For a complete schedule of Conservatory performances, please check the Lawrence University Calendar.

Admission to events listed below is free except where indicated.  All non-ticketed events may also be enjoyed via Webcast.

Fall Term 2023 Performances

Friday, October 6, 2023 • 7:30 p.m. • Lawrence Memorial Chapel
Lawrence University Choirs Concert

Mark A. Miller – Show Us How to Love
Elaine Hagenberg – Refuge
arr. Keith McCutchen – Amazing Grace
Srul Irving Glick – Psalm 47: Lam’natzeiach Livnei Koraach Mizmor
Kirstina Rasmussen Collins – Antigua Canción
Tim Brent/Amanda Quist – Threads of Joy
Joan Szymko – Nothing Short of Grace
Carlos Cordero – This Sky
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina – Super Flumina Babylonis
Tracy Wong – Antara

Saturday, October 7, 2023 • 7:30 p.m. • Lawrence Memorial Chapel
Lawrence Symphony Orchestra Concert

Hector Berlioz – Symphonie fantastique, op. 14

Saturday, October 14, 2023 • 7:30 p.m. • Lawrence Memorial Chapel
Wind Ensemble & Symphonic Band Concert (with Boston Brass)

Tickets required
J.S. Bach/Hunsberger – Passacaglia and Fugue
Anne McGinty – Red Balloon
Rick DeJonge – Introduction and Vivace, with Boston Brass
Katahj Copley – Halcyon Hearts
Carl Wittrock – Lord Tullamore
Michael Markowski – City Trees
Gordon Goodwin – Perplexing Times, with Boston Brass

Monday, October 23, 2023 • 8 p.m. • Harper Hall
Improvisational Group of Lawrence University (IGLU) Concert

Saturday, November 4, 2023 • 1:30 p.m. • Lawrence Memorial Chapel
Jazz Band & Jazz Ensemble (LUJE) Concert

Ellington/Oliver Nelson – It’s Glory
Cole Porter/Myles Collins – Night and Day
Ellington – The Mooche
Eliane Elias/Bob Brookmeyer – Just Kidding
Ellington – Jack the Bear
Fred Sturm – Cerulean Sky
Clare Fischer – The Duke

Friday, November 10, 2023 • 7:30 p.m. • Lawrence Memorial Chapel
Lawrence University Choirs with Lawrence Chamber Orchestra

Gabriel Fauré – Requiem (1893 version)

Saturday, November 11, 2023 • 7:30 p.m. • Lawrence Memorial Chapel
Wind Ensemble & Symphonic Band Concert

Gustav Holst – First Suite in E-flat
Alyssa Morris – Shine
Jean-Philippe Vanbeselaere – Around the World
Luke Ellard – The Seer, with Brigit Fitzgerald, bassoon
Judith Bingham – American Icons

Sunday, November 12, 2023 • 3 p.m. • Lawrence Memorial Chapel
LU Percussion Ensemble (LUPÉ) Concert

Jason Treuting – IX. from Nine Numbers
Paul Lansky – Springs
Juri Seo – SHUI
Alyssa Weinberg – Ember II
Devonté Hynes/Third Coast Percussion – Perfectly Voiceless
Dominican Merengue Variations Medley
Dominican Republic folkloric manifestation – Palos o Atabales
Jean Carlo Ureña González – ATEZA'O
Juan Luis Guerra/Amaury Sánchez – La Bilirrubina

Monday, November 13, 2023 • 3:10 p.m. • Harper Hall
Jazz Workshop Concert

Monday, November 13, 2023 • 8 p.m. • Harper Hall
Jazz Combos Performance #1

Tuesday, November 14, 2023 • 7:30 p.m. • Lawrence Memorial Chapel
Fall Opera Scenes

Wednesday, November 15, 2023 • 3:10 p.m. • Harper Hall
Jazz Combos Performance #2

Thursday, November 16, 2023 • 4:30 p.m. • Harper Hall
Jazz Combos Performance #3

Friday, November 17, 2023 • 7:30 p.m. • Lawrence Memorial Chapel
Lawrence Symphony Orchestra Concert

Bohuslav Martinů – Rhapsody-Concerto for Viola and Orchestra, H 337, with Matthew Michelic, viola
Beethoven – Symphony No. 7 in A Major, op. 92

Winter Term 2024 Performances

Saturday, February 3, 2024 • 3 p.m. • Lawrence Memorial Chapel
Lawrence Symphony Orchestra Children’s Concert
Sergei Prokofiev – Peter and the Wolf, op. 67
Benjamin Britten – The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, op. 34

Monday, February 19, 2024 • 8 p.m. • Harper Hall
Improvisational Group of Lawrence University (IGLU) Concert

Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror (1922)

Wednesday, February 21, 2024 • 8 p.m. • Lawrence Memorial Chapel
Jazz Band Concert

