The performance schedule for the 2022-2023 year is subject to change. This calendar will be updated accordingly, but for the most up-to-date information check the Lawrence University Calendar. For ticketed events please contact the box office.

Spring Term 2023 Performances

Saturday, April 15th at 8pm - Lawrence Memorial Chapel
Wind Ensemble & Symphonic Band Concert
            Robert Kurka – The Good Soldier Schweik Suite
            James Reese Europe – Castles in Europe
            John Hennecken – Tartar Steppe
                        WORLD PREMIERE
            John Philip Sousa – The Thunderer
            Ira Hearshen – After “The Thunderer” from Symphony on Themes of John Philip Sousa
            Jan Van der Roost – Dublin Dances

Friday, April 21st at 8pm - Lawrence Memorial Chapel
Major Works Concert
            Lili Boulanger – D’un matin de printemps
                        Mark Dupere, conductor
            Jake Runestad – A Silence Haunts Me
            Reena Esmail – This Love Between Us: Prayers for Unity
                        Phillip A. Swan, conductor

Wednesday, May 10th at 8pm - Harper Hall
Improvisational Group of Lawrence University (IGLU) Concert
Improvisations Meet Field Recordings

Wednesday, May 17th at 8pm - Lawrence Memorial Chapel
Jazz Band & Tambo Toké Concert
Musical Roots from Puerto Rico
            Traditional Taino song – Cay Eco Yara Ma O
            José Encarnación – Inside the Kú (Adoration Temple) “Prayer & Meditation Prelude”
            Fred Stride – Matador
            Traditional Plena song – A Mayaguez
            Wayne Wallace – Baila Bomba
            Traditional Seis de Bomba Sicá songs
            Papo Vázquez – Blue Ray
            Traditional Seis de Bomba Yubá song – Teresita Cuidao’ con los Jurado
            José Guzmán Borrero – Holandé Pá Uste’
            Traditional Seis de Bomba Holandé song – Ae, Mis Barriles
            Papo Vázquez – Baila Plena
            Traditional Plena songs
            Michael Mossman – The River Spirit

Thursday, May 18th at 8pm - Stansbury Theater
Spring Opera Scenes
            Gaetano Donizetti/Giovanni Ruffini – Don Pasquale
            Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart/Lorenzo da Ponte – Le nozze di Figaro
            Carl Maria von Weber/Friedrich Kind – Der Freischütz
            Jacques Offenbach/Jules Barbier – Les contes d’Hoffmann
            Evan Mack/Josh MacGuire – A Nearer Mother

Saturday, May 20th at 8pm - Lawrence Memorial Chapel
Wind Ensemble & Symphonic Band Concert
            Johann Strauss (arr. Alfred Reed) – Radetzky March
            Robert Spittal – Pacem
            Julie Giroux – Burning the Wicker Man
            Omar Thomas – Of Our New Day Begun
            Howard Niblock – Macro-Cosmic Rhythms
                        WORLD PREMIERE
            Malcolm Arnold – English Dances, Set II
            Florent Schmitt – Dionysiaques
            Bernhard Heiden – Diversion
                        Featuring Gabe Reyes, saxophone (LUWE Concerto Competition Winner)

Wednesday, May 24th at 8pm - Lawrence Memorial Chapel
Lawrence University Jazz Ensemble (LUJE) Concert
            Jelly Roll Morton (arr. Jaxon Stock) – Black Bottom Stomp
            Benny Carter – Symphony in Riffs
            Duke Ellington (arr. Jimmy Mundy) – I Like the Sunrise
            Miles Davis (arr. Mike Tomaro) – Boplicity
            Harry Warren / Mack Gordon (arr. Bill Holman) – There Will Never Be Another You
            Thad Jones – Kids Are Pretty People
            Kristin Berardi (arr. Florian Ross) – Ode to Oli
            Charles Mingus (arr. John Stubblefield) – Song with Orange

Friday, May 26th at 8pm - Lawrence Memorial Chapel
Choirs Concert
            Shawn Kirchner – Sweet Rivers
            Kyle Pederson – Hands Are Knockin’
            Katie Moran Bart – Blessing
            Lerner/Loewe (arr. Mark A. Brymer) – I’m On My Way from Paint Your Wagon
            Nico Gutierrez – Amo
            Dale Trumbore – Faster
            Sarah Quartel – Sing, My Child
            Samo Vovk – Ta na Solbici (And so we dance in Resia)
            Elaine Hagenberg – As the rain hides the stars
            Billy Steinberg/Tom Kelly (arr. Tim Brent) – True Colors
            arr. Stacey V. Gibbs – A Spiritual Trilogy

Sunday, May 28th at 3pm - Lawrence Memorial Chapel
LU Percussion Ensemble (LUPÉ) & Kinkaviwo Concert
            Evan Chapman – Sympathy
            Harold Arlen (arr. Robert Oetomo) – Over the Rainbow
            Alexis C. Lamb – Matters/Mind
            Ewe, traditional – Gahu
            Ewe, traditional – Gamamla
            Ewe, traditional – Agbekor
            Ewe, traditional – Adzogbo

