Lewis University Music Department

Regardless of major, Lewis undergraduate students can participate in our ensembles and receive academic credit at no additional cost. Consider joining our incredible orchestra led by the phenomenal conductor Peter Lipari. Learn about maestro Lipari on his website:

Peter Lipari | Music Conductor | Chicagoland area Maestro Peter Lipari | Orchestral Conductor & Musical Director

Hey music industry students!

Kansas City PBS is seeking an Audio & Production Engineer!

This position requires a thorough understanding of professional audio techniques, digital audio consoles, ProTools editing systems, video and audio file conversion and delivery, technical production processes, workflow and signal flow and operational proficiency with all job-related equipment and software.

Read the full job description at kansascitypbs.org/jobs.

If interested in this exciting opportunity, send a cover letter and resume to [email protected]. Please include in your cover letter how you learned about this position.

Congratulations Julian!

Congrats to Julian Rocha, Class of 2024! 🌟 Julian is a Computer Science+Music major and is looking forward to becoming a software engineer. Best wishes, Julian! 🚀 🎉 🎉

Attn : music production students

The AES Student Recording Competition is a unique opportunity for AES Student Members to receive feedback, recognition, and prizes for their audio production work. Categories for the competition are: Tradition Acoustic Recording, Modern Studio Recording, Traditional Studio Recording, and Audio for Video. Get more information and start your submission at www.AESstudents.org.

3 Concerts in 3 Days!
Joins students and faculty as we celebrate the end of an amazing academic year.

Spring Choral Concert
April 29, 2024 @ 7:30pm
St. Charles Borromeo Convocation

Rock and Jazz Band
April 30, 2024 @ 7:30pm
Oremus Fine Arts Studio Theatre

MYSO 65th Anniversary Concert
May 1, 2024 @ 7:30pm
St. Charles Borromeo Convocation

Check https://lewisu.edu/music for streaming links

Here's a way you can help the world:

Girls Create Music - Lewis University - Alumni & Friends The Girls Create Music Camp brings approximately twenty aspiring musicians who identify as female (ages 12-18) to Lewis University, free of charge, for a week of learning about songwriting, music production, and recording techniques. Working collaboratively with professional musicians, students will...

Thank you Lewis University professor of Theology for sharing your talents and story with MYSO musicians tonight! It was a thrill to watch you fulfill your dream of conducting an orchestra, but did you have to start with Mahler 8?! 🤣

Thursday April 11th: Matt Shevitz Quartet in Concert! - https://mailchi.mp/a6dd864cc8cd/barbara-nissman-in-concert-9106656

Come join us!

Join us in April for our Open Mic Night at Embers!

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Congratulations to Lewis University music industry alumnus and drummer for The Tragedies, Michael Werner. They are going on a short tour from Chicagoland to Oklahoma to Colorado. Get your tix for their all-ages welcome punk show here: https://tinyurl.com/mt6a6aph

Join Assistant Professor of Music, Dr. Adrianne Honnold, in a discussion of Elise Hall, the pioneering 19th century saxophonist from Boston, on the occasion of the 100th Anniversary of her death. She is the subject of a newly published edited volume that investigates the historically underrepresented contributions of women to the history of the saxophone.
April 3 @ Noon

St. Charles Borromeo Convocation Hall
101 W. Airport Rd
Romeoville, IL 60446

We are beyond thrilled to announce that Beyoncé will join our department next fall as visiting assistant adjunct instructor of Renaissance Music. Welcome Queen Bey!

Congratulations Doc.K!!!!!

! This past Sunday, student Kevin Cousins’ song “RIDE” was played on WPWX Power 92 Chicago.

Kevin entered an open mic competition in Joliet and took 2nd place. It was played on Sunday, March 17th! 🎵👏

Monarch Winds in Concert! - https://mailchi.mp/5524528d356e/barbara-nissman-in-concert-9105123

It’s happening …. We need a bigger mixer

🎵 The EMM Festival is back and returns to our Lewis University Music Department for its 22nd Annual Show March 1-2!

🎻 Michael Hall will be among the performers playing a variety of electroacoustic music and electronic media throughout the weekend. More information is available at https://www.emmfestival.org/

EMM Festival and Spring Concert! - https://mailchi.mp/b639df16b392/our-fall-2023-season-announced-9101324

Dr. Adrianne Honnold's book is out today!

"The Legacy of Elise Hall" free here: https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/87788

Episode 3 of this season of Sonic Boom is out! Music Industry Major, Erick Hernandez (aka Kairos 8ight) discusses the history and background of Mexican regional music, focusing especially on Corridos. Get it at https://lewismusicsound.org/sonicboom or wherever you get your Podcasts. Great job Erick!

Sonic Boom Podcasts from the Lewis University Department of Music

TOMORROW Night Embers in Lockport! Would love to see some alumni come out. We have a lot of fun.

This Thursday!!!!

Join us this Thursday at Embers!

ATTENTION Alumni and Supporters of the Music Department: OPEN BAR.

Now that we have your attention, you should TOTALLY come hang out with us on March 22nd and support CoHFAC! At this event, you will hear original songs written and performed by Lewis Music Industry students, be invited to dance to our student spin doctor, DJKuba, sing Karaoke in Ives Hall, and participate in a host of other super fun activities! You can do this all while supporting our College and Music Department!

Need more convincing? Tickets are $50 and it includes food and OPEN BAR!

We're going to have a great time and we want you there!

https://www.alumni.lewisu.edu/2024-CoHFAC-Kickback

CoHFAC is the "College of Humanities, Fine Arts, and Communications" -- the college at Lewis University to which the Music Department belongs. Funding from this event will to start a CoHFAC Dean's Endowment to support experiential learning opportunities for our CoHFAC students (e.g., music performances, tours, travel to NAMM, etc...).

If you can't make it, you can support this program by purchasing a ticket for a student or by making a donation.

FY24 CoHFAC Kickback - Lewis University - Alumni & Friends 2024 CoHFAC Kickback EXPERIENCE OUR COLLEGE | CELEBRATE OUR SUCCESSFriday, March 22, 2024Philip Lynch Theatre & Wadsworth Family Gallery6:00 p.m. Doors Open | Open BarProgramming Begins at 6:30 p.m.Please join us for open bar and food as we celebrate our students' success and explore all of the won...

Congratulations to our orchestra conductor, Peter Lipari, recipient of the Joliet Area Great Teachers Awards!

Booth of Zen.

IMEC booth 277. Free bedazzled pens and stickers.

Stop by booth 277!

! Music Industry students Jinane Chahine, Jake Kobler, Kevin Cousins, and Jakub Krol talk about their journey to a life of music and their approach to creating new songs!

Check out Season 2, Episode 1: http://tinyurl.com/595kf6wd 🎤

Lewis University Music Department

Music Department Events at Lewis this Spring! - https://mailchi.mp/9f819322764b/music-department-concerts-at-lewis-this-spring-9098968

Welcome back to school students! Should we cancel the Music Department picnic? 🤪🥶

Calling all Lewis students: We want your original songs!

Submit your work by March 18 to compete for fabulous prizes and awards.

2024 Lewis University Sonic Boom Songwriting Competition by newmusicengine.org