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![Anthony Padilla poses for a photo on Main Hall Green.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2024-05/On%20Main%20Hall%20Green%20Anthony%20Padilla.jpg?h=4a57f2d2&itok=gojUl67D)
Meet Anthony Padilla, a piano professor in the Lawrence Conservatory of Music since 1997. The widely acclaimed teacher and performer encourages his students to develop and nurture their own artistic voice.
![Eli Elder poses for a photo outdoors with his saxophone.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2024-05/EliElder%20web.jpg?h=ae85ae8f&itok=V5SXLK2N)
Lawrence University senior Eli Elder has pursued a Bachelor of Musical Arts (B.M.A.) degree as a means to pursue his interests in both music and mathematics. The B.M.A. was unveiled as a degree option in 2019.
![Nicolette Puskar '19](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2024-03/Puskar_web.jpg?h=b5bca2b3&itok=o385bFIO)
Nicolette Puskar ’19 is keeping both science and music close to her heart. The Lawrence University alumna is working toward her Ph.D. in physical chemistry. She's also preparing to sing at Carnegie Hall.
![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.
![Owen Brady, holding his saxophone, is reflected in the window of Shattuck Hall.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2024-01/OwenBrady.jpg?h=2ee6b4d2&itok=6z8n77vK)
Lawrence University senior Owen Brady, pursuing a Bachelor of Musical Arts (BMA) degree, studied music in Amsterdam during Fall Term at the same time one of his jazz compositions was being debuted on campus.
![Catherine Kautsky stands on the sidewalk on Main Hall Green.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2023-11/Kautsky%20Catherine.jpg?h=ccfa8eaf&itok=hBeIEi_5)
Catherine Kautsky, the George and Marjorie Olsen Chandler Professor of Music and chair of the Keyboard Department in the Lawrence Conservatory of Music, has lived a musical life, performing in great halls all over the world.
![Portrait of Brooke Joyce as he sits on steps made of stone.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2023-08/Brooke%20Joyce%20crop.jpg?h=d9466003&itok=v9jYoqyX)
Composer and teacher Brooke Joyce '95 recently received two awards from the American Guild of Organists, the latest honors in an impressive career built on lessons learned in Lawrence's Conservatory of Music.
![Tomi Oladunjoye poses for a photo in Sol Studios.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2023-06/Tomi.jpg?h=3a57619c&itok=ZgFrn5xv)
Lawrence University senior Tomi Oladunjoye crafted a self-directed music major focused on electronic music and entrepreneurship. He’s in the early stages of launching a music-focused wellness enterprise that creates, among other things, sound bath symphonies.
![Hannah Jones performs as part of Shared Voices.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2023-03/Hannah_GravesFoundation1.jpg?h=f1cb1fb8&itok=E7o4VgVY)
Hannah Jeané Jones ’22, now a first-year classical voice master’s student at Manhattan School of Music in New York City, is a cohort member in Denyce Graves’ Shared Voices program.
![Brock Daumler poses with some of his music compositions in the background.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2023-01/Daumler_Brock1.jpg?h=440c29a5&itok=fSd1__WW)
Lawrence University senior Brock Daumler won first prize in the Wisconsin Alliance for Composers (WAC) contest for his composition, Via Negativa.