Program Recognition
•11 voice faculty led by Prof. James Brown, Coordinator of Vocal Studies and opera director
•Brown's students have gone on to Juilliard, Indiana University, University of Michigan, Oberlin Conservatory, and Yale
•Fully staged opera production with orchestra each year plus scenes programs
Notable Alumni
•Angela Meade '00 — internationally acclaimed soprano, winner of the 2012 Metropolitan Opera Beverly Sills Artist Award and 2011 Richard Tucker Award •Meade founded the annual Angela Meade Vocal Competition at PLU and endowed a vocal performance scholarship
Facilities
•Four choral ensembles including the nationally renowned Choir of the West (tours nationally and internationally)
•Performances in Lagerquist Concert Hall and Karen Hille Phillips Center — among the finest venues in the Northwest
•Over 250 music scholarships available annually
•Scholarship audition doubles as entrance audition for the music major