Friday, February 23, 2024 • 7:30 p.m. • Lawrence Memorial Chapel
Choirs Concert

Saturday, February 24, 2024 • 7:30 p.m. • Lawrence Memorial Chapel
Wind Ensemble Concert
John Corigliano – ­ Concerto for Clarinet, with Andy Hudson, clarinet
Holly Harrison – Splinter
Gustav Holst – Hammersmith

Sunday, February 25, 2024 • 3 p.m. • Lawrence Memorial Chapel
LU Percussion Ensemble (LUPÉ) Concert

Wednesday, February 28, 2024 • 8 p.m. • Lawrence Memorial Chapel
Lawrence University Jazz Ensemble (LUJE) Concert

Thursday–Sunday, February 29–March 3, 2024 • 7:30 p.m. (Sunday: 3 p.m.) • Stansbury Theater
Mainstage Opera Performances

Tickets required
Pauline Viardot – Cendrillon (Cinderella)
Melissa Dunphy – Alice Tierney

Saturday, March 2, 2024 • 7:30 p.m. • Lawrence Memorial Chapel
Symphonic Band Concert
Julius Fučík – Florentiner March
Julie Giroux – One Life Beautiful
Clifton Williams – Symphonic Dance No. 3 “Fiesta”
Frank Ticheli – Angels in the Architecture
Kevin Day – Dancing Fire

Monday, March 4, 2024 • 3:10 p.m. • Harper Hall
Jazz Workshop Concert

Monday, March 4, 2024 • 8 p.m. • Harper Hall
Jazz Combos Performance #1

Wednesday, March 6, 2024 • 3:10 p.m. • Harper Hall
Jazz Combos Performance #2

Thursday, March 7, 2024 • 4:30 p.m. • Harper Hall
Jazz Combos Performance #3

Friday, March 8, 2024 • 7:30 p.m. • Lawrence Memorial Chapel
Lawrence Symphony Orchestra Concert

Anna Clyne – Masquerade
Samuel Barber – Essay for Orchestra, op. 12
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor – Ballade in A minor, op. 33
Ernest Bloch – Schelomo, with David Smith, cello (Concerto Competition Co-winner)
Bedřich Smetana – The Moldau

Spring Term 2024 Performances

Friday, April 19, 2024 • 7:30 p.m. • Lawrence Memorial Chapel
Major Works Concert, Lawrence Symphony Orchestra with Lawrence University Choirs

Mozart – Overture to The Magic Flute, K. 620
Mozart – Mass in C minor, K. 427 (“Great”)

Sunday, April 28, 2024 • 3 p.m. • Lawrence Memorial Chapel
Wind Ensemble Concert

Joseph Bologne – Overture to “L’amant Anonyme” (Symphony No. 2)
Ingolf Dahl – Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Wind Orchestra, with Evan Ney, saxophone (Concerto Competition winner)
Frank Ticheli – Symphony No. 2

Wednesday, May 8, 2024 • 8 p.m. • Harper Hall
Improvisational Group of Lawrence University (IGLU) Concert

Poetry Meets Improvisation

Wednesday, May 15, 2024 • 8 p.m. • Lawrence Memorial Chapel
Jazz Band Concert

Thursday, May 16, 2024 • 7:30 p.m. • Stansbury Theater
Spring Opera Scenes

Friday, May 17, 2024 • 6 p.m. • Wriston Amphitheater
Wind Ensemble Concert

Repertoire TBD, with Joe Connor, saxophone

Sunday, May 19, 2024 • 3 p.m. • Lawrence Memorial Chapel
Balinese Gamelan Concert

Monday, May 20, 2024 • 3:10 p.m. • Harper Hall
Jazz Workshop Concert

Wednesday, May 22, 2024 • 8 p.m. • Lawrence Memorial Chapel
Lawrence University Jazz Ensemble (LUJE) Concert

Friday, May 24, 2024 • 7:30 p.m. • Lawrence Memorial Chapel
Lawrence University Choirs Concert

Saturday, May 25, 2024 • 7:30 p.m. • Lawrence Memorial Chapel
Symphonic Band Concert

Sunday, May 26, 2024 • 3 p.m. • Lawrence Memorial Chapel
LU Percussion Ensemble (LUPÉ) Concert

Wednesday, May 29, 2024 • 3:10 p.m. • Harper Hall
Jazz Combos Performance #1

Thursday, May 30, 2024 • 4:30 p.m. • Harper Hall
Jazz Combos Performance #2

Friday, May 31, 2024 • 7:30 p.m. • Lawrence Memorial Chapel
Lawrence Symphony Orchestra Concert

John Adams – Short Ride in a Fast Machine
Camille Saint-Saëns – Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor, op. 33, with Annika Schmidt, cello (Concerto Competition Co-winner)
Jean Sibelius – Symphony No. 2 in D Major, op. 43

Friday, June 7, 2024 • 7:30 p.m. • Lawrence Memorial Chapel
Commencement Concert