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 2024 Performances

Friday, October 4, 2024 • 7:30 p.m. • Lawrence Memorial Chapel
Lawrence University Choirs, “All Things New”

Jocelyn Hagen – Belong
Marie-Claire Saindon – Turlutte acadienne monstréalaise
Nancy Hill Cobb – Laudate Pueri
Joan Szymko – Nada de turbe
Zachary J. Moore – Hope
Ludovico da Viadana – Exsultate justi
Dale Trumbore – Perhaps
Lisa Neher – The Open Road
Elaine Hagenberg – Measure Me, Sky!

Saturday, October 5, 2024 • 7:30 p.m. • Lawrence Memorial Chapel
Lawrence University Wind Ensemble & Symphony Orchestra, “New Beginnings”

Carolyn Bremer – Early Light
Luis Serrano Alarcón – Tramonto, with Kivie Cahn-Lipman, cello
Bach – Fantasia in G Major
Turina – La Procession du Rocio
Kabalevsky – Colas Breugnon Overture, op. 24
Gabriella Smith – Tumblebird Contrails
Liszt – Les Préludes, S. 97

Saturday, October 12, 2024 • 7:30 p.m. • Fox Cities Performing Arts Center
Kaleidoscope

Tickets required

Saturday, October 19, 2024 • 7:30 p.m. • Lawrence Memorial Chapel
Lawrence University Symphonic Band, “More Light!”

Michael Markowski – Joyride
Aaron Perrine – Only Light
Danielle Fisher – Ragamuffins: Shenanigans & Tomfoolery for Band
Martin Ellerby – Paris Sketches

Thursday, October 31, 2024 • 8 p.m. • Harper Hall
Improvisation Group of Lawrence University (IGLU)

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

Sunday, November 10, 2024 • 3 p.m. • Lawrence Memorial Chapel
Lawrence University Percussion Ensemble (LUPÉ)

Jason Treuting – Amid the noise

Friday, November 15, 2024 • 7:30 p.m. • Lawrence Memorial Chapel
Lawrence University Choirs, “Shades of Light”

Abbie Betinis – Lumen
Bob Dylan (arr. Adam Podd) – The Times They Are A-Changin’
Sammy Strent – Continuities
Paul Mealor – Lux Benigna
Joanne Metcalf – O Shining Light
Lloyd Pfautsch – Laughing Song
David Aryeh Sasso – Night
arr. Jorma Panula – Are You Sleeping, Brother John? (Frère Jacques)
Josef Rheinberger – Abendlied
Daniel Hall – Reconciliation
Norman Dello Joio – Come to Me, My Love
Kate Rusby (arr. Jim Clements) – Underneath the Stars
Mt. Lebanon Shaker Society – Morning Dawn

Saturday, November 16, 2024 • 7:30 p.m. • Lawrence Memorial Chapel
Lawrence Symphony Orchestra

Mozart – Piano Concerto No. 27 in B-flat Major, K. 595, with Catherine Kautsky, piano
Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 5 in E minor, op. 64

Monday, November 18, 2024 • 8 p.m. • Harper Hall
Jazz Combos Performance #1

Miles Combo

Wednesday, November 20, 2024 • 3:10 p.m. • Harper Hall
Jazz Combos Performance #2

Thelonious & Elvin Combos

Wednesday, November 20, 2024 • 8:00 p.m. • Lawrence Memorial Chapel
Symphonic Band & Wind Ensemble, “Lux”

Satoshi Yagisawa – March Bou-Shu
Eric Whitacre – October
Aakash Mittal – Poorvi
Ira Hearshen – Aragon Suite
Ryan George – Firefly
Ingrid Stölzel – Musica Ignota
Evan Williams – ...et lux perpetua*, with Evan Williams ’10, guest conductor
*World premiere

Thursday, November 21, 2024 • 4:30 p.m. • Harper Hall
Jazz Combos Performance #3

Melba & Mary Lou Combos

Thursday, November 21, 2024 • 7:30 p.m. • Lawrence Memorial Chapel
Fall Opera Scenes

Gian Carlo Menotti – The Old Maid and the Thief
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – The Magic Flute
Lee Henry Hoiby – A Month in the Country
Michael Gore – Carrie
Laurence O’Keefe – Bat Boy: The Musical

Winter Term 2025 Performances

Monday, February 24, 2025 • 8 p.m. • Harper Hall
Improvisational Group of Lawrence University (IGLU)

Wednesday, February 26, 2025 • 8 p.m. • Lawrence Memorial Chapel
Lawrence University Jazz Band

Friday, February 28, 2025 • 7:30 p.m. • Lawrence Memorial Chapel
Lawrence University Choirs

Saturday, March 1, 2025 • 7:30 p.m. • Lawrence Memorial Chapel
Lawrence University Wind Ensemble, “Celebrating the 150th”

