Last Night of Classes ASUPS Special Event aka Grizz’s Winter Bash and Mistletoast

The annual end of semester event features horse-drawn carriage rides, cakes celebrating birthdays, pizzas donated by Farelli’s, tarot readings and a new addition of a community mural painting led by JOANNE TAWFILIS, PH.D, muralist and cofounder of the ART MILES MURAL PROJECT, which she stated over 25 years ago while in Bosnia heading a United Nations project to help lift widows out of their trauma with projects of economic independence.

Jazz at Noon: "The Saxtoons"

Sheryl Clark on sax, Jim Cochran on piano, and Rick White on bass are in-demand musicians who comprise Saxtoons, performing a midday Maroon Friday concert of standards and holiday music. Presented by ASUPS Student Programs/NW Sounds. Free.

Suzuki Piano Student Recital

Join us for a student piano recital featuring students of Suzuki piano instructor, Jacqueline Block, from the University of Puget Sound's Community Music Department. Young soloists will perform piano music from the Suzuki repertoire. 

This is a free event and open to the public. No tickets required.

Community Music Student Recital

This student recital will feature solo and duet music performed by young children, teens, and adult musicians from the university's Community Music Department. You will hear a variety of classical repertoire and other music from different time periods played on several instruments such as piano and viola!  

This is a free event, open to the public. No tickets are required.  

Join us Friday, December 12, 2025 at 7pm in Schneebeck Concert Hall

South Sound Strings Harp Ensemble Christmas Concert

This concert will feature festive holiday music performed by the South Sound Strings Harp Ensemble, directed by Patricia Wooster. Harpists in the ensemble include children, teens, and adults.  We hope you will join us on December 13 at 7pm in Wheelock Student Center Rasmussen Rotunda (note this new location).  

This is a free concert, open to the public. No tickets are required.  

South Sound Strings is an ensemble of the University of Puget Sound's Community Music Department.  

Noon Convocation Student Recitals

Join us for the School of Music Noon Convocation featuring performances by Dani Berg '26, soprano; Lucy Ferguson '27, mezzo-soprano; and Naia Shepherd '28, soprano; and Teagan McMonagle '28, tenor, with Jessica Hall, piano; Hunter Klotz '27, viola, with Isabella Jie, piano; and Paige Franklin '26, violin, with Jinshil Yi, piano.

Lullaby Project Celebration Concert

Join Greentrike, Mary Bridge Children's Hospital, and University of Puget Sound School of Music in celebrating the power of music and community as students from MUS 323: Making Music for Public Good perform lullabies written for and with local families.

This concert is free and open to the public.

Directors' Lab

Student-directed and acted scenes from: 

  • The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams, directed by Erinne Kellogg '27
  • Playing with Fire - After Frankenstein by Barbara Field, directed by Millie Rohdenburg '27
  • Lungs by Duncan MacMillan, directed by Camden Allvey '27
  • Leaves by Lucy Caldwell, directed by Hannah Erikson '26
  • Much Ado about Nothing by William Shakespeare, directed by Nick Marston '27

 

Cup of Gratitude

Bring a friend and join CHWS in the Diversions lounge to enjoy snacks and refreshments as you decorate mugs, tote bags, and cards to show gratitude for those around you!