Conservatory

Sunday, April 27 | 3-4:30 p.m.
Memorial Chapel

The orchestra is a unique ensemble of 40 people performing East European folk music on authentic Russian folk instruments, primarily balalaikas and domras. The repertoire consists of Russian and other Slavic and East European folk songs, dances, and ballads, with occasional selections of modern Western pieces.

Soloists:
Zoya Nevinskaya, vocals
Amalasuentha McGwin, percussion
David Pook, percussion

Music director and founder: Victor Gorodinsky

The concert is free and open to the public. There will be a reception following the concert in Shattuck 163.

Friday, April 25 | 7:30-9 p.m.
Memorial Chapel

The Lawrence Unviersity Choirs and Symphony Orchestra present:

Gustav Holst – “Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda,” op. 26, Group 1, H. 97
Dan Forrest – “Psalm of Ascension,” and “The Sun Never Says” from “LUX”
Jake Runestad – “Climb”
Jocelyn Hagen – “The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci”

This concert is free and open to all!

Friday, April 18 | 7 p.m.
Memorial Chapel

Hailed as “exquisite” by The Philadelphia Inquirer and “a pianist of sterling artistry” by Gramophone, Michelle Cann has risen as a sought-after pianist. She debuted with The Philadelphia Orchestra in 2021 and performed concertos with The Cleveland Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra, and more. Cann also holds teaching and performance residencies at the University of Indiana South Bend and Meany Center for the Performing Arts, University of Washington.

Tickets

Purchase tickets from the Box Office (920-832-6749) or online (go.lawrence.edu/tickets)

• Adults – $30 / $25
• Seniors – $25 / $20
• LU faculty/staff – $10 / $9
• Students (LU and non-LU) – free
  (Valid ID must be presented for discounted tickets)

The Box Office is located next to Stansbury Theatre inside Music-Drama Center and is open Monday–Saturday from 1-6 p.m. and an hour prior to events.

Masterclass & Q&A

Tuesday, April 15 | 8-9:30 p.m.
Harper Hall

Recital

Wednesday, April 16 | 8 p.m.
Memorial Chapel

Benjamin Adler, a native of Brooklyn, New York, joined the New York Philharmonic as Associate Principal Clarinet and E-flat clarinet at the start of the 2023–24 season. Adler previously held positions with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra and the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra. He has appeared as guest principal clarinet in St. Louis and with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and has performed as a guest musician with The Cleveland Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, and Orchestre symphonique de Montréal.

Saturday, April 19 | 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m.
Lawrence University Conservatory, Room 163

Sign up for the National Association for Music Education’s 8th annual symposium!

Inclusive Music Pedagogy, Inclusive Dance, and the Neurodiversity Paradigm in the Music Classroom

Featuring Keynote Speakers:

• Dr. Corrine Galligan, PhD University of Michigan
• Tiffany Bunstein, Program Coordinator for United Sound

Also featuring LU Professors:

• Leila Pertl
• Julie McQuinn
• Kathy Privatt
• Bob Williams

NAfME’s symposiums are a way for Lawrence students of any degree background to expand their knowledge of education on a specialized topic. In the past we have specialized in queer theory, composition, hip hop, and more! Join us for a day of workshops, conversations, and more.

We have amazing guest speakers and beloved LU professors ready to fill your brain and heart with new tools and ideas. No matter where you are in your journey as a musician/educator, you will walk away with something new.

Breakfast and lunch will be catered; enjoy coffee from Seth’s and donuts from Happy Bellies in the morning and food from Mai’s Deli in the afternoon.

Saturday, April 12 | 7 p.m.
Warch Esch Hurvis Studio

bkSOUL
dance • poetry • music

grace shinhae jun, choreographer/dancer
Jesse Mills & Loren Kiyoshi Dempster, music
Anthony Blacksher (aka Ant Black), spoken word poetry
Keomi Tarver, dancer

and Lawrence University dancers
Aimsley Shearer, Atlas Wagner, Billy Greene, Ella Fajardo-Wilde, Jasmine Germany, Madison Tracy, Martin Tran, MeiSi Chang

This event is free and open to the public!

