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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.

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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. 

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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. 

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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
Mile of Music sign
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.

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Erin Lesser
Music & Arts

Lesser participates in Library of Congress COVID-19 project

Lesser was asked to participate in The Boccaccio Project, an artistic collaboration in which 10 commissions of new music would be shared with the world. 

Read more about Lesser music for Library of Congress
The Academy Symphonic Band and Wind Ensemble perform
Music & Arts

Name change to Lawrence Community Music School

The Lawrence Academy of Music, home to music instruction for adults and children in northeast Wisconsin and beyond, is changing its name to the Lawrence Community Music School.

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Theater professor Kathy Privatt (center top) and some of her students work through preparations for a radio drama to be performed live on Zoom on Friday night.
Music & Arts

Theatre students use Zoom for radio drama

Despite students being spread across the globe this term, the Theatre Arts department performs a radio drama presented live on Zoom.

Read more about Zoom radio drama
The Lawrence University Jazz Band at the Conservatory
Music & Arts

Jazz Band continues Conservatory’s DownBeat success

Lawrence University’s jazz program has earned a prestigious DownBeat award for the third consecutive year, this time in the Latin Group category.

Read more about DownBeat award LU Jazz 2020
Count Almaviva during a dress rehearsal for The Marriage of Figaro
Music & Arts

Tight-knit cast ready to open “Figaro”

Opera Theatre students prepare to open the production of The Marriage of Figaro, the classic opera from the superstar duo of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Lorenzo da Ponte.

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Photo of Tine Thing Helseth, an acclaimed trumpet player from Norway
Music & Arts

Tine Thing Helseth to perform in Artist Series

Tine Thing Helseth, an acclaimed trumpet player from Norway, will take the stage of Memorial Chapel, the 2nd concert in LU’s 2019-20 Artist Series.

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Richard III rehearsal in Cloak Theatre
Music & Arts

“Richard III” hits the stage

In "Richard III," key plot points—betrayal, power struggles and rumor campaigns—may not seem so foreign.

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Rehanna Rexroat '20 plays the violin during a recent rehearsal session in Shattuck Hall.
Music & Arts

Senior recital in honor of Pakistani grandmother

The senior violin recital for Rehanna Rexroat ’20 will be more than just the summit of her academic career at Lawrence — one that boasts majors in violin performance, instrumental music education, and choral/general music education.

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Lawrence musicians reflect on “Ten Thousand Birds” experience, a highlight of fall term in the Conservatory
Music & Arts

New Music Ensemble brings audience interaction

Student performers share their experience of playing in Ten Thousand Birds performance.

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Tim Albright, assistant professor of music works with Allie Goldman ’21 during a trombone teaching session in Shattuck Hall
Music & Arts

Lawrence’s Albright in the mix on Bon Iver’s “i,i”

Trombone professor Tim Albright plays on Bon Iver's "i,i", album, which received nominations for Album of the Year and Record of the Year.

Read more about Professor Albright and Bon Iver
Lawrence students work on a recording last fall
Music & Arts

Lawrence, Refuge Foundation nurture deeper connections

Conservatory of Music pairs with Refuge Foundation for the Arts to explore deep listening-like project with American roots music.

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Mile of Music
Music & Arts

Music is everywhere as Mile 7 gets rolling

900 live music sets, 70-plus venues and music education. Lawrence partnerships grow deeper at Mile of Music.

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Mile of Music
Music & Arts

Porky's returns to Lawrence, Mile of Music

Porky's Groove Machine performs and educates at Mile of Music 2019.

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Leila Ramagopal Pertl. music educator from Lawrence University, speaks into a microphone.
Music & Arts

Lawrence Mile of Music in sync

Lawrence music education and Mile of Music has been a team effort of community enagement since festival was founded.

Read more about Mile of Music 2019

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