Wednesday, May 31st at 3:10pm - Harper Hall
Jazz Combos (Miles & Thelonious Combos) Performance

Thursday, June 1st at 4:30pm - Harper Hall
Jazz Combos (Elvin, Melba & Mary Lou) Performance

Friday, June 2nd at 8pm - Lawrence Memorial Chapel
Lawrence Symphony Orchestra Concert
            Chabrier – España
            Ravel – Piano Concerto in G Major
                        Featuring Benjamin Keating, piano (LSO Concerto Competition Co-winner)
            Ravel – Daphnis et Chloé Suite No. 2

Friday, June 9th at 7:30pm - Lawrence Memorial Chapel
Commencement Concert

Winter Term 2023 Performances

Monday February 20th at 8pm - Harper Hall
Improvisational Group of Lawrence University (IGLU) Concert
Improvisations Based on Folk Songs

Wednesday February 22nd at 8pm - Lawrence Memorial Chapel
Jazz Band Concert
            Don Sebesky – Bluer Than Blue
            Bill Russo – 23 Degrees N 82 Degrees W
            Van Heusen/Mercer (arr. Vern Sielert) – I Thought About You
            Jamey Simmons – Greasin’ the Skids
            Burke/Van Heusen (arr. Bill Holman) – Polka Dots and Moonbeams
            Chris Cornell (arr. James Miley) – Black Hole Sun
            Bill Holman – Plain Brown Wrapper

Friday February 24th at 8pm - Lawrence Memorial Chapel
Choirs Concert
            Rosephanye Powell – Non Nobis, Domine
            arr. Wendell Whalum – The Lily of the Valley
            Rosephanye Powell – Arise, Beloved!
            Amy Beach – Kyrie from Mass in E-flat
            Margaret Bonds – No Man Has Seen His Face
            Paul John Rudoi – Comet from Spheres of Influence
            R. Nathaniel Dett – Let Us Cheer the Weary Traveler
            Norman Dello Joio – A Jubilant Song
            Hans Leo Hassler (arr. Gwynn S. Bement) – Cantate Domino
            Jake Runestad – Winter Stars
            Mari Esabel Valverde – Patterns on the Snow
            arr. Gwyneth Walker – Sweet Molly
                        Featuring Professor Marty Erickson, tuba
            Mia Makaroff – Spes (Hope)
            Sean Ivory – The Peace of Wild Things
                        Featuring Professor Matthew Michelic, viola

Saturday February 25th at 8pm - Lawrence Memorial Chapel
Wind Ensemble Concert
            Carl Reinecke – Finale from Octet
            Stephen Gryc – Guignol
                        Featuring Professor Carl Rath, bassoon
            William Grant Still – Summerland
            Artie Shaw – Concerto for Clarinet and Band
                        Featuring Professor David Bell, clarinet
            Vittorio Giannini – Symphony No. 3

Sunday February 26th at 3pm - Lawrence Memorial Chapel
LU Percussion Ensemble (LUPÉ) Concert
            Alexandre Lunsqui – SHI
            Warren Enström – some contingencies
            Ney Rosauro – Concerto for Marimba and Percussion Ensemble
            Folkloric music from Puerto Rico – Plena Medley
                       Tambo Toké
            Folkloric music from Puerto Rico – Bomba Medley
                       Tambo Toké

Wednesday March 1st at 8pm - Lawrence Memorial Chapel
Lawrence University Jazz Ensemble (LUJE) Concert
            Nathan Parker Smith – Carrington Super Flare
            Jones/Reinhardt (arr. Chris Dyble) – I’ll See You in My Dreams
            Owen Brady – Sonder
            Darcy James Argue – Transit
            Mitchell VonEschen – Bleeding in Cycles
            Patty Darling – Gratitude
            Maria Schneider – Wyrgly

Thursday-Sunday, March 2nd-5th - Stansbury Theater
Opera Performances
            Handel – Alcina

Saturday, March 4th at 8pm - Lawrence Memorial Chapel
Symphonic Band Concert
            Viskamol Chaiwanichsiri – Chao Phraya March
            Asha Srinivasan – To Be Heard...
                        REGIONAL PREMIERE
            Jasper Kashou – Let's Lift the Bandstand
                        WORLD PREMIERE
            Arlen/Harburg (arr. James Barnes) – Wizard of Oz
            Oscar Navarro – Libertadores

Sunday, March 5th at 2pm - Lawrence Memorial Chapel
Lawrence Gamelan Cahaya Asri, Sekar Kemuda, and Children's Gamelan Performance

Monday, March 6th at 8pm - Harper Hall
Jazz Combos (Miles Combo) Performance

Wednesday, March 8th at 3:10pm - Harper Hall
Jazz Combos (Thelonious & Elvin) Performance

Thursday, March 9th at 4:30pm - Harper hall
Jazz Combos (Melba & Mary Lou) Performance

