Videos
Almost all of my songs have been recorded. To hear the commercial recordings, please visit my page on Spotify.
Below are a few links from YouTube.
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Beyond All Price
An excerpt from Beyond All Price, Hester’s aria from The Scarlet Letter (libretto by David Mason). Live performance with Opera Colorado and soprano Laura Claycomb from May 2016.
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Beyond All Price from The Scarlet Letter
Libretto by David Mason. Live performance from Marshall Opera’s concert at The New York Public Library in NYC on 4.27.24 — with soprano Sara LeMesh, pianist Amir Farid and Naomi Lewin, Master of Ceremonies.
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Dear Future Roommate
Video from Lyric Fest of Philadelphia (letter by Mike Gioia). With baritone Keith Phares and pianist Laura Ward.
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I Never Saw Another Butterfly
Poems by Pavel Friedmann, Koleba, Anonymous and Franta Bass — all children killed in the Holocaust. Recorded live with soprano Maureen McKay and saxophonist Gary Louie at Pianocraft Studios in Gaithersburg, MD on October 10, 2018.
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I Was Reading a Scientific Article
Poem by Margaret Atwood. Recorded live from Wigmore Hall in February 2019 with mezzo-soprano Kitty Whately and pianist Simon Lepper.
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In Sleep The World Is Yours
Poems by Selma Meerbaum-Eisinger. This is the premiere of the work for soprano, oboe and piano commissioned by Music of Remembrance — with soprano Megan Chenovick, oboist Benjamin Hausman and pianist Mina Miller.
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Into Eternity
Indianapolis Opera with mezzo-soprano Lyndsay Moy and pianist Maria Lyapkova, premiere Into Eternity, a setting of Vilma Grunwald’s letter (translated by Frank Grunwald). Frank speaks at the start to give context.
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Maya and the Magic Ring: I’m The King of the Cats
from the Lyric Opera of Kansas City premiere at the Midwest Trust Center, Johnson County Community College, Overland Park, KS, March 2025
Music by Lori Laitman • Libretto by Dana Gioia
featuring Maya (Bethany Jelinek), the Genie (Luke Harnish) and the Cat (Alex Smith), accompanied by the newEar Contemporary Ensemble conducted by Piotr Wiśniewski.
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Maya and the Magic Ring: Maya Alone
from the Lyric Opera of Kansas City premiere at the Midwest Trust Center, Johnson County Community College, Overland Park, KS, March 2025
Music by Lori Laitman • Libretto by Dana Gioia
featuring Maya (Bethany Jelinek) and the Genie (Luke Harnish), accompanied by the newEar Contemporary Ensemble conducted by Piotr Wiśniewski.
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Maya and the Magic Ring: Nobody Trusts a Genie
from the Lyric Opera of Kansas City premiere at the Midwest Trust Center, Johnson County Community College, Overland Park, KS, March 2025
Music by Lori Laitman • Libretto by Dana Gioia
featuring Maya (Bethany Jelinek) and the Genie (Luke Harnish), accompanied by the newEar Contemporary Ensemble conducted by Piotr Wiśniewski.
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Maya and the Magic Ring: The Unicorn
from the Lyric Opera of Kansas City premiere at the Midwest Trust Center, Johnson County Community College, Overland Park, KS, March 2025
Music by Lori Laitman • Libretto by Dana Gioia
featuring Maya (Bethany Jelinek), the Unicorn (Daniel J. Lee), the Cat (Alex Smith) and the Genie (Luke Harnish), accompanied by the newEar Contemporary Ensemble conducted by Piotr Wiśniewski.
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Maya and the Magic Ring: What Grandmothers Know
from the Lyric Opera of Kansas City premiere at the Midwest Trust Center, Johnson County Community College, Overland Park, KS, March 2025
Music by Lori Laitman • Libretto by Dana Gioia
featuring the Grandmother (Virginia Reed), accompanied by the newEar Contemporary Ensemble conducted by Piotr Wiśniewski.