday, February 21, in conjunction with the annual Technology Fair. Celebrate Learning: POSSIBILITIES 2015 will run from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm, and focus on technology and art from around the district. There will be five categories for adjudication…

LeMay ENews: Happy Valentines, Car Lovers!

Happy Valentine’s Day, Automotive Lovers! Hibernation is Over! Wishing all car lovers out there a Happy Valentine’s Day! If you are passionate about cars, be sure to visit us out here at Marymount for a tour of our collection, or check out our latest events – with the weather we’re having lately, it’s time to come…

Feb 6-8 Ice Show!

Champion guest stars and local skaters featured in new ice show this weekend Professional performers will join members of the Lakewood Winter Club to present the 2015 ice show “Reflections on Ice – Entertaining America!” from Feb. 6-8 at Pierce County’s Sprinker Recreation Center. Five performances are scheduled, and each can accommodate up to 800…

Graham Kapowsin Band fundraising marathon Feb 6-7

The Graham Kapowsin Band Parent Association has announced  the band will be holding its first ever Music Marathon on February 6-7, 2015…18 hours of music.  The bands will start playing at 2:30 Friday afternoon and won’t stop until 8:30 Saturday morning! The students will collect pledges (either hourly or a flat rate) for their playing time and…

Expressions #9 – Bethel District Arts News

January: 7 Late Arrival for Students 9 – 10                   Northwest High School Honor Band Clinic  PLU 10 5:00 & 6:30pm       Northwest High School Honor Band Concerts  PLU’s Lagerquist 12 – 23                Student work for Puget Sound ESD Regional High School Art Show may be delivered to 800 Oakesdale Avenue SW in Renton 12 T.B.D.                   Broadway Center…

Open enrollment for Vivace! Choral Program

The Vivace! Choral Program invites students in fourth through twelfth grade to attend their mid-year auditions. “We just finished our holiday season and in January we’ll be doing auditions again for this next season, which will culminate in the big district festival,” said Vivace! artistic director Andrea Klouse. The Vivace! Choirs practice on Monday evenings…

Santka Lucia Concert at PLU

The Scandinavian Cultural Center (SCC) brought the Christmas time Sankta Lucia tradition to PLU Friday night. This Swedish tradition is celebrated near the winter solstice and is a festival of light. At PLU, the one wearing the crown of lights is a scholarship winner chosen by the SCC. The procession members each carry a light,…

Bethel’s Visual and Performing Arts Calendar

Bethel’s Visual and Performing Arts Newsletter EXPRESSIONS Vol. 25  No. 8             December 10, 2014 December: 10 7:00pm                   Holiday Band & Orchestra Concert  CMS 7:00pm                   Winter Choir Concert  CMMS 7:00pm                   Holiday Band Concert  FMS 7:00pm                   Holiday Choir Concert  SLHS 11 2:15 & 5:30pm       Holiday Music Program (Grades 1/2 & Choir)  SM 6:30pm                   Winter Voices (4th Graders)…

PLU – Journey of Light

Thanks to distinguished teachers, talented students—and a supportive public— Pacific Lutheran University’s renowned Department of Music is a nationally recognized center for performing excellence.   Truth is, though, many of those talented students could not attend PLU without your help. That’s why we’ve established our first Music Scholarship Concert, on Saturday, Dec. 13, featuring the…