Pipes Spooktacular -- A Halloween Organ Concert

Join us for Pipes Spooktacular, a Halloween organ concert featuring Wyatt Smith, American concert organist. This concert is free and appropriate for all ages; costumes are encouraged!

The program will include Toccata and Fugue in d by Johann Sebastian Bach; The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Op. 108 by Rachel Laurin, narrated by Puget Sound Professor of Theatre Arts Sara Freeman; and Fantasia and Toccata in d, Op. 57 by Charles Villiers Stanford.

Keyboard Series: Bethel Schneebeck Organ Recital

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.

Susan Chan Piano Lecture and Recital

Join us for a lecture and piano recital featuring guest artist Susan Chan as part of the School of Music Keyboard Series. The program will include works by Zhou Long, Tan Dun, Alexina Louie, Lei Liang, and Zhang Zhao. Chan offers revelatory performances of “tremendous musicianship and technical mastery,” (Fanfare magazine) providing the “invaluable service of opening up new musical worlds to her audience(s).” (New York Concert Review)

Keyboard Series: Yevgeny Yontov

The School of Music is pleased to welcome guest artist Yevgeny Yontov as part of the 2025–26 Keyboard Series. The program will include works by Couperin, Haydn, Mozart, and Ravel. This is a ticketed event, free for students with ID.

Keyboard Series: Ross Salvosa

The School of Music is pleased to welcome guest artist Ross Salvosa, performing music by Chopin, Stavinsky, and Filipino composers. Praised by Classical Music Daily as "expert, secure, and fluid," Salvosa is celebrated for his technical mastery at the piano and the emotional honesty he brings to his performances.

 

Faculty recital featuring Tracy Doyle, flute, with special guests

Join us for a Jacobsen Series concert featuring Tracy Doyle, flute, with special guests. The program, Landscapes in Sound, will include works by Esmail, Dicke, Farr, and Harrison. This faculty recital explores the many ways composers have turned to the natural world for inspiration. From birdsong and flowing water to shifting light, open skies, and elemental forces, each work on the program reflects a different facet of our relationship with nature.

Puget Sound Piano Trio with Allison Pohl, soprano

Join us for a Jacobsen Series concert featuring the Puget Sound Piano Trio — Maria Sampen, violin; Alistair MacRae, cello; and Ronaldo Rolim, piano; featuring special guest Allison Pohl, soprano. The program will include works by Shrude, Shostakovich, and Beethoven.