Colvin Concerts: Lauren Conroy and Matthew Schultheis

Lauren Conroy (Violin) and Matthew Schultheis (Piano)

Violinist Lauren Conroy and pianist/composer Matthew Schultheis enjoy programming innovative concerts that connect music of different eras. Their current program explores the meaning and expression across multiple generations and cultures of the poetic form of the elegy.

Lauren is a recent graduate of The Juilliard School where she completed her Masters of Music degree studying with Donald Weilerstein and Li Lin. Lauren performs works spanning traditional to modern repertoire and has attended several festivals and residencies including Toronto Music Festival, Norfolk New Music Workshop, Bowdoin International Music Festival Fellowship, Avaloch Farm Music Institute, and The Banff Centre.

Lauren is a Koppenaal Scholar at NYU with a concentration in Contemporary Classical Music Research and Performance, and is a recipient of the NYU Dean’s Award for Summer Research. Lauren has co-produced several multidisciplinary projects including Juilliard’s Future Stages and NYC Ballet’s Choreographic Institute, and is an Artist in Residence at Motive Brooklyn. She is a founding member of The Glass Clouds Ensemble whose mission is to amplify the message of environmentalists through new music, which is supported by the Presser Foundation, Lower Manhattan Culture Council, Albert Gallatin Founders Fund, and The Juilliard School’s Project Grant. 

Matthew is driven by a love of visual art and literature, a preference for dramatic, rich, sometimes opulent textures, a reverence for present-day musicians’ inheritance of past musical idioms, and a fascination with the connections performers and listeners make between deeply familiar and newly-heard pieces. Matthew is a C. V. Starr Doctoral Fellow at The Juilliard School studying with Matthias Pintscher. Matthew has collaborated with the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra; Attacca, Mivos, JACK, and Hausmann Quartets; Ensemble intercontemporain, and Sound Icon. His music has received three consecutive BMI Student Composer Awards and additional honors from ASCAP, the Society of Composers, Inc., and the Music Teachers National Association. His first work for orchestra, Columbia, In Old Age, received the Palmer Dixon Prize from The Juilliard School. An accomplished pianist dedicated to performing new music, Matthew has frequently premiered his own works, in addition to giving recitals of music in the standard repertoire. He was a member and featured soloist of the Indiana University New Music Ensemble from 2016–2019. Performances as a soloist include György Ligeti's Piano Concerto (2018), Bernd Richard Deutsch's Mad Dog (2017), and Carlos Sánchez-Gutiérrez's concerto New Short Stories (2019).

Check out: Lauren Conroy | Matthew Schultheis

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While RSVP is free, there is a suggested donation in place of a ticket price at the door so that Colvin House can pay their talented, local artists and continue supporting the performing arts. They ask that you contribute $20 or $15/person toward paying the musicians and staff for their efforts in producing these community concerts at the Colvin House.

Colvin House cannot make change so please bring the exact amount you plan on donating. While they also accept Zelle & PayPal, they do prefer cash donations. Thank you!

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They are thrilled to partner with their neighbor, Rewired Cafe, for Colvin Concerts! Using QR codes, guests will be able to order right from their seats and have food delivered.

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Helpful Info:

Colvin House cannot provide parking on-site for this event. The first 20 cars can park free at George B. Swift Elementary School, just a block west of Colvin House. Please pull up to Colvin House's driveway gate (Thorndale Ave.) first to receive a parking permit which will provide further instructions.

For $20, valet parking is also available at the Malibu Condominiums (6007 N. Sheridan Rd.) public garage, just across the street, north of Colvin House. This parking can be validated by Colvin House for $2 off.

Colvin House recommends arriving early if you need to park.

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