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CLU is faithful to the melodramatic tone of 'Jekyll & Hyde'

By Rita Moran, Ventura County Star

Brent Ramirez deftly handles dual roles in CLU's 'Jekyll & Hyde'.  Read more...

 

'Jekyll & Hyde' at CLU

The Acorn

California Lutheran University's Creative Arts Division will present "Jekyll & Hyde" at 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and at 2:30 p.m. Sundays from April 20 through 29 in the Janet and Ray Scherr Forum Theatre at the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza, 2100 E. Thousand Oaks Blvd.  Read more...

 

(Faculty member) Heidi Valencia Vas: 'A gold mine of beauty'

By Mark Wyckoff, Ventura County Star

Soprano Heidi Valencia Vas has always been transfixed by the pastoral beauty of classical folk songs.  "There is something fascinating about exploring a culture through its music," said Vas, an adjunct professor of voice at California Lutheran University. "Much in the way that food can give you a taste of another culture, music can really transport you."  Read more...

 

California Lutheran University Choir Spring Tour Includes Music of Adolphus C. Hailstork

By William J. Zick, Africlassical.com

The California Lutheran University Choir will open and close its 2012 Spring Concert Tour with performances in Thousand Oaks.  Read more...

 

Say Cheese!

Photos by Dennis Nishi, Ventura County Star

Click here to check out photo highlights from the CLU Annual Christmas Festival Concerts, submitted to the Ventura County Star's "Say Cheese!" feature.


Concert blends music and painting

By Angela Randazzo, Thousand Oaks Acorn

A fundraiser combining the power of music and abstract art is coming to Thousand Oaks, thanks to resident Tania Weissberg's desire to help special needs children. Read more...



New CLU organist to perform free recital

By Rachel McGrath, Ventura County Star

California Lutheran University's new organist said he hopes to expand the college's church music programs as well as serve as a resource for churches throughout Ventura County. Kyle Johnson, 39, took the post of university organist, coordinator of chapel music and lecturer of music at the Thousand Oaks private university in November after three years as director of music and community arts at a Lutheran church in Chicago. Read more...



CLU Choir heads to Carnegie Hall

By Alicia Doyle, Ventura County Star

Music by Franz Joseph Haydn followed by gospel songs and crossover pop arrangements by U2, Annie Lennox and Dolly Parton will highlight the 2011 tour of the California Lutheran University Choir that starts at Carnegie Hall and ends in Thousand Oaks. Read more...



Quartet members become musical ambassadors for CLU

By Jean Cowden Moore, Ventura County Star

Music is about to become an ambassador for California Lutheran University. The Thousand Oaks private college has formed a quartet of high-achieving students who will perform at events in the community. The quartet, made up of a violin, viola, cello and clarinet, will play a range of music, including Mozart and Schumann, along with contemporary works. Read more...



He can toot his own horn

By Jean Cowden Moore, Ventura County Star

Wyant Morton is sure there's a niche for innovative choral music in Ventura County. That's why he's creating a professional choral group called Arete, which means pursuing excellence in Greek. Morton, director of choral and vocal studies at California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks, realizes this area already has several choral groups, including master chorales, but he wants to do something slightly different with Arete, which will have about a dozen singers. Read more...



CLU launches professional vocal ensemble

Arete to perform contemporary, experimental music

(THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. - July 10, 2009) Auditions are being held for a new professional vocal ensemble to be based at California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks. Areté Vocal Ensemble, a group of professional artists that will be in residence at CLU, is designed to fill a need in Southern California. While visionary composers are creating a distinguished body of work for voices, there are few professional American ensembles to perform the works. Read more...



Interns play a key role in bringing a venerable event to fruition

By Lisa McKinnon, Ventura County Star

This year, more than a dozen students majoring in music, business and international development at colleges from across the country have signed on as interns for the Ojai Music Festival. They did so formally for the first time, using applications created by former intern Hayley Woldseth, who graduated last month from California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks with degrees in music and communications. Read more...



CLU music professor honored

Wyant Morton receives Excellence in Teaching Award

(THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. - May 19, 2009) An accomplished and popular music professor received the President's Excellence in Teaching Award during Honors Convocation at California Lutheran University on May 15. Wyant Morton of Thousand Oaks joined the CLU faculty in 1992 and is currently the chair of the music department and director of choral and vocal activities. He is the third conductor in the history of the CLU Choir, which has performed at Lincoln Center and in England, Norway and Sweden under his direction. Read more...



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