What is Lyric & Lecture?

Our Goal

Lyric & Lecture is a musical and educational talent agency  that brings high quality entertainment and informative programs to a variety of venues. We are dedicated to the fair representation of our presenters and performers to ensure that they are being paid a reasonable stipend for their work, while offering competitive pricing to our clients by not adding excessive agency commissions.

Our Booking Radius

Lyric & Lecture books all over the Chicagoland area, including the north shore and western suburbs.  Slightly outside our usual booking radius?  No problem--we're happy to try and make it work!

The Founder of Lyric and Lecture...

Lynette Foss

Lynette Foss has been teaching biology at the college level for over 20 years, and decided to "take her show on the road" a few years ago when she was approached by several event organizers to present educational programs to their groups. Her network of scholars and experts on a variety of topics prompted her to start an agency to represent them in addition to herself. Lynette is also a singer and keyboard player in several different bands, with an extended network of musicians from multiple genres. With such a deep reach into the musical community, it made sense to represent them as well, as she had already been booking musicians and bands in an unofficial capacity for years. Lynette teaches biology courses at Lake Forest College and formerly at Columbia College Chicago. She received her undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan, and graduate degrees from DePaul University.

Quality Guarantee

Lyric & Lecture represents speakers and performers who are professionals with a history of successful engagements, and who have consistently exceeded expectations. 

Lyric and Lecture is a proud member of:


The Lake Forest/Lake Bluff Chamber of Commerce
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​The Suburban Parks and Recreation Association