The Lawrence University Percussion Ensemble (LUPÉ) put on a performance of Latin American percussion and traditional music last week in Memorial Chapel. The first third of the show was a marimba showcase that featured the talents of a guest artist, percussionist Jack Van Geem, while the second part featured the student group Tambo Toké, directed…
Faculty cello recital wows
On Sunday, Mar. 1, Assistant Professor of Music Horacio Contreras and George and Marjorie Olsen Chandler Professor of Music Catherine Kautsky performed several selections from the works of Beethoven, Desenne, Debussy and Astor Piazzolla. Contreras, who is widely recognized as one of the best Venezuelan cellists of his generation, played alongside Kautsky, who is the…
Photo Feature: Lawrence University Brass Concert
LU Brass featured Jeffrey Stannard, trumpet; John Daniel, trumpet; Ann Ellsworth, horn; Tim Albright, trombone; and Marty Erickson, tuba. Photos by Sebastian Evans.
Jazz band performs “Kansas City Suite”
For their Winter Term performance, the Lawrence University Jazz Ensemble (LUJE) took on Benny Carter’s “Kansas City Suite” on Wednesday night in the Lawrence Memorial Chapel. Carter, well known in the music world, has arranged and composed primarily jazz music across many different platforms. He gained popularity for his big band compositions, but also became…
“Jojo Rabbit” and “The Producers”
Writer and Director Taika Waititi won the best adapted screenplay Oscar this year for his movie “Jojo Rabbit,” a satirical comedy about a Nazi youth named Jojo Beztler, played by Roman David Griffiths, who finds a Jewish girl named Elsa, played by Thomasin McKenzie, hiding in the walls of his house. The film mocks the…
Tiny Box Office series returns
As far as watching entertaining performances in itty bitty performance spaces, you can look to NPR’s Tiny Desk Concerts on YouTube. However, if you are looking for something a little closer to your Lawrence home starring someone you may have seen on campus or heard of before, then the Tiny Box Office concert series is…
IGLU incorporates electronic manipulation
On Wednesday, Feb. 19, the Improvisational Group of Lawrence University (IGLU) put on their Winter Term performance in Harper Hall, rather than Esch Hurvis where they have performed the past few terms. Directed by Instructor Music Matt Turner, the group comes together from all areas of the Conservatory, be that strings, brass, woodwind, percussion and…
Composition studio recital wows
Wouldn’t it be nice if upon your birth you were welcomed with thunderous applause? Wouldn’t it be wonderful if you received adulation, adoration and $1,000 per month just for being alive? Last Sunday, this is exactly what happened; for while most students were relaxing and reveling in the melting snow, a few students engaged in…
Album Review: “Miss Anthropocene”
Grimes, aka Claire Boucher, has been known since her MySpace days for her dark, eclectic, self-produced pop and aesthetics created by using looping and layering techniques in production. Her image, maintained by her unconventional approach to music and art as well as self-proclaimed “anti-imperialism” via Twitter, spurned an array of reactions to her announcement of…
Photo Feature: Mariposas Del Alma
In celebration of POC Empowerment Week, Oakland-based band Mariposas Del Alma performed in representation of the Latinx communities on Lawrence campus. Photos by Georgia Greenberg.