The Artist Series at Lawrence, 1908-2008
A Look at 100 Years of History
In addition to the list below, a digital collection and exhibit will highlight the history of the Artist Series in the fall. To learn about performers for the current year, visit the Conservatory of Music website here.
Chronological List of Artists
This list was compiled based on Lawrentian and Lawrence Alumnus/Lawrence Today articles, and Artist Series programs. For the earlier years, there may be other performances in addition to the ones found in the Archives.
1908-1909
November 2, David Bispham, baritone
December 15, Ernest Schelling, pianist
February 9, Flonzaley Quartet
April 20, Madame DeMoss, soprano, and William Harper, basso
1909-1910
January 7, George Hamlin, tenor
1910-1911
January 10, Janet Spencer, contralto
1911-1912
September 27, Lucy Marsh, soprano
October 18, George Hamlin, tenor
November 22, Rudolph Ganz, pianist
December 1, Luella Chilson-Ohrman, soprano
January 17, Frances Alda, soprano
February 23, Margaret Keyes, contralto
May 10, Rose Lutiger Gannon, contralto, and Marie Schada, pianist
1912-1913
September 24, Mabel Sharp Herdien, soprano, and Bruno Steindel, cellist
November 11, Evan Williams, tenor
November 18, Namara-Toye, soprano
January 20, Germaine Schnitzer, pianist
February 17, William Hinshaw, baritone
March 3, David and Clara Manneis, violinist and pianist
April 14, Flonzaley String Quartet
1913-1914
November 4, Maggie Teyte, soprano
December 2, Cloyn and Ahlman
January 22, Vera Barstow, violinist
February 17, Marie Rappold, soprano
March 10, Boris Hamburg, cellist
April 7, Christine Miller
April 14, Alexander Perry, pianist
1914-1915
October 13, Merle Tillotson Alcock, contralto
October 20, Myrtle Elvyn, pianist
November 6, Charles Wakefield Cadman, composer and authority on American Indian folk music, assisted by Indian princess Tsianina Redfeather
November 7, John W. Nichols, tenor
January 5, Dick Davis, baritone
January 19, Arthur Shattuck, pianist
February 16, The Kneisels, string quartet
1915-1916
November 9, Albert Spalding, violinist
November 30, Carl Friedberg, pianist
January 11, Arthur Middleton, bass baritone
January 25, Leopold Godousky, pianist
February 29, Dave Thompson, pianist
1916-1917
November 7, Karl John, tenor
December 5, Georgia Hall Quick, pianist
January 16, Lois Adler, pianist
March 13, May Petersen, soprano
April 10, Zoellner String Quartet
1917-1918
November 12, Adelaide Fischer, soprano
December 11, Arthur Shattuck, pianist
January 8, Emma Patten Hoyt, soprano
February 12, Thuel Burnham, pianist
March 8, Marie Morrisey, contralto
1918-1919
November 21, Julia Claussen, mezzo-soprano
December 4, Flonzaley String Quartet
December 17, Herbert Hyde, organist
February 11, Harold Bauer, pianist
1919-1920
October 14, Max Rosen, violinist
November 4, Kryl Sisters, pianist and violinist
November 20, Ralph Dennis, lecturer
January 7, Marcus Kavanaugh, lecturer
January 28, Criterion Male Quartette
February 10, Mabel Garrison, soprano
March 3, J. Parkes Cadman, lecturer
March 19, Katherine Ridgeway, impersonator
April 16, Arthur Middleton, bass baritone
May 11, William Howard Taft, lecturer
1920-1921
November 16, Paul Althouse, tenor
November 30, Matthew Woll, lecturer
December 8, Serge Prokoffieff, pianist
January 8, May Peterson, soprano
January 24, Ida Tarbell, lecturer
February 21, Orpheus Male Quartet
March 4, New York Chamber Music Society, Incorporated
March 11, Thomas Riley Marshall, lecturer
March 23, Helen Schuster Martin, reader
April 5, Maud Ballington Booth
1921-1922
October 5, Mario Chamlee, tenor
January 6, Marie Rappold, soprano
January 17, Ignaz Friedman, pianist
February 21, Orpheus Four, male vocal quartet
1922-1923
October 20, Marie Sundelius, soprano
November 3, Raymond Robbins, authority on Russian
November 8, Adanac Male Quartet
November 13, Jacques Thibaud, violinist
