DARLENE LAWRENCE
Darlene Lawrence
received her doctoral degree from the University of Southern California where
she was a student of Gwendolyn Koldofsky. She has accompanied many prominent California
artists and has toured under the management of Sol Hurok. She has served as the accompanist for the
Oregon Bach Festival under Helmuth Rilling, and was selected to accompany the thousand-voice
Honor Choir of the 1984 Olympiad in Los Angles. In addition to her work as an
accompanist, Dr. Lawrence is a published composer, and has worked as a studio
singer in motion pictures, television and recordings. While on the faculty of
the University of Iowa in addition to coaching and accompanying in the voice
and opera areas she taught graduate Song Literature. Ms. Lawrence is currently
residing in Southern California where she was a coach/accompanist at the