Program Overview
Explore ground-breaking and genre-defying operatic experiences.
A sign language production? Collaborative operatic improvisation? Our award-winning opera studies program creates musical performance experiences unlike any other. You will combine technique-building workshops with productions with your peers to hone your skills as a singing actor.
Program Highlights
Grow as a Singing Actor
Build your individual repertoire and develop a versatile stage presence through frequent performance opportunities, including an annual mainstage opera with full orchestra.
Explore a Wide Range of Opportunities
Expand your performance experience through a winter mainstage production and opera scenes in the fall and spring, giving you opportunities to perform selections from a variety of operas.
Build on a Tradition of Excellence
Join a program whose students and productions have earned recognition in major opera competitions and awards, from the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions to the American Prize.
Advising
At Lawrence, academic advising helps you shape an educational experience that reflects your interests, goals, and aspirations. Your faculty advisor will support you as you plan your path, connect with campus resources and communities, and make informed decisions that prepare you for a meaningful and fulfilling future.
Faculty
Engage deeply and collaboratively with professors who are experts in their field and committed to supporting your education.
All Faculty
Kristin L. Roach (she/her)
Assistant Professor of Music
Kristin Roach is a Grammy-nominated pianist and international conductor with 40+ new operas and 20+ world premieres under her baton. She has received nine American Prize nominations, including first prize…
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Copeland Woodruff (he/him/his)
Mary and Michael Jaharis Director of Opera Studies and Associate Professor of Music
copeland.woodruff@lawrence.edu
Copeland Woodruff is currently the director of opera studies at Lawrence University, Conservatory of Music. He has been on the directing and production staffs of the New York City Opera,…
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