Are Women People? — The Songs of Lori Laitman to be released on Acis on May 27, 2021

I'm thrilled that my latest CD — Are Women People? – The Songs of Lori Laitman — will be released on the Acis label on May 27, 2021. GRAMMY-nominated producer, GEOFFREY SILVER writes: "Following our previous albums together (Holocaust 1944 and American Composers at Play) Lori's new program really puts her compositional versatility, ingenuity and emotional range on full display. Her use of the historical lens is particularly powerful when songs about social justice and inclusion resonate so clearly today. The album's artwork features matriarchs in the composer's family, adding a personal touch to this national story."

Please click here to read the Broadway World article.

Pictured on the cover: my maternal grandmother, Dina Cantor Propp (1886-1980)

Baritone Shea Owens and Pianist Roxana Ionescu-Beck perform Lori's songs

Baritone Shea Owens and Pianist Roxana Ionescu-Beck performed two of Lori's songs in recital on March 28, 2021 at the Tonhalle St. Gallen in Switzerland: 

The Apple Orchard, which sets the poetry of Dana Gioia — written in 2004, as an 80th birthday present for my father-in-law Gershen Rosenblum

and

The Ballad Singer, which sets the poetry of Thomas Hardy — written in 1995 as a gift for my Yale classmate Robert Kennedy.

You can access their wonderful renditions here:

The Apple Orchard

The Ballad Singer

Peabody Virtual Residency and Retrospective Concert May 6, 2021 6:30 ET

I've had the pleasure of working with the talented students from Peabody Opera all semester. The culminating event is a "Lori Laitman Retrospective" concert, available free online on Thursday May 6, 2021 from 6:30-8:30 pm ET. Many thanks to Elizabeth Futral for organizing this and to Garnett Bruce for directing!

Update: The concert is now up on YouTube — click here to view.

Triotique & Maud Vanhauwaert's Mother's Day concert May 9, 2021

The wonderful trio Triotique from Belgium and poet Maud Vanhauwaert will be presenting a Mother's Day concert on May 9, 2021 at 11 a.m. - 12 pm CET (5 a.m. Friday ET) BUT the concert will remain online for an additional 48 hours. This outstanding trio is comprised of vocalist Frauke Elsen, flutist Elke Elsen, and pianist Margot Welleman. Repertoire includes Lori's setting of Orlando Gibbon's famous The Silver Swan, as well as music by Cecile Chaminade, Maurice Ravel and Nadia Boulanger. Poet Maud Vanhauwaert will also be reciting her favorite Mother's Day poems. 

For more information and tickets, please click here.

Lori to speak with United in Opera on Instagram Live April 27, 2021 2 pm EDT

@unitedinopera will be doing a live interview with Lori on Instagram on April 27 at 2 pm EDT.

Hope you can tune in!