Lawrence Lawyer

Organ and Choral Concert
Wednesday, July 5 at 7:00 pm
Cathedral of Saint Paul

Lawrence W. Lawyer, Director of Sacred Music/Organist at the Cathedral of Saint Paul, MN,  has been a member of the Cathedral sacred music staff since 2004. A Pi Kappa Lambda graduate of Millikin University and Scarritt Graduate School, he studied with Wilma Jensen and Janette Fishell, and holds degrees in sacred music from both institutions. A church organist from the age of 11, he began his ministry playing for daily Masses celebrated with his schoolmates. He also offers service to religious communities and orders of the metropolitan area. Since his appointment as Director of Music at the Cathedral of Saint Joseph the Workman in La Crosse,  WI, he has remained in the Upper Midwest, leading a number of well-regarded programs for the Church, serving as a member of two diocesan liturgical commissions, and teaching, adjudicating, and presenting workshops in Roman Catholic liturgy and music. As a concert organist, he has given recitals throughout the United States, including the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C., parish churches, and cathedrals. Lawrence has been a member of the Conference of Roman Catholic Cathedral Musicians since 1986, and among his professional memberships are the American Guild of Organists and National Association of Pastoral Musicians.