Lawrence Today magazine, Fall 2002
Peter Gilbert, reference librarian and associate professor, is currently vice president and president-elect of the Wisconsin Library Association, the 2,000-member statewide organization for public, school, academic, and special librarians.
Patrice Michaels, soprano, associate professor of music, sang for the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court in May at their annual Music at the Supreme Court concert. Michaels, who was accompanied by Grammy-winning pianist John Browning, received the invitation to perform from Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, whose son is the founder of Cedille Records and producer of Michaels' recordings on that label.
Elaine Moran, '05, Winnetka, Ill., and Emma Sweet, '04, Needham, Mass., have been selected for the Irene Ryan Acting Scholarship Competition as part of the American College Theatre Festival. Both were chosen based on their performances in Lawrence's spring production of Molière's The Learned Ladies. They will vie for one of two $500 scholarships at the regional audition and the chance to advance to national auditions at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., next spring.
Kathleen Murray, professor of music and dean of the Lawrence Conservatory of Music, has been elected to a two-year term on the board of directors of the Music Teachers National Association, America's oldest professional music association, and will serve a concurrent term on the MTNA Foundation board.
Susan Richards, director of the Seeley G. Mudd Library and associate professor, was recently elected vice chair and chair-elect of the college libraries section of the Association of College and Research Libraries, the national organization for academic librarians.
Jonathan Roberts, '04, Sturgeon Bay, was named co-recipient of the $250 Christian Fellowship of Art Music Composers Scholarship, an annual award recognizing student composers who demonstrate excellence in their Christian testimony and achievement and potential in art music composition. He had previously won composition awards from Michigan State University and Pi Kappa Lambda, national music honor society.
Sonia Sielaff, '03, St. Paul, Minn., has won the Howard F. Brown Prize for clarinet performance. The prize is sponsored by Expanded Musical Concepts and was presented by Jane Brown Bent, '72, co-founder of the Appleton-based music publishing company.