Popular Music Ensemble Goes to the Movies!

Join us for the Popular Music Ensemble featuring Puget Sound songwriting majors, directed by Rob Hutchinson and Dawn Padula. The program will include hit songs from the movies including The Breakfast Club, Barbie, Purple Rain, A Star is Born, Saturday Night Fever, and more. Admission is free.

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.  

Saxophone Quartet Concert

Join us for an afternoon concert featuring saxophone quartet music performed by Community Music students directed by Fred Winkler.

Admission is free. No tickets are required.

The Community Music Department of the School of Music at the University of Puget Sound is a year round, non-credit music program offering music lessons and classes for people of all ages. For more information about Community Music program and private music lessons for the public, call 253.879.3575 or visit pugetsound.edu/communitymusic

Puget Sound Wind Ensemble Percussion Fest

Join us for the Puget Sound Wind Ensemble spring concert, Percussion Fest, conducted by Gerard Morris and featuring the Lincoln High School Drumline, YUME Daiko, Jeff Lund, and James Doyle.

Puget Sound Wind Ensemble

Join us for the Puget Sound Wind Ensemble conducted by Gerard Morris as they present Reflection -- a program featuring music by Reena Esmail, Zhou Tian, and Vincent Persichetti.

 

Puget Sound Wind Ensemble and Concert Band

Join us for the Puget Sound Concert Band and Wind Ensemble combined fall concert conducted by Gerard Morris, featuring Concerto-Aria Competition winner Maia Connelly '26, trumpet. The program will include music by Richard Saucedo, Cait Nishimura, Percy Grainger, JaRod Hall, and more!

Puget Sound Wind Ensemble

Join us for the Puget Sound Wind Ensemble as they present "Mystic Adventures, a musical odyssey celebrating love, union, and companionship," conducted by Gerard Morris. The program will include works by Julie Giroux, Johan de Meij, Percy Grainger, and Frank Thicheli.

Saxophone Masterclass with Joseph Murphy

The School of Music is pleased to welcome guest artist Joseph Murphy for a saxophone masterclass. Murphy was the saxophone professor at Mansfield University, Pa., from 1987-2022 and was director of bands and department chair.

Puget Sound Symphony Orchestra

Join us for Puget Sound's symphony orchestra concert, conducted by Anna Jensen featuring the Girsky String Quartet and guest speaker Gwynne Brown. The program will include music by Jessie Montgomery, William Grant Still, and Antonín Dvořák.

 

Puget Sound Symphony Orchestra

Join us for Puget Sound's symphony orchestra concert, conducted by Anna Jensen, as they present Virtuosity -- a dynamic and engaging program with music by Block, Griffes, Piazzolla, Dvořák, and Mendelssohn; featuring solos by Concerto-Aria Competition winners Alex Westervelt '25, flute, and Connor Adams '25, cello.

Puget Sound Symphony Orchestra

Join us for Puget Sound's symphony orchestra concert, conducted by Anna Jensen with guest conductor Dawn Padula as they present "Shattered Glass Ceilings -- A Celebration of Women in Music." 

The program will include music by Emilie Mayer, Alice Mary Smith, Bernstein, Donizetti, Gounod, Mozart, and Strauss with guest speaker Gwynne Brown and winners of Puget Sound's 2024 Concerto-Aria Competition, Liana Greger '25, soprano and Larissa Gaulke '25, soprano.