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The Metropolitan Tower and Other Songs

  • The First Lutheran Church, Carlisle, PA, February 23, 2003, The Helding/Blyth Duo (Lynn Helding, mezzo-soprano and Jennifer Blyth, piano).

Daughters

  • Dec. 24, 2001, 1 pm, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam. Jeanneke van Buul, soprano; Tomoko Hara, violin; Mario Rio, cello; Nobuo Matsushima, piano.

  • Dec. 11, 2001. Dennis and Phillip Ratner Museum, Bethesda, MD. Karyn Friedman, mezzo-soprano, Janet Frank, cello, Sasha Margolis, violin, Carl Banner, piano.

  • Sept. 16, 2001. Charlottesville Chamber Music Festival. The Jefferson Theatre, Charlottesville, VA. Brenda Patterson. Brenda Patterson, mezzo-soprano, Timothy Summers, violin, Judith Gordon, piano, Raman Ramakrishnan, 'cello.

  • Alice Tully Hall, NY, October 30, 2000 and at Juilliard (Paul Hall), NY, November 6, 2000 with Brenda Patterson, mezzo-soprano, Ellie Moser, cello, Minyoung Chang, violin, Karen Savage, piano.

  • Music Academy of the West, Abravanel Hall, Santa Barbara, CA, August 5, 2000, Brenda Patterson, mezzo-soprano.

  • Griswold Hall, Peabody Conservatory, Baltimore, MD, October 19, 1998 (premiere). Patricia Green, mezzo-soprano, Juliette Kang, violin, Thomas Kraines, cello, Kristin Taylor, piano.

Holocaust 1944

  • January 27, 2002, 7:30 pm, Kirkland Performance Center, Kirkland, WA. Music of Remembrance Series. Erich Parce, baritone, Gary Karr, doublebass.

  • U.S.Holocaust Memorial Museum, April 29, 2001. William Sharp, baritone, Harold Robinson, doublebass.

  • Benaroya Recital Hall, Seattle, WA, November 6, 2000. (premiere) Erich Parce, baritone, Gary Karr, doublebass.

Four Dickinson Songs

  • April 22, 2002 at 7 pm, Christ and St. Stephens Church on 69th Street (between Broadway and Columbus), NY. Jennifer Check, soprano, and Carrie-Ann Matheson, piano.

Sunflowers

  • The French Embassy, Washington, DC., October 19, 2000. Amanda Balestrieri, soprano, Steven Silverman, piano.

  • Sumner School Museum, Washington, DC., December 10, 1999 (premiere). Adelaide Whitaker, soprano, Gillian Cookson, piano.

Mystery

  • The First Lutheran Church, Carlisle, PA, February 23, 2003, The Helding/Blyth Duo (Lynn Helding, mezzo-soprano and Jennifer Blyth, piano).

  • The Contemporary Music Forum at The Corcoran Gallery, Washington, DC, October 7, 1999. Randal Woodfield, baritone, Clinton Adams, piano. Also March 1, 2000 at Loyola College, MD.

  • St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Scranton, PA, October 23, 1999. Ellen Rutkowski, mezzo-soprano, Arno Drucker, piano.

Round and Round

  • Premiere: February 8, 2002, noon, Great Hall, Sumner School Museum, 1201 17th Street, NW. Washington DC. Friday Morning Music Club Composers Concert. Katherine Honan-Carter, mezzo-soprano, Lori Laitman, piano.

Living in the Body

  • Premiere, plus other Laitman selections: March 5, 2002, 8 pm, Carol A. Carter Recital Hall, Foy Fine Arts Building, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA. Music of Lori Laitman, Guest Composer. Sandra McClain, soprano, Carolyn Bryan, saxophone.

Long Pond Revisited

  • Premiere. Randall Scarlata, baritone, Marcy Rosen, cello. January 16, 2002, 8 pm, Terrace Theatre, Kennedy Center.

Between the Bliss and Me

  • The Lyceum, Alexandria, VA, November 7, 1999. Bonnie Kunkel, soprano, Alfred Clark, piano.

  • The Lyceum, Alexandria, VA, March 26, 2000. Martha Ellison, soprano, Ruth Locker, piano.

