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Glowing reviews for Are Women People? CD
Reviews for Are Women People?, my latest CD released on Acis in May 2021, are starting to appear and I am so grateful for the wonderful reception. Maria Mazzaro, Opera News (December 2021) — CD named a “Critic’s Choice”: “In the first set of songs Lori Laitman sets three Margaret Atwood poems. They have an…
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Kathleen Roland-Silverstein reviews The Imaginary Photo Album in The Journal of Singing
I am so grateful that Kathleen Roland-Silverstein has reviewed my song cycle The Imaginary Photo Album in the September/October 2021 issue of The Journal of Singing. Thank you, Kathleen!
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Upcoming productions of The Scarlet Letter
I’m pleased to announce that The Scarlet Letter, my opera with David Mason, will have two productions in 2022: at The University of Oklahoma: February 10 – 13, 2022, in a production directed by Beth Greenberg and at Wichita State University: April 7-10, 2022. The opera was commissioned by The University of Central Arkansas through Robert Holden and the…
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MUSIC VIDEO PROJECT
In conjunction with filmmaker/tenor extraordinaire Dan Norman of Positive Note Productions in the UK, I am making films of two of my songs: The Apple Orchard, composed in 2004 to a poem by Dana Gioia and Sarong Song to David Mason’s poem, from The Soul Fox cycle commissioned by ROKI in 2013. I feel so fortunate to work…
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MUSIC VIDEO PROJECT
In conjunction with filmmaker/tenor extraordinaire Dan Norman of Positive Note Productions (based in the UK), I am making films of two of my songs: The Apple Orchard, composed in 2004 to a poem by Dana Gioia; and Sarong Song to David Mason’s poem, from The Soul Fox cycle commissioned by ROKI in 2013. I feel so fortunate to work with…
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Early Snow in London
I am thrilled that the Emergence Music duo, comprised of soprano Nadine Be and pianist Nicole Panizza, will be performing my Mary Oliver song cycle Early Snow on June 11, 2021 at 6 pm to a live audience and at 8:30 pm BST for a virtual audience (1 pm and 3:30 pm EST). The…
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Are Women People? — The Songs of Lori Laitman to be released on Acis May 27, 2021
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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…
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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,…
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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!
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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.
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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…
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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…
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Independent Opera Company documentary about “The Seed of Dream”
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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.
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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,…
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Musica Vitale — Recital and Dialogue with Lori Laitman on February 20 -21, 2021
It was my distinct pleasure to recently conduct a virtual master class with the very talented local voice students associated with Musica Vitale, a San Diego based professional choral ensemble led by Elena Vizuet. Also wonderful was the opportunity to be interviewed by my amazingly talented first cousin, Dr. William Propp, who is a member of…
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Musica Vitale to present “Recital and Dialogue with Lori Laitman” Feb. 20, 2021 7 pm PST
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Chicago Tribune names Let Evening Come: American Songs Old & New one of 2020’s best classical recordings
Let Evening Come: American Songs Old & New (Albany Records) has been named as one of the best classical recordings of 2020 by The Chicago Tribune. Emily Martin and Richard Masters perform two of Hester Prynne’s arias from The Scarlet Letter — Beyond All Price (Hester’s Lullaby) and This Canopy of Trees. In the Sept/Oct 2020 issue of Fanfare Magazine, Colin Clarke…
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Bellingham Symphony Orchestra presents soprano Ashley Becker in “Women’s Voices”
On November 8, 2020, a concert entitiled “Women’s Voices” under the auspices of the the Bellingham Symphony will be presented online, with soprano Ashley Becker and pianist Keith Chambers. The concert celebrates the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, will feature works by Frances Pollock, Willetta Parker, Florence Price, Undine Smith Moore, Gwenyth Walker, Alexandra Gardner,…
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London Song Festival’s Emily Dickinson program Nov. 6, 2020
I am thrilled that 2 of my Four Dickinson Songs – Will There Really Be A Morning? and She Died are included in London Song Festival’s Emily Dickinson program on November 6, 2020. Streaming in the States will be on November 7, 2020. The wonderful artists are soprano Anna Patalong, pianist Nigel Foster (who is…