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![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.
![Ann Ellsworth poses for a photo on Main Hall Green.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2022-09/EllsworthAnn%20%281%29.jpg?h=6f5acbb2&itok=vRWljdn4)
Ann Ellsworth, a horns professor in the Lawrence Conservatory, is a renowned soloist, recording artist, and chamber musician with a passion for social change.
![Portrait of Zachary Scot Johnson playing a guitar.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2022-09/ZacharyScotJohnson2.jpg?h=6dda32d1&itok=S46lHV7f)
Zachary Scot Johnson '06, a singer-songwriter in the Twin Cities, began posting a song a day on YouTube in September 2012. He's now done it for 10 years, with some well-known musicians joining him along the way.
![Musicians perform on the Memorial Chapel stage during the 2021 festival.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2022-07/DecodaMileOfMusic3_202208%281%29.jpg?h=4656bb00&itok=_6NCubpa)
The Decoda Chamber Music Festival will be held at Lawrence from July 24 to Aug. 5. It will include instruction for 30 students as well as a series of public performances by faculty and students.
![Wen-Lei Gu poses with her violin on Main Hall Green.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2022-06/WenLei%20Gu_202206%20%281%29.jpg?h=3b841809&itok=46hRkZsO)
Violinist Wen-Lei Gu brings brilliance to the classroom and the performance stage. The music professor has performed on some of the world's most iconic stages while maintaining a deep love of teaching.
![The Lawrence Graduate Bayreuth Tuben Quintet poses for a photo with their Wagner tubas.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2022-05/Tuben-Quintet%20%281%29.jpg?h=10384ff6&itok=IGpys5T0)
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.
![Students rehearse in advance of Friday's oratorio performance.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2022-06/MajorWorksRehearsal_202205%20%281%29.jpg?h=4362216e&itok=l-RXf2Yk)
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.
![Xavier Yon sings into a microphone as he practices with VOODIS bandmates in SOL Studios.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2022-04/SolStudios1_202203%20%281%29.jpg?h=a49d782d&itok=VDzSJAA_)
Participation in SOL Studios, a student-run recording space in Lawrence's Music-Drama Center, has boomed over the past two years. It's an opportunity for musical creativity for any interested students.
![Nora Briddell poses near water.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2022-04/BriddellNora%20crop%20%281%29.jpg?h=73ba11ab&itok=FQivz3tH)
Nora Briddell found a love of musicology through her combined interests in cello performance and history.
![Luis Trejo poses with his saxophone.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2022-04/TrejoLuis%20crop%20%281%29.jpg?h=ff92f2c2&itok=V7d3O-5b)
Luis Trejo ’24 has broadened his horizons since arriving on campus. He's now studying both saxophone performance and government.