ABOUT THE DANCE SERIES ARTIST

bkSOUL was founded in 2001 by Dr. grace shinhae jun as a space to explore the relationship between Hip Hop culture and modern dance, debuting with the evening-length work “Women Warriors in Love & Hip Hop.” The company began as a bi-coastal company (San Diego – Brooklyn), teaching and performing at various venues in Southern California, Brooklyn, New York City, Chicago, Seattle, Philadelphia, Indiana, San Francisco, and Mexico. In 2006, bkSOUL deepened its roots in San Diego and began collaborating with Collective Purpose (Ant Black, Kendrick Dial, and Rudy Francisco), blending together movement, poetry, and live music to center on issues of social justice and communities of color through a Hip Hop framework. This award-winning performance company has created seven evening-length works: “The Movement” (2007), “Hip Hop Saved My Life” (2009), “Love H.E.R.” (2013), “Illegible” (2015), “Still Moving” (2016), “The Lioness” (2017), and “Get Free” (2019) and received “Best Musical Performance” (2016), “Outstanding Performance” (2017), and “Outstanding Multidisciplinary Production” (2019) for their work at the San Diego International Fringe Festival. bkSOUL was in residence at Lawrence University and performed their critically-acclaimed work “Illegible”. In 2016, celebrating 10 years of working together, the dancers, the poets, and the musicians fully merged to perform solely as the conscious performance group bkSOUL. As educators, mothers, fathers, activists, and artists, bkSOUL is committed to education through the arts, to courageous insight and truth, and to helping strengthen our justice movement today.

Wednesday, April 9 | 8-9 p.m.
Harper Hall

~Nois is a Chicago-based saxophone quartet dedicated to connecting with diverse audiences through the creation of new work. Since its founding in 2016, “~Nois continues to legitimize the saxophone quartet as a premiere ensemble formation for classical music” (thank you, Brutal New Music) through commissioning repertoire that is thought-provoking, engaging, and honestly just really good by some of today’s most inspiring compositional voices.

Julian Velasco, soprano saxophone
Joe Connor, alto saxophone
Jordan Lulloff, tenor saxophone
János Csontos, baritone saxophone

~Nois will perform works by Augusta Read Thomas, Caroline Shaw, Viet Cuong, Elijah Daniel Smith, and Travis Laplante.

Free and open to the public! 

Wednesday, April 2 | 8-9:30 p.m.
Harper Hall

Yumi Kurosawa was born and raised in a traditional Japanese music environment, taking up the Koto from a young age and rising fast to the upper echelons of her craft. Ever since she was a teenager, however, she constantly surrounded herself with contemporary music by Western music composers, integrating their melodies and phrasings into her solo Koto. As her career expanded, she carried these interests into ensembles featuring Western musical instruments, especially strings.

For this trio, Yumi is joined by violinist Naho Parrini and percussionist Yousif Sheronick. The program features exhilarating new compositions from Yumi alongside striking reinterpretations of favorites from her oeuvre, highlighting the shared affinity between these seemingly disparate instruments. The trio setting allows Yumi to expand her solo compositions into dynamic and multi-faceted performances that encompass a wide range of expression and dimension.

Tickets

• $15 – Adults
• $10 – Seniors
• $8 – non-LU students
• LU faculty, staff, & students – FREE with ID

Get your tickets at the Box Office (inside the Music-Drama Center) or online!

Box Office

• Monday-Saturday 1-6 p.m.
• One hour prior to events

Friday, April 4 | 7:30 p.m.
Memorial Chapel

Roomful of Teeth, a double Grammy-winning ensemble, pioneers new vocal compositions for eight voices. Through collaboration and innovative technologies, they push the boundaries of vocal expression. Their latest album, Rough Magic (New Amsterdam Records, 2023), employs groundbreaking recording and spatial techniques. At the 66th Grammy Awards, they secured Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance for Rough Magic, while William Brittelle’s composition Psychedelics, featured on the album, earned a nomination for Best Contemporary Classical Composition. This event, part of the New Music Series, celebrates their ongoing commitment to redefining vocal music’s possibilities and represents their continued excellence in the contemporary music landscape.

Estelí Gomez, assistant professor of music, is also a member of the group!

Tickets

• Adults – $30 / $25
• Seniors – $25 / $20
• LU faculty & staff – $10 / $9
• Students (LU & non-LU) – FREE (a valid ID must be presented for discounted tickets)

Get your tickets at the Box Office (inside the Music-Drama Center) or online!

Box Office

• Monday-Saturday 1-6 p.m.
• One hour prior to events

Sunday, April 6 | 2-3:30 p.m.
ACOCA Cafe & Roastery | 500 W. College Ave

The Music For All concert series features interactive chamber performances of a wide variety of music by Lawrence students and faculty. These concerts last about an hour and are open to everyone. The series is made possible by grants from Lawrence University and Riverview Gardens and by the support of the local community.

Please read more about our program on the Lawrence website.