Werfelmann ’06 – Arclight Alley
Grainger/Sturm ’73 – My Robin is to the Greenwood Gone
Harmon ’57 – Trilogy for Trumpet and Wind Ensemble, with Nadje Noordhuis, trumpet
Young – Songs Without Words
Martin – City of Ambition

Sunday, March 2, 2025 • 3 p.m. • Lawrence Memorial Chapel
Lawrence University Percussion Ensemble (LUPÉ)

Wednesday, March 5, 2025 • 8 p.m. • Lawrence Memorial Chapel
Lawrence University Jazz Ensemble (LUJE)

Thursday–Sunday, March 6–9, 2025 • 7:30 p.m. (Sunday: 3 p.m.) • Stansbury Theater
Mainstage Opera Performances

Tickets required
Gian Carlo Menotti – The Consul

Saturday, March 8, 2025 • 7:30 p.m. • Lawrence Memorial Chapel
Lawrence University Symphonic Band
Grainger – Gum-Suckers March
LaBarr, arr. Wilson – Grace Before Sleep
Mayhew ’17, arr. Trentadue – Symphony No. 1 - The Eternal Present*
Schumann – Chester
Hokoyama – Beyond
*World premiere

Monday, March 10, 2025 • 8 p.m. • Harper Hall
Jazz Combos Performance #1

Wednesday, March 12, 2025 • 3:10 p.m. • Harper Hall
Jazz Combos Performance #2

Thursday, March 13, 2025 • 4:30 p.m. • Harper Hall
Jazz Combos Performance #3

Friday, March 14, 2025 • 7:30 p.m. • Lawrence Memorial Chapel
Lawrence Symphony Orchestra

Wynton Marsalis – Danzon y Mambo, Choro y Samba from Blues Symphony
Bartók – Violin Concerto No. 2, Sz. 112, with Ben Frueh, violin (Concerto Competition Co-winner)
Beethoven – Symphony No. 8 in F Major, op. 93

Spring Term 2025 Performances

Friday, April 25, 2025 • 7:30 p.m. • Lawrence Memorial Chapel
Major Works: Lawrence University Choirs & Symphony Orchestra

Saturday, May 3, 2025 • 7:30 p.m. • Lawrence Memorial Chapel
Lawrence University Wind Ensemble

Vaughan Williams – Toccata Marziale
Rodriguez – En Mi, Familia
LUWE Concerto Competition Winner TBD
Hindemith – Symphony in B-flat

Wednesday, May 14, 2025 • 8 p.m. • Harper Hall
Improvisational Group of Lawrence University (IGLU)

Sunday, May 18, 2025 • 1 p.m. • Lawrence Memorial Chapel
Balinese Gamelan Concert

Wednesday, May 21, 2025 • 8 p.m. • Lawrence Memorial Chapel
Lawrence University Jazz Band

Thursday, May 22, 2025 • 7:30 p.m. • Stansbury Theater
Spring Opera Scenes


Friday, May 23, 2025 • 7:30 p.m. • Lawrence Memorial Chapel
Lawrence University Wind Ensemble, “Art in Music”

Dooley – Meditation at Lagunitas
David – Swing Landscape, with Anthony Padilla, piano
Schoenberg – Finding Rothko
Lorenz – Allegories of King Mangoberry

Saturday, May 24, 2025 • 7:30 p.m. • Lawrence Memorial Chapel
Lawrence University Jazz Ensemble (LUJE)

Sunday, May 25, 2025 • 3 p.m. • Lawrence Memorial Chapel
Kinkaviwo Concert

Friday, May 30, 2025 • 7:30 p.m. • Lawrence Memorial Chapel
Lawrence University Choirs

Saturday, May 31, 2025 • 7:30 p.m. • Lawrence Memorial Chapel
Lawrence University Symphonic Band

Piunno – Bright Shadow Fanfare
Runestad – Let My Love Be Heard
Bonds, arr. Ehrlich – Spiritual Suite
Benson – The Passing Bell
Esmail – Chamak

Sunday, June 1, 2025 • 3 p.m. • Lawrence Memorial Chapel
Lawrence University Percussion Ensemble (LUPÉ)

Monday, June 2, 2025 • 8 p.m. • Harper Hall
Jazz Combos Performance #1

Wednesday, June 4, 2025, 3:10 p.m. • Harper Hall
Jazz Combos Performance #2

Thursday, June 5, 2025 • 4:30 p.m. • Harper Hall
Jazz Combos Performance #3

Friday, June 6, 2025 • 7:30 p.m. • Lawrence Memorial Chapel
Lawrence Symphony Orchestra

Matthew Forte – Head Up*
Chopin – Piano Concerto No 1 in E minor, op. 11, with William Surtees, piano (Concerto Competition Co-winner)
Debussy – La mer (The Sea), L. 109
*World premiere

Friday, June 13, 2025 • 7:30 p.m. • Lawrence Memorial Chapel
Commencement Concert