Selections from Days and Nights

  • Whitticker Center, Harrisburg, PA, Sept. 16, 2001. Brenda K. Witmer, soprano, James Hiatt, piano.

  • James Madison University, Harrisonville, VA., March 23, 2000, Sonya Baker, soprano, Vicki Berneking, piano.

  • NVJCC, Annandale, VA, April 26, 2000. Brenda K. Witmer, soprano, James Hiatt, piano.

I Never Saw Another Butterfly

  • September 29, 2002, 3 pm. Memorial Chapel, Lawrence University, Appleton, Wisconsin. Alisa Jordheim, soprano, Steven Jordheim, saxophone.

  • May 1, 2002, 8 pm, Merkin Hall, NY. The Festival Chamber Music Society. Premiere of soprano-bassoon version. Naomi Gurt Lind, soprano, Frank Morelli, bassoon.

  • Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, April 22, 2001, April 28, 2001, Melissa Baland, soprano, Jeffrey Galle, April 22, 2001, Dallas, TX. Also, Signature Point on the Lakes Retirement Community, Addison, TX, May 6, 2001.

  • Valdosta State University, Valdosta, Georgia, April 10,2000, Valerie Fisher, soprano, John Ferguson, saxophone

  • Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, March 2, 1999, Linda Karen Smith, soprano, Gail Levinsky, saxophone

  • Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY, March 1, 1999, Patrice Pastore, soprano, Steve Mauk, saxophone

  • Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, Sept. 8, 1998, Patricia Green, soprano, James Forger, saxophone

  • Baylor University School of Music, TX, Christine Schadeberg, soprano, Michael N. Jacobson, saxophone

  • The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, DC, April 27, 1997, Patricia Green, soprano, Gary Louie, saxophone

  • The Midwest Conference on World Affairs, Kearney, NE, March 1997, University of Nebraska, April 14, 1999, Hastings College, April 12, 1999, Anne Foradori, soprano, David Nabb, saxophone

  • Northwestern University, March 26, 1998, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA, May 24, 1998. Sandra McClain, soprano, Carolyn Bryan, saxophone

  • The French Embassy, Washington, DC, May 10, 1996; The Cleveland Institute of Art, May 5, 1996, Shriver Hall, Baltimore, MD (premiere), February 4, 1996, Lauren Wagner, soprano, Gary Louie, saxophone

The Love Poems of Marichiko

  • Clemmons Chapel, Midland Lutheran College, Fremont, Nebraska, November 5, 2000; Strauss Recital Hall, University of Nebraska at Omaha, NE, November 19, 2000, Wendy Eaton, mezzo-soprano, David Low, cello

  • JCC of Greater Washington, March 28, 1998. Pamela Jordan Schiffer, soprano, Lori Barnet, cello

  • Contemporary Music Forum at the Corcoran Gallery, DC, January 26, 1995, Pamela Jordan, soprano, Lori Barnet, cello

  • Festival of New American Music, Sacramento, CA, November 10, 1998, Lauren Wagner, soprano, Maya Beiser, cello

  • The Concert Society of Maryland Series, University of MD, February 19, 1994 (premiere). Lauren Wagner, soprano, Semyon Fridman, cello.

"Echo" and "The Ballad Singer"

  • Orchestral version premiere. October 5, 2002. Battell Chapel, Yale University, New Haven, 8 pm. Orchestra New England, conducted by James Sinclair, with Anton Belov (Young Concert Artist winner, 2002), baritone soloist.

The Songs of Lori Laitman Concert

  • Strathmore Hall, N. Bethesda, MD, May 20, 2001. Lauren Wagner, soprano, Randall Scarlata, baritone, Thomas Kraines, cello, Lori Laitman and Frederick Weldy, piano.

also featured on:

  • WUOM - Ann Arbor "Artists in Residence" series. Featured excerpts from The Love Poems of Marichiko, The Metropolitan Tower and Other Songs, Echo, I Never Saw Another Butterfly. Broadcasts from Nov. 1996- Jan. 1997.

  • Drew University, concert of Lori Laitman music, December 4, 1995

  • 1993 fellow at Charles Ives Center for American Music

  • Strathmore Hall, "American Composers - Their Music and Their Muses" Music of Lori Laitman. March 6, 1992

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