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Keyboard Series: Bethel Schneebeck Organ Recital

Add to Calendar 2025-09-05 12:00:00 2025-09-01 03:13:13 Keyboard Series: Bethel Schneebeck Organ Recital The School of Music is pleased to present this year's Bethel Schneebeck Organ Series featuring American concert organist Wyatt Smith.  Mrs. Schneebeck, Puget Sound parent, grandparent, and friend, was a long-time community leader along with her husband, Ed Schneebeck. She was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Arts degree in 1982, and in 1989, the Fritts organ in Kilworth Memorial Chapel was dedicated and named for Mrs. Schneebeck. This concert is presented as part of the School of Music Keyboard Series, and is free and open to the public. The Keyboard Series, now in its third year, features a dynamic lineup of charismatic guest artists. For more information, visit pugetsound.edu/jacobsen. Program for Sept. 5 – Back to School Symphony No. 6 in g minor, Op. 42 by Charles-Marie Widor    I. Allegro  Prelude, Fugue, and Variation, Op. 18 by César Franck  Symphony No. 3 in f-sharp, Op. 28 by Louis Vierne   IV. Adagio  Three Variations on “Veni, Creator Spiritus” by Marcel Dupré  Improvisation sur le Te Deum by Charles Tournemire    Wyatt Smith, a native of Rapid City, South Dakota, performs with “nuance, polish, and personality” (Michael Barone, APM Pipedreams). He maintains an active concert schedule, performing throughout the United States and Europe, and his performances have been heard on American Public Media’s Pipedreams. Smith received his Doctor of Musical Arts degree in organ performance from the University of Washington; his Master of Music degree from the Yale Institute of Sacred Music, and Bachelor of Music degree from the University of South Dakota.  He serves as the associate director of music at Epiphany Parish of Seattle; director of the Epiphany Music Academy; and affiliate artist in organ and harpsichord at the . View full bio: Wyatt Smith Organ Series Concert Schedule 2025—26  Friday, Sept. 5 | Noon | Back to School Thursday, Oct. 30 | 7:30 p.m. | Pipes Spooktacular - A Halloween concert Sunday, Nov. 16 | 2 p.m. | 35th Annual Bethel Schneebeck Organ Recital Friday, Jan. 30 | Noon | Organ Music in America - 1776—1876 Friday, Feb. 27 | Noon | Organ Music in America - 1876—1926 Location Contact Information School of Music 253.879.3741 support@kwallcompany.com America/Los_Angeles public
Sep 05, 2025
12 p.m.

Join us for the first Organ at Noon Series of the year – Back to School.

The School of Music is pleased to present this year's Bethel Schneebeck Organ Series featuring American concert organist Wyatt Smith. 

Mrs. Schneebeck, Puget Sound parent, grandparent, and friend, was a long-time community leader along with her husband, Ed Schneebeck. She was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Arts degree in 1982, and in 1989, the Fritts organ in Kilworth Memorial Chapel was dedicated and named for Mrs. Schneebeck.

This concert is presented as part of the School of Music Keyboard Series, and is free and open to the public. The Keyboard Series, now in its third year, features a dynamic lineup of charismatic guest artists. For more information, visit pugetsound.edu/jacobsen.

Program for Sept. 5 – Back to School

Symphony No. 6 in g minor, Op. 42 by Charles-Marie Widor
    I. Allegro 

Prelude, Fugue, and Variation, Op. 18 by César Franck 

Symphony No. 3 in f-sharp, Op. 28 by Louis Vierne
   IV. Adagio 

Three Variations on “Veni, Creator Spiritus” by Marcel Dupré 

Improvisation sur le Te Deum by Charles Tournemire 

 

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Wyatt Smith, a native of Rapid City, South Dakota, performs with “nuance, polish, and personality” (Michael Barone, APM Pipedreams). He maintains an active concert schedule, performing throughout the United States and Europe, and his performances have been heard on American Public Media’s Pipedreams.

Smith received his Doctor of Musical Arts degree in organ performance from the University of Washington; his Master of Music degree from the Yale Institute of Sacred Music, and Bachelor of Music degree from the University of South Dakota. 

He serves as the associate director of music at Epiphany Parish of Seattle; director of the Epiphany Music Academy; and affiliate artist in organ and harpsichord at the .

View full bio: Wyatt Smith

Organ Series Concert Schedule 2025—26 

  • Friday, Sept. 5 | Noon | Back to School
  • Thursday, Oct. 30 | 7:30 p.m. | Pipes Spooktacular - A Halloween concert
  • Sunday, Nov. 16 | 2 p.m. | 35th Annual Bethel Schneebeck Organ Recital
  • Friday, Jan. 30 | Noon | Organ Music in America - 1776—1876
  • Friday, Feb. 27 | Noon | Organ Music in America - 1876—1926
Event Location

Kilworth Memorial Chapel or tune in at pugetsound.edu/schneebecklive.

Contact Information
School of Music
253.879.3741