The School of Music is pleased to present this year's Bethel Schneebeck Organ Series featuring American concert organist Wyatt Smith. 

Mrs. Schneebeck, Puget Sound parent, grandparent, and friend, was a long-time community leader along with her husband, Ed Schneebeck. She was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Arts degree in 1982, and in 1989, the Fritts organ in Kilworth Memorial Chapel was dedicated and named for Mrs. Schneebeck.

This concert is presented as part of the School of Music Keyboard Series and is free and open to the public. The Keyboard Series, now in its fourth year, features a dynamic lineup of charismatic guest artists. For more information, visit pugetsound.edu/jacobsen.

Wyatt Smith, a native of Rapid City, South Dakota, performs with “nuance, polish, and personality” (Michael Barone, APM Pipedreams). He maintains an active concert schedule, performing throughout the United States and Europe, and his performances have been heard on American Public Media’s Pipedreams.

Smith received his Doctor of Musical Arts degree in organ performance from the University of Washington; his Master of Music degree from the Yale Institute of Sacred Music, and Bachelor of Music degree from the University of South Dakota. 

He serves as the associate director of music at Epiphany Parish of Seattle; director of the Epiphany Music Academy; and affiliate artist in organ and harpsichord at the University of Puget Sound.

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Schneebeck Organ Series Concert Schedule 2026—27 

• Friday, Sept. 4 | 12:05 p.m. | Showcasing American organ music composed between 1926–1976
• Thursday, Oct. 29 | 7:30 p.m. | Pipes Spooktacular - A Halloween organ concert
• Sunday, Nov. 15 | 2 p.m. | Annual Bethel Schneebeck Organ Recital: Organ music composed from 1976 to the present day
• Friday, Jan. 22 | 12:05 p.m. | Celebrating the start of Beethoven's 200th anniversary year with music by Albrechtsberger, Rinck, and more
• Friday, March 5 | 12:05 p.m. | Honoring Bach's 1705 200-mile trek to study with Buxtehude