RESCHEDULED TO 2/1! Blues Vespers: 2026 Harmonica Showcase!

THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED FOR 2/1! WE HOPE TO SEE YOU THEN!

Blues Vespers @ Kilworth Chapel kicks off its 2026 season with a harmonica showcase. Coordinated by guitarist Tim Sherman, with Mark Dalton on bass and Conrad Ormsby on drums, the Showcase will feature harmonica performances by Stacy Jones, Joe Cook, and Jonathan Pittman.

Blues Vespers is a monthly campus/community event that combines blues artists with poetry and a little something to think about.  

Popular Music Ensemble

Join us for the Popular Music Ensemble directed by Rob Hutchinson and Dawn Padula. The program, Y2K and Beyond, will include music by Billie Eilish, Ed Sheeran, Lady Gaga, Beyoncé, and more! The Popular Music Ensemble is part of the School of Music's Songwriting degree program launched in fall 2023, the first of its kind offered at a liberal arts university. 

Puget Sound Concert Band and Logger Pep Band

Join us for the Puget Sound Concert Band conducted by Rae Kertzner '26 and Jackson Jay '26 performing with the Logger Pep Band conducted by Spencer Tefft '29. Free admission, informal and fun!

 

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.