Past Events
Great Artists Series '26: Catalyst Quartet
E. Desmond Lee Concert Hall, 560 Music Center
A Masterclass with Catalyst Quartet
E. Desmond Lee Concert Hall, 560 Music Center
Piano Division Recital
Recital Hall, 560 Music Center
Benjamin Faden, Senior Minor Recital, viola
Recital Hall, 560 Music Center
James Brandon Lewis Trio
In partnership with New Music Circle
Pillsbury Theatre, 560 Music Center
Department of Music Lecture: Steve Lamos, Associate Professor in the Program for Writing and Rhetoric and English Department at UC Boulder
Co-sponsored event with Emo Con 2026
Music Classroom Building, Room 102
Department of Music Lecture: Eric Clarke, Emeritus Professor of Music at the University of Oxford
Music Classroom Building, Room 102
Chamber Choir Concert at the Basilica
St. Louis Cathedral Basilica
Wilson Gao, Senior Minor Recital, piano
Recital Hall, 560 Music Center
String Division Recital
Recital Hall, 560 Music Center
WashU Jazz Series: Cabaret
Pillsbury Theatre, 560 Music Center
A Masterclass with Isabel Leonard, mezzo-soprano
E. Desmond Lee Concert Hall, 560 Music Center
Great Artists Series '26: Isabel Leonard, mezzo-soprano and John Arida, piano
Annual Pillsbury Concert
E. Desmond Lee Concert Hall, 560 Music Center
WashU Choirs: Because You Sang
E. Desmond Lee Concert Hall, 560 Music Center
Department of Music Lecture: Kevin Puts, Pulitzer-Prize winning composer
Co-sponsored by the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
Music Classroom Building, Room 102
Day 1: The 27th Biennial St. Louis Symposium on German Literature and Culture
Since 1972 the Department of Comparative Literature & Thought's Program in Germanic Languages and Literatures has hosted an international symposium on German Language and Culture every other year.
Scholars from Europe and the United States, graduate students, members of the university community, and all others interested were encouraged to attend.
Danforth University Center | 276
Faculty Showcase
Pillsbury Theatre, 560 Music Center
‘Sweet Willie Rollbar’s Orientation’ Screening and Talk with Brent Hayes Edwards
Brent Hayes Edwards is the Peng Family Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University.
Duncker Hall, Hurst Lounge
Leonard Ma, Senior Minor Recital, violin
Recital Hall, 560 Music Center
Department of Music Lecture: Naomi André, Professor of Music at UNC Chapel Hill
Co-sponsor: CRE2
Music Classroom Building, Room 102
Kemper Unplugged: Early Music Missouri
Co-sponsor: Kemper Art Museum
Kemper Art Museum
Staging Baldwin and Buckley: Why Opera? Why Now?
In collaboration with Opera Theatre of St. Louis & CRE2
Graham Chapel
The Potential of Operatic Spaces Today, Dr. Naomi André
In collaboration with Opera Theatre of St. Louis & CRE2
Seigle Hall, Room 109
WashU Jazz Series: William Lenihan, Paul DeMarinis Quartet
Pillsbury Theatre, 560 Music Center
Mark Sparks, flute and Peter Henderson, piano, Guest Recital
A Taste of Italy: Romantic Sonatas by Busoni & Respighi
E. Desmond Lee Concert Hall, 560 Music Center
Great Artists Series '26: Conrad Tao, piano
Annual Carlin Concert
E. Desmond Lee Concert Hall, 560 Music Center
A Masterclass with Conrad Tao, piano
E. Desmond Lee Concert Hall, 560 Music Center
Wind Ensemble Concert
E. Desmond Lee Concert Hall, 560 Music Center
Climate Change in Concert
Sponsored by the WashU Center for the Environment
Umrath Lounge
Great Artists Series '26: Anthony Roth Costanzo, countertenor and Bryan Wagorn, piano
E. Desmond Lee Concert Hall, 560 Music Center
WashU Symphony Orchestra
E. Desmond Lee Concert Hall, 560 Music Center
Department of Music Lecture: Varun Chandrasekhar & Bryce Noe
Music Classroom Building, Room 102
Kemper Unplugged: Kimberly Jeong, cello
Co-sponsor: Kemper Art Museum
Kemper Art Museum
WashU Jazz Series: Jazz Band Concert
Pillsbury Theatre, 560 Music Center
Department of Music Lecture: Mvstermind, Damon Davis, and Blvck Spvde
Mvstermind, Damon Davis, and Blvck Spvde - St Louis-based hip hop artists
Music Classroom Building, Room 102
POSTPONED - Young Whun Kim, piano, Faculty Recital
E. Desmond Lee Concert Hall, 560 Music Center
WashU Jazz Series: Walter Parks Group
Pillsbury Theatre, 560 Music Center
Department of Music Lecture: Walter Parks, guitarist, composer, storyteller based in St Louis
Music Classroom Building, Room 102
A Clinic with Walter Parks, guitar
Recital Hall, 560 Music Center
Artist Talk: Ballaké Sissoko, kora
in conversation with Patrick Burke and El Hadji Samba Amadou Diallo
Pillsbury Theatre, 560 Music Center
Great Artists Series '26: Ballaké Sissoko, kora and Derek Gripper, guitar
E. Desmond Lee Concert Hall, 560 Music Center
Kemper Unplugged: Afolia
Co-sponsor: Kemper Art Museum
Kemper Art Museum
CANCELLED - Coffee and Conversation with Anthony Roth Costanzo, countertenor
Moderated by Todd Decker
Pillsbury Theatre, 560 Music Center
Vicki Ray, piano, Guest Recital
E. Desmond Lee Concert Hall, 560 Music Center
WashU Jazz Series: Maurice Carnes Quartet with Kendrick Smith
Pillsbury Theatre, 560 Music Center
442s Holiday Spectacular
The 442s: Adam Maness, multi-instrumentalist; Shawn Weil, violin; Shannon Williams, viola; Bjorn Ranheim, cello; Bob DeBoo, bass; and Kaleb Kirby, drums.