January 22, Louis Graveure, baritone
January 30, Cappy Ricks, play
February 16, Mr. and Mrs. Michitara Ongawa, Japanese plays, music, and dances
February 24, Wilford T. Grenfell, lecturer on the life in the Arctic
March 6, Harold Bauer, pianist
1923-1924
No Artist Series concerts listed
1924-1925
November 18, Reinald Werrenrath, baritone
January 22, Russian Symphonic Chorus
February 23, Bronislaw Huberman, violinist, and Tandy Mackenzie, tenor
1925-1926
October 12, Queena Mario, soprano
October 28, Katheryn Meisle, contralto
November 2, United States Marine Band
January 21, De Reszke Singers, male quartet and Mildred Dilling, harpist
February 8, Jacques Thibaud, violinist
February 23, Arthur Shattuck, pianist
1926-1927
October 14, John Philip Sousa's Band
October 26, Tito Schipa, tenor
February 24, English Singers of London
March 4, Leo Ornstein, pianist, and Harry Farbman, violinist
April 27, New York Little Symphony Orchestra
1927-1928
October 7, Marion Talley, soprano
December 7, Louis Graveure, baritone
January 23, Pablo Casals, cellist
February 9, Walter Gieseking, pianist
March 16, English Singers
1928-1929
November 9, Edward Johnson, tenor
November 28, Toscha Seidel Trio, string players
February 6, Alexander Brailowsky, pianist
February 15, Andres Segovia, guitarist
March 8, Rosa Ponselle, soprano
1929-1930
November 12, Lyric Male Chorus of Milwaukee
December 6, Musical Art Quartet, string players
February 18, Dusolina Giannini, soprano
March 6, Paul Kochanski, violinist
April 5, Vladimir Horowitz, pianist
1930-1931
October 30, Heinrich Schlusnus, baritone
November 24, Cornelia Otis Skinner, character sketches
December 5, Torreblanca's Mexican Tipica Orchestra
January 12, Jose Iturbi, pianist
February 10, Barrere Ensemble of Wind Instruments
March 3, Claire Dux, soprano
1931-1932
October 29, Richard Crooks, tenor
December 2, Joseph Szigeti, violinist
January 12, Ethel Bartlett and Rae Robertson, pianists
January 26, Don Cossack Russian Male Chorus
March 8, Pauline Koner, dance
1932-1933
October 31, Salzedo Harp Ensemble
November 10, Kryl Symphonic Band
December 1, Paul Althouse, tenor
January 23, Nikolai Orloff, pianist,
February 10, Sigrid Onegin, contralto
1933-1934
Dorothy Sands, dancer
November 24, Guiomar Novaes, pianist
Nathan Milstein, violinist
February 28, Nelson Eddy, baritone
1934-1935
October 29, Nino Martini, tenor
November 22, Eunice Norton, pianist
January 17, Lawrence Symphony Orchestra
March 22, Nathan Milstein, violinist
1935-1936
November 4, Edith Lorand and her Hungarian Orchestra
December 3, Tomford Harris, pianist
January 20, Lucille Meusel, soprano, and Ennio Bolognini, cellist
February 27, Lawrence A Cappella Choir
March 3, Mischa Mischakoff, violinist
1936-1937
October 19, Lauritz Melchior, tenor
November 17, Don Cossack Russian Male Chorus
January 12, Stradivarius String Quartet of New York
February 17, Lawrence A Cappella Choir
March 3, Myra Hess, pianist
1937-1938
November 10, James Melton, tenor
December 3, Harold Bauer, pianist
January 10, Stephan Hero, violinist
February 16, Lawrence A Cappella Choir
March 24, Rose Bampton, soprano
1938-1939
October 26, Amparo Iturbi, pianist
November 30, Helen Jepson, soprano
January 20, Marcel Hubert, cellist
February 16, Lawrence A Cappella Choir
March 8, Lawrence Symphony Orchestra
1939-1940
October 30, Gladys Swarthout, mezzo-soprano
November 15, Donald Dickson, baritone
January 9, Stradivarius String Quartet of New York
February 13, Lawrence A Cappella Choir
April 15, Artur Rubinstein, pianist
1940-1941
November 15, Kirsten Flagstad, soprano
December 16, Erica Morini, violinist
January 13, Hertha Glaz, contralto
February 20, Lawrence A Cappella Choir
March 28, Rudolf Serkin, pianist
1941-1942
November 7, Ruth Draper, impersonator
December 5, Marian Anderson, contralto
February 24, Gyorgy Sandor, pianist
