Arts

Enjoy the Library at Noon concert series featuring performances by School of Music students. Join us on select Mondays at noon. Free and open to the public. All are welcome.

Enjoy Concerts in Collins -- the library at noon concert series featuring performances by School of Music students and faculty. Join us on select Mondays and you are welcome to bring a sack lunch. Concerts are free and open to the public.

This first concert of spring will be a special presentation of Aaron Copland's Appalachian Spring, a ballet score he composed in 1943-44 for renowned choreographer Martha Graham, and one of his best-known works. 

Program Order (times are approximate):

Noon

Enjoy the Library at Noon concert series featuring performances by School of Music students. Join us on select Mondays at noon. Free and open to the public. All are welcome.

Performers featured on Monday, Nov. 13 will include Connor Adams ’25, cello; Paige Franklin ’26, violin; Ethan Chythlook ’26, violin; Keola Tabisola ’25, viola; Avi Graf ’25, cello; Eli Connolly ’25, violin; Mozea Havens ’27, violin; Ela Escobar ’24, viola; Seren Hawtrey ’24, cello; and Natalie Worthy ’25, soprano; with Jessica Hall, piano.

Enjoy the Library at Noon concert series featuring performances by School of Music students and faculty members. Join us on select Mondays at noon in Collins Memorial Library on the main floor in the West Wing. Free and open to the public, and you are welcome to bring a bag lunch.

On Monday, Oct. 9, the concert will celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month, with performers including Tracy Doyle, flute; Timothy Christie, viola; Ethan Chythlook '26, violin; Paige Franklin '26, violin; members of Puget Sound Cellos; and the Puget Sound Piano Trio. 

Come hear what people in many different fields of science and math are researching.

Please join us for refreshments at 3:45pm. Presentations begin at 4:00pm.

Talk Title: "It's getting hot in here: how modern environments can help us understand ancient examples of climate change"

Speaker: Rachel Havranek, Postdoc, Dept of Earth and Spatial Sciences, University of Idaho

Enjoy the Library at Noon concert series featuring performances by School of Music students. Join us on select Mondays at noon. Free and open to the public. All are welcome and you may bring your own bag lunch.

Program for Monday, Sept. 11 (times are approximate)

Noon
Welcome

12:05 p.m.
Ryan Singer '27, guitar
Antonio Lauro - Prelude from Suite Venezolana
Steve Howe - Mood for a Day
Django Reinhardt - Tears

Enjoy a performance featuring high school students from throughout the region in a culminating concert as part of the School of Music's annual Northwest High School Honor Choir Festival. Featured guest clinician Anthony Trecek-King will conduct the choir performing the following works:

This annual audience favorite features all School of Music vocal and instrument ensembles with faculty and students participating together! Enjoy a medley of musical pieces performed in rapid succession, creating a concert experience that is fast-paced, fun, and engaging!

Join us for this annual showcase of School of Music talent!

Tickets: $15, general; $10, sr. citizens, military, Puget Sound faculty and staff; $5 students. 

Enjoy this faculty recital featuring Dawn Padula, mezzo-soprano with Jessica Hall, collaborative pianist; and guests Brian Smith, drums; and Rob Hutchinson, bass.

All are invited to a reception following the program hosted by the SAI international music fraternity.

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

Join us for the first concert of the 2023-24 season! This Jacobsen Series faculty recital will feature Maria Sampen, violin, with guest artists Timothy Christie, viola and violin; Alistair MacRae, cello; and Anna Jensen, double bass; performing music by Kodály, Piazzolla, Montgomery, McClure, and more. 

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

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