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“Consummate artist” Sasha Cooke performs in Lawrence Artist Series concert
Grammy Award-winning mezzo soprano Sasha Cooke brings her versatile repertoire and love of new music to the stage of the Lawrence Memorial Chapel Saturday, Feb. 24 at 8 p.m. in the second concert of...
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Rossini comic opera “Le comte Ory” comes to Stansbury Theatre March 1-4
The stage of Stansbury Theatre will be transformed into Formoutiers, France, circa 1200, for Lawrence University opera studies’ production of Gioachino Rossini’s “Le comte Ory” (“Count Ory”). Four...
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Lawrence faculty members promoted, granted tenure
Three members of the Lawrence University faculty have been granted tenure appointments and a fourth has been promoted to the rank of full professor by the college’s Board of Trustees. Kurt Krebsbach...
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Copeland Woodruff wins national opera directing award, two LU productions...
Copeland Woodruff In baseball parlance, Lawrence University has swept a prestigious doubleheader in the annual American Prize Performing Arts competition. Copeland Woodruff, director of opera studies...
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Conservatory Hits High Notes with an Awards-Filled November
By Savvas Sfairopoulos ‘19 The Lawrence University Conservatory of Music clinched an impressive list of awards this November, with major wins at opera and voice competitions. Lawrence University placed...
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Story by Ed Berthiaume / Communications Odds are, you haven’t seen anything like this before. Yes, it’s an opera performance. And, yes, many of the usual expectations are there — there are opera...
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2017-18 Lawrence Performing Arts Series features renowned classical, jazz...
More than a dozen world-class artists will grace the stage of the Lawrence Memorial Chapel during Lawrence University’s 2017-18 Performing Arts Series. Subscriptions for both the Artist and Jazz series...
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Retiring vocal coach Bonnie Koestner gets an honorary curtain call at...
Bonnie Koestner had never seen an opera performance in person until she was a freshman at Lawrence University. And a school-sponsored bus trip with classmates to see Igor Stravinsky’s “Oedipus Rex” at...
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Nine tenure-track appointments joining the faculty this fall
Nine tenure-track scholars are joining the Lawrence University faculty this fall for the 2017-18 academic year at the rank of assistant professor. Four of the new faculty members are in the...
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John Holiday gives encore recital at the Kennedy Center as Marian Anderson...
The journey from Rosenberg, Texas to the stage of one of the most famous performance venues in the country has been a “yellow brick road of blessings” according to John Holiday. The countertenor and...
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