Friday, March 10th at 8pm - Lawrence Memorial Chapel
Lawrence Symphony Orchestra Concert
            Revueltas – Sensemayá
            Bennett – Concerto for Stan Getz
                        Featuring Jasper Kashou, saxophone (LSO Concerto Competition Co-winner)
            Shostakovich – Symphony No. 5 in D minor, op. 47

Fall Term 2022 Performances

Saturday, October 1st at 8pm - Lawrence Memorial Chapel
Wind Ensemble & Symphonic Band Concert
            Cait Nishimura – Chasing Sunlight
            Omar Thomas – Shenandoah
            Ralph Vaughan Williams – English Folk Song Suite
            Carolyn Bremer – Impulse Engine
            Ricardo Lorenz – Caminantes
            Ida Gotkovsky – Poème du Feu

Friday, October 7th at 8pm - Lawrence Memorial Chapel
Choirs Concert
            arr. Neil Ginsberg – Hine Ma Tov
            Mykola Lysenko – Prayer for Ukraine
            Gaetano Donizetti – “Chi mi frena in tal momento” from Lucia di Lammermmor
            Joan Szymko – Invincible
            Donna Gartman Schultz – Banks of Doon
            Tim Brent– Peace Song (Beatitudes)
            Christopher H. Harris – Joy Never Leaves
            B.E. Boykin – Holding the Light
            Ko Matsushita – Jubilate Deo

Saturday, October 8th at 8pm - PAC
Kaleidoscope
Ticket Required

Saturday, October 15th at 8pm - Lawrence Memorial Chapel
Lawrence Symphony Orchestra Concert
            Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4 in F minor, op. 36

Sunday, October 16th at 1pm - Main Hall Green
Lawrence University New Music Ensemble
            John Luther Adams Ten Thousand Birds

Monday, October 24th at 8pm - Esch Hurvis Studios, Warch Campus Center
Improvisational Group of Lawrence University (IGLU) Concert with Dance Collective Ensemble (DanCE)

Sunday, November 6th at 3pm - Lawrence Memorial Chapel
LU Percussion Ensemble (LUPÉ) Concert
            Folkloric Music from Puerto Rico – Seis de Bomba
                       Tambo Toké
            Robert Chappell – Algorhythm for Steelpan and Percussion Ensemble
            George Hamilton Green (arr. Bob Becker) – Triplets
                       Featuring Liam Teage, steelpan
            Traditional Ghana Kinka
                       Kinkaviwo featuring Nani Agbeli, Ghanaian dance

Friday, November 11th at 8pm - Lawrence Memorial Chapel
Choirs Concert
            arr. Craig Courtney – My Shepard Will Supply My Need
            Eric Lane Barnes – Lambscapes
            Traditional Spanish Folk Song (arr. Joni Jensen) – El Vito
            Santiago Veros – Almas de barro
            Veros – Lake of Stars
            Wolfram Buchenberg – Ich bin das Brot des Lebens from Vier geistliches Gesänge
            Veros – Galaxias
            Guido López-GavilánEl Guayaboso

Monday, November 14th at 8pm - Harper Hall
Jazz Combos (Miles Combo) Performance

Wednesday, November 16th at 3:10pm - Harper Hall
Jazz Combos (Thelonious & Elvin Combos) Performance

Wednesday, November 16th at 8pm - Lawrence Memorial Chapel
Wind Ensemble & Symphonic Band Concert
            Aakash Mittal – Salt March for Wind Ensemble
            Shelley Hanson – Islas y Montañas
            Frank Ticheli – Lux Perpetua
            Margaret Brouwer – Sizzle
            John Barnes Chance – Concerto for Trumpet and Concert Band
                       Featuring Prof. John Daniel, trumpet
            Percy Grainger – Lincolnshire Posy
                       Featuring Sonu., rapper/artist

Thursday, November 17th at 4:30pm - Harper Hall
Jazz Combos (Melba & Mary Lou Combos) Performance

Thursday, November 17th at 8:30pm - Lawrence Memorial Chapel
Fall Opera Scenes
            Laurence O'Keefe/Keythe Farley, & Brian Flemming
                        – Bat Boy: The Musical, Three-Bedroom House
            Douglas Moore/John Latouche – The Ballad of Baby Doe
            G.F. Handel/William Congreve – Semele
            Jules Massenet/Édouard Blau, Paul Milliet, & Georges Hartmann  – Werther
            Engelbert Humperdinck/Adelheid Wette – Hansel & Gretel
            Laurence O'Keefe/Keythe Farley, & Brian Flemming
                        – Bat Boy: The Musical, Inside Your Heart
            Benjamin Britten/Myfanwy Piper – Turn of the Screw
            Marvin Hamlisch/Edward Kleban – A Chorus Line   

Friday, November 18th at 8pm - Lawrence Memorial Chapel
Lawrence Symphony Orchestra Concert
            Beethoven Symphony No. 6 in F major, “Pastoral”, op. 68