E. Desmond Lee Concert Hall, 560 Music Center
Wind Division Recital
Recital Hall, 560 Music Center
Guitar Gala
Pillsbury Theatre, 560 Music Center
Holiday Celebrations: Lights, Laughter, and Fa-La-La
E. Desmond Lee Concert Hall, 560 Music Center
Voice Division Recital
Pillsbury Theatre, 560 Music Center
WashU Faculty String Quartet at the Med Campus
Sponsored by the Frieden and Jiang Endowed Fund for the Arts
Moore Auditorium, North Building (Medical Campus)
Chamber Music Division Recital
Pillsbury Theatre, 560 Music Center
Wind Ensemble Concert
E. Desmond Lee Concert Hall, 560 Music Center
WashU Jazz Series: Jazz Combo Program
Pillsbury Theatre, 560 Music Center
WashU Choirs present "Woven Song: A Choral Journey through American History"
E. Desmond Lee Concert Hall, 560 Music Center
Piano Division Recital
Recital Hall, 560 Music Center
Kemper Unplugged: The Perseid String Quartet
Co-sponsor: Kemper Art Museum
Kemper Art Museum
WashU Jazz Series: The Bridge #2.8
Holmes Lounge, Ridgley Hall
Symphony Orchestra: Symphonic Adventures
E. Desmond Lee Concert Hall, 560 Music Center
String Division Recital
Recital Hall, 560 Music Center
Tyondai Braxton, composer, guest artist performance
Pillsbury Theatre, 560 Music Center
Department of Music Lecture: Tyondai Braxton, composer/performing artist
Music Classroom Building, Room 102
WashU Jazz Series: Cabaret
Pillsbury Theatre, 560 Music Center
Friends of Music Concerto & Aria Competition
Sponsored by Friends of Music
E. Desmond Lee Concert Hall, 560 Music Center
Memorial Concert for Sandra Geary
E. Desmond Lee Concert Hall, 560 Music Center
Masterclass with Einav Yarden, piano
Recital Hall, 560 Music Center
Einav Yarden, piano, guest artist recital
Sponsored by Drs. Joseph Marcus and Margaret Olsen
E. Desmond Lee Concert Hall, 560 Music Center
The Living Earth Show, Samuel Adams, & Post:ballet present 'Lyra'
Harold Blumenfeld Concert
E. Desmond Lee Concert Hall, 560 Music Center
Tale of Two Rivers – featuring the WashU Faculty String Quartet and Jazz Trio
in conjunction with the opening of Anselm Kiefer: Becoming the Sea, Saint Louis Art Museum
Sculpture Hall, Saint Louis Art Museum
Department of Music Lecture: Graduate Student Lectures
WashU Graduate Students
Music Classroom Building, Room 102
Kemper Unplugged: Candice Ivory and WashU students interpret the Great American Songbook
Co-sponsor: Kemper Art Museum
Kemper Art Museum
FMS Colloquium Lecture Series: Lisa Mumme “‘Art Thou a Witch or a Woman?’: Gender, Queerness, Sound, and Music in Witch Films "
(co-sponsorship with Department of Music)
Seigle Room 106
WashU Jazz Series: Jazz Band Concert
Pillsbury Theatre, 560 Music Center
Chamber Project St. Louis presents The Americas: A tapestry of sound
Pillsbury Theatre, 560 Music Center
Department of Music Lecture: Graduate Student Conference Lectures
WashU Graduate Students
Music Classroom Building, Room 102
Chamber Choir Concert
Graham Chapel
Workshop of Afro-Brazilian Samba and Capoeira from Backland Bahia, Brazil
Pillsbury Theatre, 560 Music Center
Encore! A Celebration of Family and Music
E. Desmond Lee Concert Hall, 560 Music Center
Department of Music Showcase
E. Desmond Lee Concert Hall, 560 Music Center
Ariel Concert Series
E. Desmond Lee Concert Hall, 560 Music Center
Kemper Unplugged: The Wire Pilots
Co-sponsor: Kemper Art Museum
Kemper Art Museum
St. Louis Symphony on the South 40
A St. Louis Symphony Orchestra Community Partnerships program
South 40 (just outside of Bear's Den)
WashU Jazz Series: Kasimu Taylor Quartet
Pillsbury Theatre, 560 Music Center
Department of Music Open House
We invite all WashU students to learn about music classes, ensembles, and lessons for the fall semester!
Gaylord Music Library
Concert II: Bygone - Missouri Chamber Music Festival, Season 15
Graham Chapel
Jenny Lin, Senior Minor Recital, piano
Recital Hall, 560 Music Center
Wind and Brass Recital
Recital Hall, 560 Music Center
Guitar Gala
Pillsbury Theatre, 560 Music Center
David Donoghue, Senior Minor Recital, voice
Recital Hall, 560 Music Center
Voice Division Recital
Pillsbury Theatre, 560 Music Center
Jazz Band Concert
Pillsbury Theatre, 560 Music Center
Symphony Orchestra and Choirs: A Sea Symphony
E. Desmond Lee Concert Hall, 560 Music Center
Noah Kennedy, Senior Minor Recital, violin
Recital Hall, 560 Music Center
Chamber Music Division Recital
Pillsbury Theatre, 560 Music Center
Wind Ensemble Concert
E. Desmond Lee Concert Hall, 560 Music Center
Jazz Combos Concert
Pillsbury Theatre, 560 Music Center