March 24, Efrem Zimbalist, violinist
April 10, Lawrence A Cappella Choir
1942-1943
October 22, Helen Jepson, soprano
November 16, Nine O'clock Opera Company in "The Marriage of Figaro"
February 4, Claudio Arrau, pianist
March 4, Lawrence A Cappella Choir
April 8, Isaac Stern, violinist
1943-1944
September 30, Thomas L. Thomas, baritone
November 8, Virginia Morley and Livingston Gearhart, pianists
February 8, Blanche Thebom, mezzo-soprano
March 23, Klaus Liepmann, violinist
April 20, Robert Casadesus, pianist
1944-1945
October 13, Dorothy Maynor, soprano
November 10, Ming-Leedham Trio, strings and piano
December 1, Carol Silver, pianist
January 26, Lawrence College Choir
March 2, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra
1945-1946
October 16, Rudolf Firkusny, pianist
December 9, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra
January 10, Ming-Leedham Trio, strings and piano
March 5, Lawrence College Choir
March 16, Lotte Lehmann, soprano
1946-1947
October 14, Robert Merrill, baritone
November 13, Leon Fleisher, pianist
December 5, Isaac Stern, violinist
February 25, Lawrence College Choir
March 11, Licia Albanese, soprano
April 15, Arthur Gold and Robert Fizdale, pianists
1947-1948
October 22, Bel Canto Trio, vocalists
December 9, William Kapell, pianist
January 20, William Primrose, violist
February 16, Jennie Tourel, mezzo-soprano
March 2, Lawrence College Choir
1948-1949
October 12, Rise Stevens, soprano
November 3, Ginette Neveu, violinist
February 16, E. Power Biggs, organist
February 28, Lawrence College Choir
March 18, Maryla Jonas, pianist
1949-1950
November 3, Bidu Sayao, soprano
December 7, Szymon Goldberg, soprano
January 19, Byron Janis, pianist
April 17, St. Louis Sinfonietta
1950-1951
November 10, Alec Templeton, pianist
December 15, Ossy Renardy, violinist
January 19, Igor Gorin, baritone
February 20, Gladys Ives Brainard, pianist
March 14, Mia Slavenska and the Ballet Variante
April 9, Lawrence College Choir
1951-1952
October 11, Elena Nikolaidi, contralto
November 2, Euzkadi Choral Tableaux
January 7, Nicole Henriot, pianist
March 7, Virtuosi Di Roma String Ensemble
April 3, Lawrence College Choir
1952-1953
November 17, Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo
January 7, Nicole Henriot, pianist
January 13, Aldo Ciccolini, pianist
February 26, Lawrence College Choir
March 13, Paganini Quartet, string ensemble
April 17, David Poleri, tenor
1953-1954
November 16, Eileen Farrell, soprano
January 25, Monique De La Bruchollerie, pianist
February 18, Leonard Rose, cellist
March 16, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
April 1, Lawrence College Choir
1954-1955
October 29, Trapp Family Singers
November 22, Jon Crain, tenor
February 24, Michael Rabin, violinist
March 23, Arthur Whitemore and Jack Lowe, pianists
April 18, Lawrence College Choir
1955-1956
November 1, Jerome Hines, basso
January 12, Gloria Lane, mezzo-soprano
February 23, I Musici Chamber Orchestra
March 8, Friedrich Gulda, pianist
April 9, Lawrence College Choir
1956-1957
October 8, Bel Canto Trio, vocalists
November 29, Andor Foldes, pianist
January 17, Henri Aubert, violinist
February 14, Alexander Schreiner, organist
March 7, Richard Dyer-Bennet, folksinger
April 8, Lawrence College Choir
1957-1958
No Artist Series concerts
1958-1959
October 16, Shirlee Emmons, soprano
November 13, Toshiya Eto, violinist
January 8, E. Power Biggs, organist
February 19, Societa Corelli String Orchestra
March 12, Emlyn Williams
April 6, Lawrence College Choir
1959-1960
October 22, Julian Bream, guitarist and lutenist
November 20, Maureen Forrester, contralto
February 29, Lawrence College Choir
March 17, Eugene Istomin, pianist
March 29, Camera Concerti Chamber Orchestra
1960-1961
No Artist Series concerts
1961-1962
October 23, Orchestra San Pietro of Naples
November 17, Lois Marshall, soprano
