Vocal Arts Faculty

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.

John T.

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.

Countertenor John Holiday has performed at world-renowned venues such as Carnegie Hall, The Kennedy Center, London’s Barbican Center, and the Philharmonie de Paris.

Dr. Karen Leigh-Post, Chair, Voice Department and Professor of Music, Applied Voice, and Voice Science and Pedagogy.

Kristin Roach is a Grammy-nominated pianist and international conductor with 37 new operas and 21 world premieres under her baton.

In his role as Co-Director of Choral Studies with Phillip Swan, Steve Sieck directs Concert Choir, which will perform at the 2022 ACDA Midwestern conference and performed at the 2014 ACDA-North Central conference; he also

Noted for being “most consistently musical, most clear in diction,” possessing a “stunningly beautiful, edgeless tenor” and for “lustrous singing,” tenor Steven Paul Spears has performed with many arts organizations across the United States and Europe.  Specializing in works of the Baroque and Co

PHILLIP A. SWAN is Co-Director of Choral Studies and Musical Director for LU Musicals. Dr.

Copeland Woodruff is currently the director of opera studies at Lawrence Conservatory of Music.