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![Main Hall cupola is seen in the background as a Mile of Music artist performs on Main Hall Green during the 2023 festival.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2024-07/MileofMusic2023_2.jpg?h=fdd64c33&itok=wrT3tzti)
Mile of Music continues to grow stronger, as does Lawrence University’s involvement in the all-original music festival in downtown Appleton. The 11th edition runs Aug. 1-4, featuring more than 200 artists and 700 performances.
![Lawrence Chamber Music Festival performance in Memorial Chapel](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2023-11/Lawrence-Chamber-Music-Festival_Hero_202311.jpg?h=99417986&itok=6IjXDUNU)
The week-long Lawrence Summer Music Institute, followed by the two-week Lawrence Chamber Music Festival, will debut on campus, providing immersive instruction for participants and live music opportunities for the community.
![Michael Mizrahi poses for a photo in the seats of Memorial Chapel.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2024-06/Mizrahi_Michael.jpg?h=73f3bdd7&itok=KZCZPTTA)
Lawrence University piano professor Michael Mizrahi is releasing his third solo piano album featuring contemporary classical music. Dreamspace includes the works of eight composers, three of whom have direct ties to Lawrence's Conservatory of Music.
![Evan Ney performs in the Music-Drama Center.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2024-05/EvanNey_2.jpg?h=c4c600c3&itok=LziMenYp)
Evan Ney, a Lawrence University fifth-year dual degree student, won the annual Lawrence University Wind Ensemble Concerto Competition. Now he is preparing to present a recital featuring newly commissioned music.
![Sean Jones plays the trumpet.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2024-04/Sean%20Jones_234f_CREDIT%20Todd%20Rosenberg.jpg?h=eb015f8b&itok=EecnTuTj)
Lawrence University’s 2024-25 Performing Arts Series will feature music ranging from chamber music to jazz and will include a return performance from the two-time Grammy Award-winning Roomful of Teeth.
![Led by Mark Dupere, Lawrence students rehearse on stage in Memorial Chapel for the April 19 Major Works Concert.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2024-04/MajorWorksRehearsal%202.jpg?h=e47a2c0f&itok=4EDc2NvS)
The annual Major Works Concert, set for April 19 in Memorial Chapel, unites the Conservatory's symphony and choirs. This year's performance is all about Mozart.
![Michelle Gibson](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2024-04/Gibson%20Michelle%202%20crop.jpg?h=ef663ac2&itok=ipr_CRhr)
Dancer and choreographer Michelle N. Gibson will spend five days at Lawrence University, highlighted by a community event at Memorial Chapel that will get everyone moving. She will guest teach in multiple classes.
![Publicity photo of Zakir Hussain on tabla.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2024-03/Zakir-Hussain_new.jpg?h=db4c15df&itok=Kbs9_JY3)
Zakir Hussain, a legendary classical tabla player who won three 2024 Grammy Awards in February, will bring his trio to Memorial Chapel April 6 as part of Lawrence University's 2023-24 Performing Arts Series.
![Sam Dill, Henry Roach, Emily Hamm, and Mariah Schaumberg are seen during opera rehearsal for Alice Tierney.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2024-02/AliceTierney1.jpg?h=07cd27ab&itok=vbXGFk_G)
Two one-act operas will be presented by Lawrence University’s Opera Theatre program. Pauline Viardot's Cendrillon and Melissa Dunphy's Alice Tierney will be featured in Stansbury Theater Feb. 29-March 3.
![Seniors Maddie Guest and Jon Winkler take center stage in a scene from "As You Like It."](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2024-02/WinterPlay_4.jpg?h=7d829cbb&itok=kShSE0-k)
Directed by theatre professor Timothy X. Troy, Lawrence Theatre reimagined Shakespeare's As You Like It, with the setting and creative choices reflecting recent study abroad experiences in Ireland.
![Estelí Gomez models the necklace she'll be wearing to the 2024 Grammy Awards.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2024-02/Esteli%20grammy%20photo%20web.jpg?h=f3e0028b&itok=WxJY_VTN)
Lawrence University voice professor Estelí Gomez and her vocal ensemble, Roomful of Teeth, won a Grammy Award on Feb. 4 in the Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance category for the album Rough Magic.
![Schuyler Thornton '14 holds her flute as she poses for a photo.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2024-01/Schuyler%20Thornton.jpg?h=94930a26&itok=UCpFB1Ts)
Schuyler Thornton ’14 returns to Wisconsin as a member of the Les Misérables Broadway tour, with multi-day stops at both Madison’s Overture Center for the Arts and Appleton’s Fox Cities Performing Arts Center. It's a big moment for the talented flutist.
![Lawrence University students perform chamber music in Memorial Chapel. (Photo by Danny Damiani)](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2023-12/ChamberMusic_1.jpg?h=a2ca75f0&itok=ba3zMnRI)
Lawrence University is launching two new summer music programs in 2024, both delivering immersive training to promising young musicians: The Lawrence Summer Music Institute and the Lawrence Chamber Music Festival.
![Students in the Jazz and Gender Equity Initiative (JGEI) perform at Memorial Chapel during Fred Sturm Jazz Celebration Weekend.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2023-11/JGEI%20Jazz%20Weekend%202023.jpg?h=63a91172&itok=n3p-sBeg)
Lawrence University senior Reese Pike and sophomore Vivian Shanley are leading the newly formed Jazz and Gender Equity Initiative (JGEI). The student group aims to put the spotlight on gender inclusivity in jazz.