November 30, Gladys Ives Brainard, pianist
January 18, New York Woodwind Quintet
April 5, Lawrence College Concert Choir
May 3, Catherine Crozier, organist
1962-1963
November 29, Jorge Bolet, pianist
January 14, Gerard Souzay, bass-baritone
February 11, Janos Starker, cellist
April 22, Fine Arts Quartet
1963-1964
November 17, Moscow Chamber Orchestra
January 13, Grace Bumbry, mezzo-soprano
March 2, Cleveland Playhouse
1964-1965
November 2, Israel National Youth Symphony-Gadna
January 25, Goldovsky Grand Opera Theater
February 5, Coro Do Brazil
April 1, Ivan Davis, pianist
1965-1966
October 25, Netherlands Chamber Orchestra
November 18, Grant Johannesen, pianist
January 20, Lili Chookasian, contralto
May 13, Cleveland Symphony Orchestra
1966-1967
October 26, Moscow Chamber Orchestra
November 14, Tom Krause, baritone
January 9, Malcolm Frager, pianist
April 26, Robert Shaw Chorale
1967-1968
November 3, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
December 4, Susan Starr, pianist
February 26, Vienna Academy Chorus
March 29, James Oliver Buswell IV, violinist
1968-1969
October 3, John Browning, pianist
January 16, New York Pro Musica
March 6, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, soprano
April 21, Chamber Orchestra of the SAAR
1969-1970
October 30, Stockholm University Chorus
January 29, Barry McDaniel, baritone
March 5, Detroit Symphony Orchestra
April 30, Andre Watts, pianist
1970-1971
November 12, Zara Nelsova, cellist, and Grant Johannesen, pianist
January 18, Czech Chamber Orchestra
February 1, Greshon Kingsley's First Moog Quartet
April 18, Borodin Quartet
1971-1972
November 4, Gregg Smith Singers
January 26, Minnesota Orchestra
April 6, Yvonne Loriod and Olivier Messiaen, pianists
1972-1973
November 1, Toulouse Chamber Orchestra
March 29, Alicia De Larrocha, pianist
April 25, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
May 17, Peter Schreier, tenor
1973-1974
November 16, Charles Treger, violinist
March 11, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, soprano
April 5, Count Basie and his orchestra
April 19, Early Music Consort of London
1974-1975
October 11, Baroque Festival Orchestra
October 25, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
November 15, Dale Duesing, baritone
February 14, Misha Dichter, pianist
March 7, Bill Evans Trio
1975-1976
October 24, Charles Rosen, pianist
January 17, Oscar Peterson, jazz pianist
February 6, Bach Aria Group
February 27, Guarneri String Quartet
April 24, Cathy Berberian, mezzo-soprano
1976-1977
October 1, Billy Taylor Trio
November 12, Ensemble for Early Music in Roman de Fauvel
February 18, Christopher Parkening, guitarist
April 22, Cleveland Quartet, string players
1977-1978
November 18, New York Chamber Soloists
January 20, Ruth Laredo, pianist
February 24, Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
April 7, Marian McPartland Trio
May 5, Lynn Harrell, cellist, with Paul Schenly, pianist
1978-1979
November 3, Gewandhaus Orchestra
January 12, Jean-Philippe Collard, pianist,
February 23, Tokyo String Quartet
March 30, Elly Ameling, lieder artist
1979-1980
October 19, Prague Chamber Orchestra
November 9, Carmen McRae, vocalist
January 25, Wolfgang Rubsam, organist
March 7, Oscar Ghiglia, guitarist
1980-1981
October 17, Peter Serkin, pianist
November 14, Deller Consort
January 23, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
February 20, Juilliard String Quartet
April 24, American String Quartet
1981-1982
October 2, Ars Musica
November 21, Guarneri String Quartet
February 26, Dale Duesing, baritone
April 16, Robin McCabe, pianist
May 20, Boston Symphony Chamber Players
1982-1983
October 16, Beaux Arts Trio
November 19, Eastman Brass
March 4, Toulouse Chamber Orchestra
May 6, Cecile Licad, pianist
1983-1984
October 28, Deller Consort
November 19, Mendelssohn String Quartet
March 9, Vienna Octet
