Check the Lawrence University Calendar

for a complete schedule of Conservatory performances.

Admission to events listed below is free except where indicated. Many non-ticketed events may also be enjoyed via webcast.

Upcoming Ensemble Performances

  • Apr 15
    New Music Series: Steve Reich's Music for Eighteen Musicians, 50th Anniversary Celebration
    08:00 PM - 09:30 PM
    Location: Lawrence Memorial Chapel
    The Lawrence University New Music Ensemble (LuNuMu) performs Steve Reich's groundbreaking and mesmerizing work 50 years after its premiere in April 1976. Scored for four pianos and a battery of percussionists, vocalists, strings, and winds, the work is rarely performed, last heard at Lawrence in 2016. The concert opens with the Lawrence University Flute Ensemble performing Reich's Vermont Counterpoint. Price: Free
  • Apr 24
    Major Works Concert
    07:30 PM - 09:00 PM
    Location: Lawrence Memorial Chapel
    Lawrence University Choirs and Symphony Orchestra | Shannon Gravelle, conductor | Brahms - Gesang der Parzen, op. 89 | Beach - The Canticle of the Sun, op. 123, with Cayla Rosche, soprano; Karen Leigh-Post, mezzo-soprano; Steven Paul Spears, tenor; Nathan Krueger, bass | Bruckner - Requiem in D minor, WAB 39, with Ruby March-Torme, soprano; Lillian Alburg, mezzo-soprano; Auden Svoboda, tenor; Isaac Epley, bass | Price: Free
  • Apr 25
    Lawrence University Wind Ensemble Concert
    07:30 PM - 09:00 PM
    Location: Lawrence Memorial Chapel
    Ceon D. Rumphs, conductor | David Maslanka - Traveler | David Biedenbender - Kyrie (for Machaut and Part) | David Biedenbender - dreams in the dusk, with Joseph Connor, saxophone | Quinn Mason - Symphony No. 4 Strange Time | Price: Free
  • Apr 27
    Viking Clarinet Ensemble Concert
    08:00 PM - 09:00 PM
    Location: Harper Hall
    Price: Free
  • May 13
    Improvisation Group of Lawrence University (IGLU) Concert
    08:00 PM - 09:00 PM
    Location: Harper Hall
    Matt Turner, director | Price: Free
  • May 16
    Lawrence University Balinese Gamelan Concert
    03:00 PM - 04:30 PM
    Location: Lawrence Memorial Chapel
    I Dewa Ketut Alit Adnyana, director | Price: Free
  • May 17
    Kinkaviwo and Sambistas Concert
    03:00 PM - 04:00 PM
    Location: Lawrence Memorial Chapel
    Nani Agbeli, Greg Riss, and Jean Carlo Urena Gonzalez, directors | Price: Free
  • May 21
    Spring Opera Scenes
    07:30 PM - 09:00 PM
    Location: Stansbury Theater
    Copeland Woodruff, director | Kristin Roach, music director and conductor | Price: Free
  • May 22
    Lawrence University Jazz Band Concert
    07:30 PM - 09:00 PM
    Location: Lawrence Memorial Chapel
    Jose Encarnacion, director | Price: Free
  • May 23
    Lawrence University Symphonic Band Concert
    07:30 PM - 09:00 PM
    Location: Lawrence Memorial Chapel
    Matthew Arau, conductor | Sergei Prokofiev: March, op. 99 | David Biedenbender: Enigma | Luigi Bassi (arr. L.P. Laurendeau): Concert Fantasia on Motives from Verdi's Opera Rigoletto, with Andy Hudson, clarinet | Percy Grainger: Children's March | Yasuhide Ito: Gloriosa | Price: Free
  • May 24
    Lawrence University Percussion Ensemble (LUPE) Concert
    03:00 PM - 04:00 PM
    Location: Lawrence Memorial Chapel
    Jean Carlo Urena Gonzalez, director | Price: Free
  • May 27
    Lawrence University Jazz Ensemble (LUJE) Concert
    08:00 PM - 09:30 PM
    Location: Lawrence Memorial Chapel
    Patty Darling, director | Price: Free
  • May 29
    Lawrence University Choirs Concert
    07:30 PM - 09:00 PM
    Location: Lawrence Memorial Chapel
    Shannon Gravelle and Phillip A. Swan, directors | Price: Free
  • May 30
    Lawrence University Wind Ensemble Concert
    07:30 PM - 09:00 PM
    Location: Lawrence Memorial Chapel
    Ceon D. Rumphs, conductor | Lili Boulanger/arr. Jack Hontz - D'un Matin de Printemps | Percy Grainger - Hill Song No. 2 | Scott McAllister - Black Dog, with Julianne Dumm, clarinet (Concerto Competition Winner) | Leonard Bernstein/arr. Clare Grundman - Candide Suite | Price: Free
  • Jun 1
    Jazz Combos Concert 1
    08:00 PM - 09:00 PM
    Location: Harper Hall
    Price: Free
  • Jun 3
    Jazz Combos Concert 2
    03:10 PM - 04:10 PM
    Location: Harper Hall
    Price: Free
  • Jun 4
    Jazz Combos Concert 3
    04:30 PM - 05:30 PM
    Location: Harper Hall
    Price: Free
  • Jun 5
    Lawrence Symphony Orchestra (LSO) Concert
    07:30 PM - 09:00 PM
    Location: Lawrence Memorial Chapel
    Mark Dupere, conductor | Beethoven - Symphony No. 9 in D minor, op. 125, with Lawrence University Concert Choir and soloists Esteli Gomez, soprano; Karen Leigh-Post, mezzo-soprano; Steven Paul Spears, tenor; Aaron Wardell, bass-baritone | Price: Free