# Lagerquist Concert Hall

Pacific Lutheran University's concert hall in Parkland, just south of Tacoma, with fewer than 550 seats, a 1998 Paul Fritts pipe organ and PLU's choir, band and orchestra concerts.

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Area: Parkland
Published: 2026-10-28
Last fact check: 2026-10-28
Status: Not marked closed; check official information
Location: Parkland, Pacific Lutheran University campus
Address: 12180 Park Ave S, Parkland, WA, 98447, US
Price: Varies by concert. Many student recitals are free; ensemble concerts have been $8–$16, and the Christmas concerts cost more.
Official information: https://www.plu.edu/music/facilities/
Hall: Open for concerts and recitals listed on PLU's event calendar.
School of Music, Theatre & Dance: 253-535-7602

Lagerquist Concert Hall is the main concert room in Pacific Lutheran University's Mary Baker Russell Music Center, on the campus in Parkland, just south of the Tacoma city line. It was dedicated in February 1995.

It seats fewer than 550, but the stage is built for a full orchestra, or a chorus with a chamber orchestra.

## The organ

The hall's pipe organ, the Gottfried and Mary Fuchs Organ, was built by Paul Fritts and Co and finished in 1998. It's a tracker, or mechanical-action, organ: the keys work the pipe valves through linkages, with no electric action in between. PLU's organ recital series is the time to hear it on its own.

## What's on

Student recitals, wind ensemble and orchestra concerts, choirs, and PLU's Christmas concerts in December. Many student recitals are free. Ensemble concerts have run $8–$16, and the Christmas concerts are priced higher.

## Practical

PLU is at 12180 Park Ave S. Each concert's page on PLU's calendar has its price and a Buy Tickets link; ticketed concerts have sold through Eventbrite. Questions go to the School of Music, Theatre & Dance at 253-535-7602.

## Nearby

For a concert hall inside Tacoma, the University of Puget Sound's [Schneebeck Concert Hall](https://tacomairl.com/places/schneebeck-concert-hall/) in the North End is the University of Puget Sound's equivalent. Downtown, the [Pantages Theater](https://tacomairl.com/places/pantages-theater/) hosts Symphony Tacoma.

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Alt: The tall red brick wall and pitched roof of a music building, seen through a row of fir trees across a lawn, with a red door and a lamppost at ground level.
Image credit: Photo: Joe Mabel
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## Sources

- [PLU: Mary Baker Russell Music Center (hall, seats, organ, dedication)](https://www.plu.edu/music/facilities/)
- [PLU calendar: University Wind Ensemble (ensemble ticket prices)](https://calendar.plu.edu/event/university-wind-ensemble-5927)
- [PLU calendar: Keyboard Students Recital (free recital)](https://calendar.plu.edu/event/keyboard-students-recital-1687)
- [PLU: Christmas concerts](https://www.plu.edu/christmas/)