April 20, Sharon Robinson, cellist
1984-1985
October 20, Northern Sinfonia of England
March 28, Guarneri String Quartet
April 20, Douglas Niedt, guitarist
1985-1986
October 25, Canadian Brass
November 17, Musica Sacra
March 14, Yo-Yo Ma, cellist
May 16, Misha Dichter, pianist
1986-1987
October 9, Woody Herman and the Thundering Herd
February 20, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Octet
April 3, Jeffrey Kahane, pianist
May 21, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
1987-1988
October 22, Christopher Hogwood and the Academy of Ancient Music Chamber Ensemble
February 19, Jean-Pierre Rampal, flutist
March 12, Peter Serkin, pianist
May 6 and 7, Joffrey II Dancers
1988-1989
October 28, King's Singers
March 11, Tokyo String Quartet
April 13, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
May 14, Emanuel Ax, pianist
1989-1990
October 1, Barry Douglas, pianist
October 27 and 28, Intimate P.D.Q. Bach
January 26, Ramsey Lewis and Billy Taylor, pianists
February 6, Waverly Consort
April 20, Joshua Bell, violinist
1990-1991
October 26, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
January 18, Janos Starker, cellist
March 8, Jean-Pierre Rampal, flutist
May 3, American Brass Quintet
1991-1992
May 1, Elmar Oliveira, violinist
October 25, Richard Stoltzman, clarinetist
January 24, Garrick Ohlssom, pianist
February 28, Belgian Chamber Orchestra
1992-1993
October 9, Dale Duesing, baritone
January 22, Lee Luvisi, pianist
February 26, Guarneri String Quartet
April 17, Joshua Bell, violinist
1993-1994
November 6, Hanover Band
January 28, Richard Goode, pianist
February 27, Trio Fontenay, pianists
1994-1995
October 2, Ying String Quartet
November 4, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
March 10, Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violinist
April 29, Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
1995-1996
October 27, Empire Brass
February 18, Moscow Virtuosi, orchestra
March 29, Cecile Licad, pianist
May 3, Janos Starker, cellist
1996-1997
October 18, Peter Serkin, pianist
November 1, Christopher Parkening, guitarist
April 12, Borodin Quartet
May 3, Anonymous 4
1997-1998
January 29, Prague Chamber Orchestra
March 13, Beaux Arts Trio
April 9, Joshua Bell, violinist
May 1, Richard Stoltzman, clarinetist
1998-1999
October 4, Emanuel Ax, pianist
October 30, Chanticleer
March 12, Colorado String Quartet
April 9, American Brass Quintet
1999-2000
October 15, International Sejong Soloists
November 23, Hilary Hahn, violinist
April 7, John Browning, pianist
May 18, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
2000-2001
October 22, Matthias Goerne, baritone
January 12, Midori, violinist
April 27, Vermeer String Quartet
May 18, Nexus Percussion Ensemble
2001-2002
February 23, Dale Duesing, baritone
March 10, Lynn Harrell, cellist
April 10, Richard Goode, pianist
May 17, Eighth Blackbird
2002-2003
October 24, Academy of Ancient Music
January 10, Imani Winds, wind quintet
March 8, Takacs Quartet, string quartet
April 4, Lionheart, vocal ensemble
2003-2004
October 10, Dallas Brass
January 24, Eroica Trio, piano trio
March 5, Stephen Hough, pianist
May 14, Jubilant Sykes, Baritone
2004-2005
October 29, King's Singers, vocal ensemble
January 22, St. Lawrence String Quartet
February 19, Stefan Jackiw, violinist
April 14, Eugenia Zukerman, flutist, and Yolanda Kondonassis, harpist
2005-2006
October 28, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble
February 4, Empire Brass
March 9, Olga Kern, pianist
April 1, Ethos Percussion Group
2006-2007
October 7, Czech Nonet Chamber Ensemble
January 16, Susan Graham, mezzo-soprano
March 3, David Finkel, cellist, and Wu Han, pianist
April 21, Peter Kolkay, bassoonist
2007-2008
October 20, Brentano String Quartet
February 23, Cantus, vocal ensemble
March 7, Jon Kimura Parker, pianist
April 19, American Brass Quintet