Jacobsen Series 2024-25 Performances Featuring Puget Sound Music Faculty and Guest Artists. All concerts in Schneebeck Concert Hall at 7:30 p.m. unless noted otherwise. Meet and greet the artists following each performance at a reception hosted by the Sigma Alpha Iota (SAI) international music organization.

The program for March 13 features special guests David Geber, cello; performing with Randolph Kelly, viola; and School of Music faculty members Alistair McRae, cello; and Maria Sampen, violin; joined by Connor Adams '25, Avi Graf '25, and Isabella Brady '24, cello. Music will include works by Johann Sebastian Bach, Friedrich Dotzauer, Joseph Haydn, and Anton Arenksy.  

A native of Los Angeles, David Geber grew up in a family of professional cellists. A graduate of the Juilliard school, he was the founding cellist of the American String Quartet and concertized internationally with the ensemble for nearly 30 years, including performances in all 50 of the United States. His teaching career spans over 40 years at Manhattan School of Music, where he also served as a senior administrator for more than a decade. His many former students have prominent and varied careers in the music field, including symphonic, chamber music, new music, teaching, administrative and advocacy positions. Geber is vice president of the Walter W. Naumburg Foundation in New York and is also an artist-representative for Jargar Strings.

Geber will be joined by Alistair MacRae, Cordelia Wikarski-Miedel Artist in Residence at the University of Puget Sound, cellist of the Puget Sound Piano Trio, principal cello of the Princeton Symphony Orchestra, and principal cello of Symphony Tacoma. 

Additional participants in the performance will include guest artist Randolph Kelly, viola; Maria Sampen, violin; and Puget Sound music students.

Program Details

The Jacobsen Professional Artist Series was established in 1984 in honor of Leonard Jacobsen, professor of piano and chair of the piano department at Puget Sound from 1932 to 1965. Ticket sales support the Jacobsen Series Scholarship Fund, annual music scholarships awarded to outstanding student performers and scholars in the SAI international music organization. Thank you to our many patrons whose support has benefitted students and contributed to this successful series.

Learn More

Visit pugetsound.edu/jacobsen or call the School of Music at 253.879.3741.

Tickets

Tickets are available online at tickets.pugetsound.edu, at the Logger Store located in the Wheelock Student Center, or at the door.

• $25 general
• $20 sr. citizen, student, military, Puget Sound faculty, staff, Community Music members
• Admission is free for current Puget Sound and K-12 students.