Music Performance Faculty

As trombone instructor in the Conservatory, I get to share my love of music through teaching private lessons and studio class, co-directing the Trombone Ensemble, coaching chamber music and small-group ensembles, and performing with the Faculty Brass Quintet an

David Bell is Professor of Clarinet at Lawrence University Conservatory of Music.  He has held faculty positions at the Oberlin Conservatory, Baldwin-Wallace College, the University of Akron, West Virginia University, and Western Illinois University

Bill Carrothers has been a professional pianist for more than 40 years. He has played many venues throughout the U.S.

Associate Professor of Music

Dale Duesing ’67 began his musical career as a child studying piano in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. While at Lawrence he studied vocal performance, before going on to have an international vocal career as one of the world’s leading baritones.

Called, “outrageous” and “splendidly projected,” by the New York Times, Ann E

Marty was principal/solo tubist with the United States Navy Band in Washington, D.C., serving 6 presidents. His remarkable reputation as a soloist in both classical and jazz idioms was celebrated in a retrospective concert at in the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall in 2013.

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Currently Associate Professor of Music at Lawrence University, Samantha George served as Associate Concertmaster of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra from 1999-2008 and as Acting Concertmaster of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra for the 2002-2003 season.

Praised for her "clear, bright voice" (New York Times) and "artistry that belies her young years” (Kansas City Metropolis), soprano Estelí Gomez is quickly gaining recognition as a stylish interpreter of early and contemporary repertoires.