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Students on the technical crew work on scaffolding as they prepare the stage of Stansbury Theatre for "Alcina."
Music & Arts

'Alcina' opera set in traveling carnival; opens March 2

Handel’s Alcina, an 18th-century baroque opera, will be set in a traveling carnival when it is presented March 2-5 by Lawrence University’s award-winning Opera Theatre program.

Read more about Preview of Opera Theatre presenting Alcina
Portrait of Wynton Marsalis
Music & Arts

Marsalis, Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra set for Friday

Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis featuring Naseer Shamma on oud will be in concert at 8 p.m. Feb. 3, part of Lawrence’s 2022-23 Performing Arts Series.

Read more about Preview of Jazz at Lincoln Center with Wynton Marsalis
John Holiday clasps his hands as he sings during Thursday's tribute to Martin Luther King Jr.
Music & Arts

Photo gallery: John Holiday, students in MLK performance

Photo gallery: See images of John Holiday and students from his voice studio performing music inspired by the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. 

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Head shot of Cory Chisel
Music & Arts

Chisel, NEWVoices concerts set for Memorial Chapel

Holiday concerts from Cory Chisel, with John Holiday and other guest artists, and the NEWVoices choir to be held at Memorial Chapel.

Read more about Holiday concerts set for Memorial Chapel
Catherine Kautsky works with piano student Jasmine Maller during a teaching session..
Music & Arts

Kautsky's video series highlights great piano works

Catherine Kautsky is featured in a new 24-part recording in The Great Courses video series titled, Great Piano Works Explained. She shares her talents and insights. 

Read more about Kautsky featured in Great Piano Works Explained on Great Courses
Nate Scott plays the bassoon while recording remotely for the Coming Together project.
Music & Arts

New Music Ensemble wins American Prize award

The Lawrence University New Music Ensemble has won the 2022  American Prize in Virtual Performance for a recording created while working, studying, and living remotely during the pandemic.

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Wasonu Allen, a Lawrence alumnus who performs as Sonu., poses for a publicity photo behind a car.
Music & Arts

Hip-hop collaboration brings twist to Bands concert

The Nov. 16 performance of Lawrence University's Symphonic Band and Wind Ensemble will feature a hip-hop collaboration on Lincolnshire Posy, reframing a piece that is based on folk songs dealing with issues of justice, love, and loss.

Read more about Bands concert with Sonu preview
Dane Richeson works with percussion students in his studio.
Music & Arts

Percussion group honors Richeson for brilliant career

Dane Richeson, leader of the Lawrence University Percussion Ensemble (LUPÉ) and professor of music, is the recipient of the Percussive Arts Society's 2022 Lifetime Achievement Award in Education.

Read more about Dane Richeson receives lifetime achievement award
Jose Encarnacion plays the saxophone during a previous Jazz Weekend performance.
Music & Arts

Jazz Weekend comes roaring back at Lawrence

The annual Fred Sturm Jazz Celebration Weekend returns Nov. 4-5, bringing more than 400 high school and middle school students to campus for immersive jazz instruction.

Read more about Jazz Weekend 2022 preview
Mark Dupere leads the Lawrence Symphony Orchestra through a rehearsal in advance of Kaleidoscope.
Music & Arts

Conservatory's Kaleidoscope extravaganza set to return

Kaleidoscope returns to the Fox Cities Performing Arts Center on Oct. 8, featuring nearly 400 students from the Lawrence Conservatory of Music. It'll be part of the Blue & White Homecoming Weekend Celebration.

Read more about Kaleidoscope to be held at Fox Cities PAC
Portrait of Wynton Marsalis
Music & Arts

Performing Arts Series returns; features Marsalis

Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis will headline the 2022-23 Performing Arts Series at Lawrence.

Read more about 2022 Performing Arts @ Lawrence announcement
Mindara Krueger-Olson leads a Ghanaian Drumming & Dancing session during the 2021 Mile of Music.
Music & Arts

Lawrence venues, artists, educators in Mile of Music mix

With expanded performance spaces on campus, interactive Music Education sessions, and musical performances by Lawrentians, Lawrence will again play a big part in the annual Mile of Music festival.

