BLOOMINGTON, Ill. – On Sunday, Oct. 23, the Illinois Wesleyan School of Music will hold a memorial concert for the late Dr. C. Lawrence Campbell, who served as a member of the Illinois Wesleyan faculty for 33 years.
The concert, which is free and open to the public, will begin at 11:30 a.m. in Westbrook Auditorium of Presser Hall (1210 Park St., Bloomington).
A professor of music, piano, piano pedagogy and literature, Dr. Campbell, a member of the Illinois Wesleyan faculty since 1978, held degrees from Northwestern University and Indiana University. A celebrated artist who held many distinctions, Dr. Campbell was named a winner or finalist in several national competitions, including the Chicago Young Artists’ Competition, the Allied Arts Piano Competition, the Talman Musical Arts Competition and the international auditions of the Artists’ Advisory Council. He was named to the Fern Rosetta Sherff Professorship in 1998, honoring his distinguished teaching, research and service to the University.