Past Events

Past Events

Department of Music Lecture: Brian Wright, Associate Professor of Music History at University of North Texas

Brian Wright, Associate Professor of Music History at University of North Texas
Music Classroom Building, Room 102

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

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

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

Department of Music Lecture: Kevin Puts, Pulitzer-Prize winning composer

Co-sponsored by the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
Music Classroom Building, Room 102

Faculty Showcase

Pillsbury Theatre, 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

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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

Kemper Unplugged: Candice Ivory and WashU students interpret the Great American Songbook

Co-sponsor: Kemper Art Museum
Kemper Art Museum

Chamber Project St. Louis presents The Americas: A tapestry of sound

Pillsbury Theatre, 560 Music Center

Workshop of Afro-Brazilian Samba and Capoeira from Backland Bahia, Brazil

Pillsbury Theatre, 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

Concert II: Bygone - Missouri Chamber Music Festival, Season 15

Graham Chapel