Jacobsen Series Concert: Caroline Chin, violin and Laura Melton, piano

The School of Music is pleased to welcome guest artists Caroline Chin, violin and Laura Melton, piano, for a concert performance at 2 p.m. The program will include works by Debussy, Boulanger, Stacey Garrop, and John Corigliano.

All are invited to a reception following the program in the concert hall lobby hosted by the SAI international music organization.

Tickets: $20, general; $15 sr. citizen, military, Puget Sound faculty, staff, and Community Music participants.

Admission is free for current Puget Sound and K-12 students. Please obtain a complimentary ticket and show your student ID at the door. Please note that this event will not be live streamed.

This event is sponsored by the Catharine Gould Chism Fund for the Humanities.

See below for information about masterclasses in the evening.

Described by Time Out New York as “Incisive, industrious, and creatively restless…” Caroline Chin has concertized throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia in concert halls including the John F. Kennedy Center, the White House during their Christmas Festivities, New York’s Carnegie and Weill Halls, and the Concertgebeau in Amsterdam. She gave her solo debut at age 12 and has since performed with several orchestras throughout the United States.

Chin teaches at Bowling Green State University's College of Musical Arts as assistant professor of violin and gives violin masterclasses at music institutions throughout the United States. She received her Bachelor of Music degree from Indiana University’s School of Music as a student of Miriam Fried and has received her Master of Music degree from the Juilliard School as a student of Robert Mann. Visit Caroline Chin's website.

Laura Melton, professor of piano and chair of music performance studies at Bowling Green State University, has performed in Asia, Europe, South America and throughout the United States.  A prizewinner in several major international competitions, Melton has appeared as a soloist with the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, the Freiburg Musikhochschulorchester in Germany, the San Francisco Chamber Players, and the International Chamber Orchestra in California. 

A graduate of the Interlochen Arts Academy and student of Michael Coonrod, Melton taught at the Interlochen Arts Camp for 12 summers. Prior to her BGSU appointment in 1999, Melton was on the faculty of the Idyllwild Arts Academy in California. Visit Laura Melton's full biography.

Following the concert performance, the guest artists will be hosting masterclasses in their respective areas. These events are free and open to the public:

• 5–6:15 p.m. | Laura Melton piano masterclass | Schneebeck Concert Hall
• 5–6:15 p.m. | Caroline Chin violin masterclass | School of Music Room L6
• 6:30–7 p.m. | Chin and Melton chamber music masterclass | Schneebeck Concert Hall

Named in honor of Leonard Jacobsen, former chair of the piano department at Puget Sound, the Jacobsen Professional Artist Series was established in 1984 and features School of Music faculty and their guests. Ticket sales support the Jacobsen Series Scholarship Fund, which awards annual music scholarships to an outstanding member of Sigma Alpha Iota, international music organization.

For more information about the Jacobsen Series, visit pugetsound.edu/jacobsen.