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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.
![Students perform as part of the Lawrence University Pep Band at a women's hockey game earlier this year.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2024-07/Pep%20Band%201.jpg?h=a49d782d&itok=IR8-qKw4)
A dual-degree flutist in the Conservatory of Music and a soccer player studying biology and environmental studies collaborated to revive the Lawrence University Pep Band. About 30 of their peers have joined the fun.
![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.
![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.
![Timothy X. Troy (Photo by Danny Damiani)](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2024-03/TimTroy_63.jpg?h=81ed0762&itok=ZAL1zMG3)
Lawrence University theatre arts professor Timothy X. Troy ’85 wrote a play while spending a year in Ireland as a Fulbright U.S. Scholar. Run with the Hare (…and hunt with the hound) is the result of research surrounding the Irish War of Independence.
![Emily Richter '20](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2024-03/richter%20Emily%20new.jpg?h=1ac39924&itok=CYGcr_lK)
Lawrence University alumna Emily Richter ’20 is one of five winners of a prestigious 2024 Metropolitan Opera competition. The honor follows her March 17 performance in the Met's Eric and Dominique Laffont Grand Finals Concert.
![Novelist Michael Smith talks with Lawrence students during a songwriting class.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2024-03/Songwriting_3.jpg?h=b75901c5&itok=qiGOzSIG)
Lawrence University students in a songwriting class are writing music to be considered for an upcoming film adaptation of a Michael Farris Smith novel. The author met with the students in Harper Hall.
![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.
![Annika Schmidt poses with her cello outside of the Music-Drama Center.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2024-02/AnnikaCello_2.jpg?h=63c8d61d&itok=t5LlxB72)
Lawrence University junior Annika Schmidt excels in her academic pursuits: cello and linguistics. She was recently named the co-winner of the annual Concerto Competition for the Lawrence Symphony Orchestra.
![Tim Albright poses with his trombone on the sidewalk of Main Hall Green.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2024-02/Tim_Albright_2.jpg?h=18d37b8a&itok=u2SLwYd3)
Meet Tim Albright, trombone professor at Lawrence University. He directs the Trombone Ensemble, coaches chamber music and jazz small group ensembles, and continues to perform at a high level. And he knitted that awesome scarf.