{{short description|Australian musician}} {{confused|Doug Lawrence (disambiguation){{!}}Doug Lawrence|Lawrence Douglas}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} '''Raymond Douglas Lawrence''' {{post-nominals|country=AUS|AM}} (born 1943) is an Australian organist who is director of music at the Scots' Church, Melbourne, and teacher of the organ at the University of Melbourne.
In 1969, Lawrence completed his master's degree in music at the University of Melbourne.<ref name="DA">{{cite web|url=http://www.divine-art.co.uk/AS/lawrence.htm|title=Douglas Lawrence [Organ & Choir Director]|publisher=Divine Art Recordings Group|accessdate=24 June 2014}}</ref> He then studied from 1969 to 1971 at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna (Vienna Musikhochschule) under the tutelage of Austrian organist Anton Heiller.<ref name="OrganAust">{{cite web|url=http://rjstove.net/articles/June_2013_OrganAust_interview_DLawrence.pdf|title=O Pioneer: An Interview with Douglas Lawrence|publisher=Organ Australia|date=June 2013|pages=11–14|last=Stove|first=R.J.|accessdate=24 June 2014}}{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
Lawrence founded and directs the Australian Baroque Ensemble and the Australian Chamber Choir.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/music/all-the-classics-bach-to-bach-20120418-1x7c8.html|title=All the Classics, Bach to Bach|newspaper=The Age|last=Zwartz|first=Bernie|date=19 April 2012|accessdate=24 June 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news | title=Choir Master pulls out all Stops | newspaper=The Age| date=11 December 2013 | publisher=Fairfax Media Publications Pty Limited | page=27 | issn=0312-6307 }}</ref> He also founded the Choir of Ormond College. In 1992 he was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia for services to music.<ref>{{cite web|title=It's an Honour|url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/869710|publisher=Australian Government|work=Australian Honours|accessdate=20 September 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article126927579 |title=Queen's Birthday Honours Order of Australia|newspaper=Canberra Times |location=ACT |date=8 June 1992 |accessdate=24 June 2014 |page=4 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref> In the 2020 Australia Day Honours, Lawrence was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia for "significant service to the performing arts, particularly to chamber choirs".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/2005322|title=Douglas Lawrence OAM|last=|first=|date=|website=honours.pmc.gov.au|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200126065802/https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/2005322 |archive-date=2020-01-26 |access-date=2020-01-26}}</ref>
He frequently performs as a soloist for major music organisations within Australia and his concert career has taken him throughout most of the world.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.australianstage.com.au/201005293537/features/melbourne/douglas-lawrence.html|title=Douglas Lawrence|publisher=Australian Stage Online|last=Lozynski|first=Anna|date=29 May 2010|accessdate=24 June 2014}}</ref> Amongst several inaugurals, Lawrence played the first concert (1979) on the organ of the Sydney Opera House<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=NPtjAAAAIBAJ&pg=6546%2C2066503|title=Sydney's Giant Organ Complete at Last|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|last=Shanahan|first=Denis|date=6 June 1979|accessdate=24 June 2014}}</ref> and Melba Hall at the University of Melbourne and gave the first solo recital on the organ in the Melbourne Concert Hall.<ref name="DA"/><ref name="OrganAust"/>
Lawrence has released a number of recordings including ''The Best of Pachelbel'', ''Buxtehude'', ''A Baroque Collection'', ''Reverberations 1'' and ''Reverberations 2''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.australianmusiccentre.com.au/product/reverberations-2|title=Reverberations / Douglas Lawrence|publisher=Australian Music Centre|accessdate=24 June 2014|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304060652/http://www.australianmusiccentre.com.au/product/reverberations-2|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article118168937 |title=Evoking a certain spirit. |newspaper=Canberra Times |location=ACT |date=6 June 1994 |accessdate=24 June 2014 |page=32 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article130834340 |title=Canberra Living Records Excellent Carols |newspaper=Canberra Times |location=ACT |date=6 December 1982 |accessdate=24 June 2014 |page=12 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article136974616 |title=Classical| newspaper=Canberra Times |last=Hoffmann |first=W.L. |date=12 January 1979 |accessdate=24 June 2014 |page=7 Section: TV Radio Guide |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
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