News 2015 La Sierra University

La Sierra University Enactus team second in nation at U.S. competition

La Sierra University Enactus team second in nation at U.S. competition

La Sierra University’s Enactus team finished second in the nation today at the Enactus organization’s United States National Exposition, held in St.…
La Sierra University music students and concerto competition participants (left to right) Yiming Cheng, clarinet, Xavier Wilson, cello, Meggie Evans, clarinet, Victoria Belliard, violin, and Elena Kim, violin will perform during the 57th Annual Concerto Concert. Concerto competition winner, pianist Julian Jenson, center, will play a portion of Ludwig van Beethoven’s “Concerto for Piano in E Flat Major.” (Photos by Natan Vigna)

La Sierra to showcase six artists in 57th Annual Concerto Concert

Julian Jenson, a 19-year-old pianist and composer from Lancaster whose credits include an appearance on NPR, is this year’s winner of La Sierra…
La Sierra University business graduate and screenwriting student Jonathon Davidson with a trophy he won at SONscreen Film Festival for his work on the Mini-Movie Challenge.

SONscreen brings annual festival to La Sierra

Young Christian filmmakers from around the country converged on La Sierra University’s campus the first week of April, presenting films that offered…
Tenor Javier Gonzalez, a La Sierra University vocal instructor and award-winning singer, will play the role of Jesus in Marcos Galvany's operatic tableaux, "Oh My Son."

La Sierra University presents “Oh My Son” operatic tableaux in West Coast premiere performances

Composer Marcos Galvany, whose celebrated Easter operatic tableaux debuted at New York City’s Carnegie Hall five years ago, is bringing his dramatic…
Robert deMaine, principal cellist, Los Angeles Philharmonic. (photo by Matthew Imaging)

Chamber series to feature top artists in Beethoven performance

The string players for an upcoming La Sierra University concert are accustomed to the bright lights of major stages around the nation and the world,…
Library Director Kitty Simmons stands among approximately 3,000 books on display for the library's annual spring sale.

La Sierra’s library rolls out 3,000 books in annual spring sale

The topics are all over the map – mysteries, novels, history, religion, politics, cooking – and the prices are a steal. 
Mayuto Correa, percussionist, vocalist, guitarist, composer, arranger, producer, music director, will perform at La Sierra University.

World-renowned percussionist Mayuto Correa to play Pierce Street Jazz series

Eminent Brazilian percussionist Mayuto Correa, a multi-talented artist in several fields, will bring his high-energy performance to La Sierra…
Christophe Le Dantec, assistant professor of neuroscience in La Sierra's psychology department is pursuing research on ways the human brain processes time.

Neuroscience prof taps into time perception

While some individuals have a heightened sense of the passage of time, human beings do not actually possess an internal clock by which to accurately…
Rebecca Davis, assistant professor from the School of Humanities at the University of California, Irvine, gave this year's plenary talks for Natures 2015. (Photos by Jonathan Rojas)

Natures Conference’s seventh year attracts large turnout

The amphitheater-like lecture hall in the Visual Art Center was packed on Feb. 13. Many late-arrivers, some hauling backpacks, leaned against the…
Glenn Dicterow, violinist and recently retired concertmaster for the New York Philharmonic, is among five renowned guest artists who will teach students during the Montecito International Music Festival at La Sierra University this summer.

La Sierra to host international music festival

La Sierra University’s music department has exponentially increased its programming over the past few years and this summer will host a pinnacle event…
Dr. Raejin Lee, director of vocal studies at La Sierra University, is directing a showcase of two, one-hour operas, to be performed over three days.

La Sierra to showcase West Coast premiere of children’s opera, Puccini classic

A children’s opera that debuted in Florida a little more than two years ago ago will make its West Coast premiere at La Sierra University the first…
Acclaimed woodwind musician Gary Foster

Woodwind great Gary Foster to lead master class

On Mon., March 2, the music department at La Sierra University will host internationally renowned woodwind artist Gary Foster in a master class for…