Boston Singers' Resource event — Composing Vocal Works — A Conversation with Lori Laitman

On Monday April 26, 2021 at 6 pm EDT, I will be joining Boston Singers' Resource for a conversation about composing for the voice. 

I will be taking questions from composers and singers who are participating the BSR Composers' Lab, and I am very much looking forward to this event. To register, please click here. 

Songs and Sounds to present "Mental Health Matters" concert on April 29, 2021

Songs and Sounds is an online platform devoted to presenting songs by living composers, run by soprano Donna Lennard and pianist Gavin Roberts.

Their next concert, "Mental Health Matters," will be streamed on April 29, 2021 at 2 pm EDT on their Facebook and YouTube platforms. My song Kindness, from my Sylvia Plath song cycle The Blood Jet, will be included, along with commentary that I have taped.

Hope you can tune in! 

Lori's "The Seed of Dream" cycle in new documentary by Independent Opera Company

Independent Opera Company has produced a short documentary about Lori's 2004 song cycle, The Seed of Dream.

The work was commissioned by Music of Remembrance, and is scored for baritone (or mezzo-soprano), cello and piano. The five poems by pre-eminent Yiddish poet  Abraham Sutzkever, (four in translation by Pulitzer Prize winner C.K. Williams and one by Leonard Wolf) provide a first-hand glimpse of life in the Vilna Ghetto during WWII. 

Baritone Aaron Ball, cellist Thomas Lovasz and pianist Galina Barskaya have truly internalized the music and bring it to life in a thrilling manner. Commentary is provided from interviews with the performers and myself. 

The work is streaming on demand from April 8-22, 2021 and tickets are available here. 

Hope you can tune in to hear why Sharon Mabry of The Journal of Singing wrote: "This cycle is indeed a masterpiece that should not be missed!"

March 10, 2021 lecture for The Academy of Music at The University of Ljubljana in Slovenia

On March 10, 2021 I will presenting an online lecture for the composition students at the University of Ljubljana, Academy of Music in Slovenia. I will be speaking about the path that led me to compose for the voice, as well as my artistic process. I am thankful to Professor Theresa Plut for inviting me. 

Solmaaz Adeli & Friends present International Women's Day: Livestream Concert March 8, 2021

In honor of International Women's Day, Solmaaz Adeli and Friends will present a concert featuring music by living female composers, followed by a question and answer session with the composers. 

The concert will air on March 8, 2021 at 3 pm EST (12 pm PST/21:00 CET) on Facebook live here. 

Composers featured are Juhi Bansal, Ruth Huber, Margareta Ferek-Petric, Diana Rowan and myself. 

Solmaaz will be performing with pianist Narmina Sultanova.

Hope you can join for this unique concert!

Below is an article from the American Women's Association of Vienna.