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![Students perform in an opera scene at Lawrence.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2023-04/Opera1.jpg?h=3534c7a5&itok=92wFrVQa)
Lawrence University’s Conservatory of Music has been named a national semifinalist in multiple categories for the 2023 The American Prize. Two Opera Theatre productions received nods, as did Copeland Woodruff and Kristin Roach.
![Students on the technical crew work on scaffolding as they prepare the stage of Stansbury Theatre for "Alcina."](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2023-02/OperaBTS_4.jpg?h=e59357bb&itok=1keXVKjr)
Handel’s Alcina, an 18th-century baroque opera, will be set in a traveling carnival when it is presented March 2-5 by Lawrence University’s award-winning Opera Theatre program.
![Portrait of Wynton Marsalis](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2022-08/marsalis_wynton_cvr%281%29.jpg?h=0bb8f01c&itok=aDsw861F)
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis featuring Naseer Shamma on oud will be in concert at 8 p.m. Feb. 3, part of Lawrence’s 2022-23 Performing Arts Series.
![John Holiday clasps his hands as he sings during Thursday's tribute to Martin Luther King Jr.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2023-01/JohnHolidayMLKteach_428.jpg?h=8093c6bf&itok=IrteNG6r)
Photo gallery: See images of John Holiday and students from his voice studio performing music inspired by the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
![Head shot of Cory Chisel](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2022-12/CHISEL%20PROMO%20PHOTO%202%20crop.jpg?h=52ebdbec&itok=u3tQ9ktg)
Holiday concerts from Cory Chisel, with John Holiday and other guest artists, and the NEWVoices choir to be held at Memorial Chapel.
![Catherine Kautsky works with piano student Jasmine Maller during a teaching session..](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2022-12/Kautsky3%20%281%29.jpg?h=3fdfad79&itok=Doe_63TO)
Catherine Kautsky is featured in a new 24-part recording in The Great Courses video series titled, Great Piano Works Explained. She shares her talents and insights.
![Nate Scott plays the bassoon while recording remotely for the Coming Together project.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2022-11/AmericanPrize2%20%281%29.jpg?h=8ad5a422&itok=KIhSrLTO)
The Lawrence University New Music Ensemble has won the 2022 American Prize in Virtual Performance for a recording created while working, studying, and living remotely during the pandemic.
![Wasonu Allen, a Lawrence alumnus who performs as Sonu., poses for a publicity photo behind a car.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2022-11/SonuBand%20%281%29.jpg?h=f7a541f1&itok=xol4zIMo)
The Nov. 16 performance of Lawrence University's Symphonic Band and Wind Ensemble will feature a hip-hop collaboration on Lincolnshire Posy, reframing a piece that is based on folk songs dealing with issues of justice, love, and loss.
![Dane Richeson works with percussion students in his studio.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2022-11/DaneRicheson_202211%20%281%29.jpg?h=ea6d4be1&itok=d4hd6Lfa)
Dane Richeson, leader of the Lawrence University Percussion Ensemble (LUPÉ) and professor of music, is the recipient of the Percussive Arts Society's 2022 Lifetime Achievement Award in Education.
![Jose Encarnacion plays the saxophone during a previous Jazz Weekend performance.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2022-10/JazzWeekend_110819_365%281%29.jpg?h=86b42d37&itok=jNMYiZsb)
The annual Fred Sturm Jazz Celebration Weekend returns Nov. 4-5, bringing more than 400 high school and middle school students to campus for immersive jazz instruction.
![Mark Dupere leads the Lawrence Symphony Orchestra through a rehearsal in advance of Kaleidoscope.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2022-09/LSO_202209%20%281%29.jpg?h=fbb6df6a&itok=j7IfQxix)
Kaleidoscope returns to the Fox Cities Performing Arts Center on Oct. 8, featuring nearly 400 students from the Lawrence Conservatory of Music. It'll be part of the Blue & White Homecoming Weekend Celebration.
![Portrait of Wynton Marsalis](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2022-08/marsalis_wynton_cvr%281%29.jpg?h=0bb8f01c&itok=aDsw861F)
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis will headline the 2022-23 Performing Arts Series at Lawrence.
![Mindara Krueger-Olson leads a Ghanaian Drumming & Dancing session during the 2021 Mile of Music.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2022-08/MileOfMusicMET_202108%281%29.jpg?h=d344b2d3&itok=kEp_5_Ev)
With expanded performance spaces on campus, interactive Music Education sessions, and musical performances by Lawrentians, Lawrence will again play a big part in the annual Mile of Music festival.
![Head shot of Mary Van De Loo](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2022-07/Mary_Van_De_Loo_8923%281%29.jpg?h=56905b98&itok=VM8kwU3u)
Mary Van De Loo ’89 has been named the new director of the Lawrence Community Music School, taking over for the departing Karen Bruno '92.