SEASON OVERVIEW
Faculty Recital: Florent Ghys & David Collins September 10
Chamber Choir w/guest Derek Sup September 17
Family and Friends Weekend Concerts October 4 and October 5
Hauntcert October 19
Distinguished Artists Series presents: Jon Kimura Parker November 4
Sonic Arts Ensemble November 19
Willamette Singers & Willamette Jazz Collective November 20
Holidays in Hudson Hall December 4 and December 5
Pacific Rim Symphony Orchestra & University Concert Band February 14
Willamette Singers February 19
Willamette Jazz Collective February 26
Winter Choral Concert March 1
Fete des Femme March 8
Dramatic Vocal Arts presents: Breasts of Tiresias March 13, 14, 15
Distinguished Artists Series presents: Masha & Marjan Vahdat April 8
Willamette Jazz Collective & Willamette Singers April 14
Small Ensembles & Chamber Music April 16
Pacific Rim Symphony Orchestra & University Concert Band April 19
Sonic Arts Ensemble April 22
Spring Choir Concert April 26
Music Senior's Recitals: September 21, February 8, February 15, March 5, March 8, March 12, March 19, April 2, April 9, April 12
CONCERT DETAILS
Faculty Recital: Florent Ghys and David Collins
Wednesday, September 10, 2025 • 7:30 p.m.
Rogers Rehearsal Hall
Mary Stuart Rogers Music Center
All are welcome to this free event.
Family Weekend Instrumental and Choral Concert
Friday, October 3, 2025 • 7:00 p.m.
Hudson Concert Hall
Mary Stuart Rogers Music Center
All are welcome to this free event.
Family Weekend Jazz Concert
Saturday, October 4, 2025 • 7:00 p.m.
Hudson Concert Hall
Mary Stuart Rogers Music Center
All are welcome to this free event.
Hauntcert
Sunday, October 19, 2025 • 4:00 p.m.
Hudson Concert Hall
Mary Stuart Rogers Music Center
All are welcome to this free event.
Goudy Distinguished Artists Series presents:
Jon Kimura Parker
Pianist Jon Kimura Parker is known for his charisma, enthusiasm, and dynamic performances. A veteran of the international concert stage, he has performed regularly in the Berlin Philharmonie, Carnegie Hall, London’s South Bank, the Sydney Opera House, and the Beijing Concert Hall. He is the Creative Partner of the Minnesota Orchestra, having hosted and given seven concerto performances with them in July 2021 with Osmo Vänska, Karina Canellakis, Ken-David Masur. He is Artistic Director of the Honens International Piano Competition and Artistic Advisor for the Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival.
Tuesday, November 4, 2025 • 7:30 p.m.
Hudson Concert Hall
Mary Stuart Rogers Music Center
Tickets on sale soon!
Sonic Arts Ensemble
Wednesday, November 19, 2025 • 7:30 p.m.
Rogers Rehearsal Hall
Mary Stuart Rogers Music Center
All are welcome to this free event.
Jazz Collective & Willamette Singers
Thursday, November 20, 2025 • 7:30 p.m.
Hudson Concert Hall
Mary Stuart Rogers Music Center
All are welcome to this free event.
Holidays in Hudson Hall
A long-running tradition, seen by many as the official beginning to the holiday season in Salem. Join us in the beautifully-decorated Hudson Concert Hall, for an opportunity to slow down and enjoy a moment of peace and beauty amidst the fast pace of the holiday season.
This year's program will feature timeless choral works and songs for the season performed by Willamette's Voce and Chamber choirs, along with traditional carols sung together with the audience.
Thursday, December 4, 2025 • 7:30 p.m.
Friday, December 5, 2025 • 7:30 p.m.
Hudson Concert Hall
Mary Stuart Rogers Music Center
Tickets go on sale October 3rd!
Performances by Willamette’s Award-Winning Music Faculty and Special Guests
Sunday, March 8, 2026 • 3:00 p.m.
Hudson Concert Hall
Mary Stuart Rogers Music Center
In its fifth annual tribute to International Women’s Day, Willamette Music brings together an extraordinary array of performances from around the globe and through the decades, all in celebration of countless contributions women have made to the world of music. Join us in celebrating the timeless voices and talents that have paved the way for centuries of female musicians and artists.
Tickets go on sale January 5th!
Dramatic Vocal Arts Presents:
The Breasts of Tirésias
Gender norms pop like balloons in The Breasts of Tirésias, Poulenc and Appollinaire's bawdy surrealist romp. Frustrated with the life of a housewife, Tiresias sheds her breasts and becomes the male General Tirésias. As she leads a new life fighting distant wars on foreign battlefields, her stay-at-home husband discovers a way to make babies on his own - but not just one: 40,049 of them. This delightfully sugar-coated pill coats the sublime in the ridiculous.
Friday, March 13, 2026 • 7:30 p.m.
Saturday March 14, 2026 • 7:00 p.m.
Sunday March 15, 2026 • 3:00 p.m.
Smith Auditorium
Goudy Distinguished Artists Series presents:
Masha & Marjan Vahdat
Mahsa Vahdat and Marjan Vahdat are internationally-acclaimed singers and musicians from Iran living in the San Francisco Bay area, dedicated to both their personal, lifelong musical and artistic path and the greater cause of freedom of expression. The sisters continue to interact with a diverse international audience that highly appreciates their art.
Tuesday, April 8, 2026 • 7:30 p.m.
Hudson Concert Hall
Mary Stuart Rogers Music Center
Tickets go on sale in January!