BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Â鶹ӰԺ University - ECPv6.18.0//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Â鶹ӰԺ University X-ORIGINAL-URL: X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Â鶹ӰԺ University REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20250309T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20251102T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20260308T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20261101T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20270314T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20271107T070000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20261107T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261107T210000 DTSTAMP:20261022T192243Z CREATED:20260722T182037Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261022T192243Z UID:20228-1794079800-1794085200@www.lawrence.edu SUMMARY:Fred Sturm Jazz Celebration Weekend: Billy Childs Jazz Chamber Ensemble DESCRIPTION:Billy Childs has emerged as one of the foremost American composers of his era\, successfully marrying the musical products of his heritage with the Western neoclassical traditions of the twentieth century in a powerful symbiosis of style\, range\, and dynamism. \nThus far\, in his career\, Childs has garnered seventeen GRAMMY nominations and six GRAMMY awards including two for Best Instrumental Jazz Album (Winds of Change in 2024 and Rebirth in 2018)\, and two for Best Arrangement Accompanying a Vocalist (including New York Tendaberry from Map to the Treasure: Reimagining Laura Nyro\, featuring Renée Fleming and Yo-Yo Ma). In 2006\, Childs was awarded a Chamber Music America composer’s grant\, and in 2009 was the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship. In 2013 he was awarded the Doris Duke Performing Artist Award. He has also been awarded a composers award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters (2015). In 2018\, Childs was named “Outstanding Alumnus” of the Thornton School of Music (sharing that honor with\, among others\, Morton Lauridsen\, Michael Tilson Thomas\, and Marilyn Horne). Childs has also served as president of Chamber Music America (2016-2022). \nTICKET INFO \nPurchase tickets from the Box Office (920-832-6749) or online (lawrence.edu/tickets) \nTicket (assigned seats) prices: \n\nAdults – $42 / $38\nSeniors – $30 / $25\nLU faculty/staff – $15\nStudents (LU and non-LU) – free\n\nValid ID must be presented for discounted tickets \nThe Box Office is located next to Stansbury Theatre inside Music-Drama Center and is open Monday–Friday from 2:00-6:00pm and an hour prior to events. URL:/event/fred-sturm-jazz-celebration-weekend-billy-childs-jazz-chamber-ensemble/ LOCATION:Â鶹ӰԺ Memorial Chapel CATEGORIES:Featured,Music ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/PAS-Billy-Childs-3x2-1.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Box Office":MAILTO:boxoffice@lawrence.edu END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR