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.
Willam8tte w/special Guest Free Key Choir
Willamette University’s own vocal octet, Willam8tte, shares the stage with Oakland-based ensemble, Free Key Choir, in this exuberant celebration of new music. Founded by Willamette graduate Derek Sup, Free Key Choir draws on Folk Punk, Renaissance, Barbership, and Gospel influences, and specializes in performing new works with massive vocal forces and unconventional accompaniment. Since 2022, Free Key Choir has been offering its unique blend of storytelling and cutting edge choral music to sold out audiences in the Bay Area and LA. The Willamette University Department of Music is thrilled to present this evening of music curated by one of Willamette's own graduates.
Wednesday, September 17, 2025 • 7:00 p.m.
Hudson Concert Hall
Mary Stuart Rogers Music Center
Tickets available online now.
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 available online now.
Jazz Collective & Willamette Singers
Thursday, November 13, 2025 • 7:30 p.m.
Hudson Concert Hall
Mary Stuart Rogers Music Center
All are welcome to this free event.
Sonic Arts Ensemble
Tuesday, November 18, 2025 • 7:30 p.m.
Rogers Rehearsal 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 available online now.
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 are available online now.
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 • 7:30 p.m.
Sunday March 15, 2026 • 2:00 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.
Wednesday, April 8, 2026 • 7:30 p.m.
Hudson Concert Hall
Mary Stuart Rogers Music Center
Tickets are available online now.