Performing Arts Series Celebrating 100th Anniversary
First staged in 1908, the Artist Series of the “Performing Arts at Lawrence” opens its second century of musical virtuosity this fall with a line-up that includes LU’s own Grammy winner Dale Duesing in a homecoming concert and a farewell stop by the renowned Guarneri String Quartet. The Jazz Series half of the program features vocalist Jackie Allen performing with the LU Chamber Orchestra and trumpet player Ingrid Jensen kicking off Jazz Celebration Weekend.  Season subscriptions are on sale now.  Read more.

Concert Choir Chosen for Nat. Convention Performance
The Lawrence University Concert Choir has been selected to perform next March at the 2009 American Choral Directors Association national convention at the 2,600-seat Oklahoma City Civic Center Music Hall.  The concert choir, under the direction of Rick Bjella, was one of 20 choirs chosen by blind audition from among nearly 300 applicant CDs nationwide. 

Privatt Named to Barber Chair in Theatre and Drama
Kathy Privatt, associate professor of theatre arts at Lawrence University, has been named the James G. and Ethel M. Barber Professor of Theatre and Drama.  Appointments to endowed professorships recognize academic distinction through teaching excellence and/or scholarly achievement.  Read more.

Lawrence Cited in Latest Edition of “Creative Colleges”
Lawrence has been named one of the top 200 programs in the nation for creative students in the second edition of the book “Creative Colleges: A Guide for Student Actors, Artists, Dancers, Musicians and Writers."  Written by Elaina Loveland, a former editor of the National Association for College Admission Counseling’s Journal of College Admission, the guide provides creative, college-bound students information and resources to help them select the right program.

Students, Professors Use Theatre to Bring History to Life
Several Lawrence students are performing a series of three, 15-minute “Plays on History” this summer at the History Museum at the Castle.  The plays – “The Wonder of It All,”  “Rural Free Delivery (R.F.D)” and “Quarantine” —  rotate Monday through Friday with four performances each day from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. They will be performed through August 15.  The short, historical dramas, based on events that have shaped the lives of people from Wisconsin, were written by Associate Professor of Theatre Arts Timothy X. Troy and Professor Emeritus of Theatre and Drama Fred Gaines.

Six Alumni Cited for Achievement, Service             
Lawrence recognized six alumni — John Holdridge ’77, Farnham Jarrard ’58, Jo Noonan ’78, Robert Spoo ’79 Judy Sutherland ’58 and Steve Tie Shue ’04 — for their career achievements, contributions to society or volunteer service to the college during the college's recent Reunion Weekend celebration. More than 900 alumni and guests participated in the festivities.  Read more.

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