Read more about Preview of 2022 Mile of Music
Head shot of Mary Van De Loo
Music & Arts

Van De Loo to lead Lawrence Community Music School

Mary Van De Loo ’89 has been named the new director of the Lawrence Community Music School, taking over for the departing Karen Bruno '92.

Read more about Van De Loo new director of Community Music School
Musicians perform on the Memorial Chapel stage during the 2021 festival.
Music & Arts

Decoda Chamber Music Festival back for second year

The Decoda Chamber Music Festival will be held at Lawrence from July 24 to Aug. 5. It will include instruction for 30 students as well as a series of public performances by faculty and students.

Read more about Decoda Chamber Music Festival returns for 2022
The Lawrence Graduate Bayreuth Tuben Quintet poses for a photo with their Wagner tubas.
Music & Arts

Ellsworth, tuben quintet lift up LGBTQ community

The Lawrence Graduate Bayreuth Tuben Quintet, an unconventional ensemble led by Lawrence Conservatory professor Ann Ellsworth, released its debut album, which features mostly music from LGBTQ composers.

Read more about Ellsworth and tuben group lift up LGBTQ composers
Students rehearse in advance of Friday's oratorio performance.
Music & Arts

Oratorio to make return to Memorial Chapel stage

When more than 200 students take the stage of Memorial Chapel on June 3 for the much-anticipated oratorio, the Brahms’ Ein deutsches Requiem, it will be the first staging of a Major Works concert since the pandemic began.

Read more about Brahms oratorio 2022 preview
Brian Pertl takes a selfie with a van full of donated musical instruments.
Music & Arts

Donated instruments has dean spreading gift of music

When a music store in Racine shuttered, dozens of musical instruments were donated. Brian Pertl, dean of the Lawrence Conservatory, stepped in to help place those instruments where they'd be put to good use. 

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Esteli Gomez performs on stage in San Diego.
Music & Arts

Voice professor Estelí Gomez up for a 2022 Grammy Award

Lawrence University voice professor Estelí Gomez is featured as a soloist on an album nominated for a 2022 Grammy Award. She'll be at the Grammys in Las Vegas on April 3. 

Read more about Esteli Gomez 2022 Grammys
Student actors in victorian era costumes sit in front of their mirrors in the green room while other students do their hair.
Music & Arts

Behind the scenes of Molière Inspired

This collection of photos is a look at the making of Molière Inspired, a Winter Term production from Lawrence University’s Department of Theatre Arts in celebration of the French playwright’s 400th birthday. 

Read more about theatre production photo essay - Moliere
The Lawrence University Concert Choir poses for a photo on the steps near the Music-Drama Center.
Music & Arts

Concert Choir, Cantala get coveted performance invite

The Lawrence University Concert Choir and Cantala have been selected to perform at the American Choral Directors Association’s Midwest conference. Only 16 choirs from a 10-state region are accepted after a thorough auditioning process. 

Read more about Choirs get ACDA invite
During rehearsals for the scene in the opera, Marriage of Figaro, where Countess Rosina dresses Cherubino.
Music & Arts

Lawrentians honored with American Prize awards

The Lawrence Conservatory of Music drew high praise in the recently released 2021 The American Prize Awards, with two faculty—and the students they direct—and three alumni being honored.

Read more about American Prize Awards 2021
Horacia Conteras, and his partner, Natali Herrera-Pacheco stand together outside Lawrence's Conservatory
Music & Arts

Raising the profile of Latin American composers

Horacio Contreras, an associate professor of music in the Lawrence Conservatory of Music, and his wife, Natali Herrera-Pacheco launched SOLA (Strings of Latin America) three years ago to raise the profile of Latin American composers. 

Read more about Raising profiles of Latin American composers
Fred Sturm sitting in an audience seat in an empty auditorium
Music & Arts

Jazz Celebration Weekend honors Sturm

The annual Fred Sturm Jazz Celebration Weekend, a staple of the jazz program in the Lawrence Conservatory of Music for four decades, will be held Nov. 5 and 6 with a bit of a twist.

Read more about Fred Sturm Jazz Celebration Weekend 2021
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Music & Arts

Mile of Music festival comes roaring back

Mile of Music is back, and with it comes a return of the Music Education Team, led by Lawrence Conservatory of Music faculty, students, and alumni.

Read more about Mile of Music festival is back

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