Jacobsen Series: Alistair MacRae, cello

Enjoy a faculty recital featuring Alistair MacRae, cello; with Ronaldo Rolim, piano. The program will include works by by J.S. Bach, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, and Ludwig van Beethoven.

All are invited to a reception following the program hosted by the SAI international music fraternity.

Tickets: $20, general; $15 sr. citizen; military, Puget Sound faculty, staff, and Community Music participants.

Admission is free for current Puget Sound and K-12 students. Please obtain a complimentary ticket and show your student ID at the door.

Cellist Alistair MacRae has appeared as a soloist, chamber musician, and orchestral principal throughout North America and in Europe, Asia, South America, and the Middle East. His playing has been praised for its "rich sound and lyrical phrasing" (Palm Beach Daily News) and his performances have been featured in radio broadcasts across the United States on WQXR, WWFM, WDAV, WCQS, KING FM, and Vermont Public Radio.

MacRae is the Cordelia Wikarski-Miedel Artist in Residence, cello and chamber music at the University of Puget Sound. 

Brazilian pianist Ronaldo Rolim has performed extensively over four continents as a guest soloist, recitalist, and chamber musician and has won top prizes at numerous international competitions. Rolim was recently appointed Assistant Professor of Piano at the University of Puget Sound fall of 2022.

Named in honor of Leonard Jacobsen, former chair of the piano department at Puget Sound, the Jacobsen Professional Artist Series was established in 1984 and features School of Music faculty and their guests. Ticket sales support the Jacobsen Series Scholarship Fund, which awards annual music scholarships to an outstanding member of Sigma Alpha Iota, international music fraternity.