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Professional World Premiere of The Scarlet Letter
Soprano Hila Plitmann and UK Clarinetist Julian Bliss record Lori's “I Never Saw Another Butterfly”
Emerging Voices Project
Five Lovers Update
Lori to Florida Gulf Coast University
Lori to San Diego State University
From Muse to Music: Exploring the Craft of the American Song
Elizabeth Futral to Perform Lori's Sunflowers
Lori to speak at The Philoctetes Center in NYC
Lori to be “Distinguished Guest Composer” at St. Petersburg Conservatory in Russia
Lori to be Guest Composer at Muhlenberg College in November 2010
Vedem Premiere and Recording
Lori to Speak about Vedem at Yale
Lori's Music on the Opera America "Salon Series" in New York City
Recital of Lori's Music at the Cosmos Club
Carol Kimball to Feature Lori's Music on NATS Lecture
Songfest 2010
Laitman and Prize Winner Mason Poised to Collaborate on Second Opera
Lori to Serve as the 2010 NATS Spring Conference Clinician
The Seed of Dream Live via Skype
Lori's Residencies in Cleveland Ohio
"From Art Song to Opera" Article in Classical Singer Magazine
Lori to be Distinguished Visiting Composer
Patricia Green's Mystery Recording
YCA Winner Jeanine De Bique to Perform "Four Dickinson Songs"
Andrew Garland and pianist Donna Loewy Reprise "Men with Small Heads" in Tribute to Living American Composers
Lori and David Mason Collaborate on "Vedem"
Four Dickinson Songs and Nine Dickinson Songs
Lori's 4th CD Released on Albany Records
Lori and David Mason visit Pilgrim School in Los Angeles, California
Lori and David Mason visit Elon University
The "Seed of Dream" on YouTube
Andrew Garland's Performance of "Men With Small Heads"
Three Performances of "The Seed of Dream"
European Premiere of the "Witch's Dance Aria"
The Stockton Holocaust Project
The premiere mezzo-soprano recording of “Mystery”
Baritone Wolfgang Hozmair to sing Lori’s music in Austria
The Scarlet Letter - Lori’s opera to premiere at The University of Arkansas on November 6, 2008
My thanks to Mark Gruen
I Never Saw Another Butterfly at Weill Recital Hall
The Seed of Dream is released on Naxos
Lori Finishes the Recordings for CD 4
Lori's Music at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Men With Small Heads at Weill Recital Hall
"Journey" for Saxophone
Preview of "The Scarlet Letter"
Instrumental Music
Premiere of “A Wild Sostenuto”
Jona Rapoport to Represent Lori and her music
Lori visits Bluffton University
Lori Laitman, Yuli Turovsky, Sean Lennon, and more — online!
Lori's Music on FM 98.5 (CKWR) in Canada
Janelle McCoy receives a grant to present Lori's "The Seed of Dream"
Lori at Westminster Choir College
Dimensions New Music Series
Lori’s music featured on Canadian radio
Songs of Hope
Critical Acclaim for "Becoming a Redwood"
Lori's opera — ”The Scarlet Letter”
The Seed of Dream performed and recorded in Seattle, WA
Naxos Release of Lori's Butterfly cycle
Lori at the Longy School in Boston Massachusetts
Lori at Towson State University in Towson, Maryland
New Edition of "Song" by Carol Kimball
Presentation at Yale's Institute of Sacred Music
Lori honors famed tenor and teacher Richard Miller with songs
Lori to serve as Finalist Judge of the NATS Art Song Competition in 2008
Lori's 3rd solo CD, "Becoming A Redwood" released by Albany Records
New version of Lori's "I Never Saw Another Butterfly" to be released on Naxos
"Orange Afternoon Lover" premiered in Chautauqua: Lori's Margaret Atwood cycle, "Orange Afternoon Lover" premiered in August 2006 at The Chautauqua Institute
Baritone Andrew Garland and "Men With Small Heads"
Janeanne Houston's CD "The Shining Place" includes Laitman premieres
Soprano Melanie Mitrano's new CD features premiere of Lori's "Money"
Update on Lori's "Horse" cycle
Lori and The 2006 Songs Across The Americas Festival
"The Songs of Lori Laitman" at Yale
Lori's "If I..." included in American Art Song for the Sacred Service
Lyric Fest of Philadelphia: Lori is featured composer
Laitman concert in Oslo, Norway: Baritone Stein Skjervold, double bassist Walter McTigert and pianist Tone Støylen perform
Lori's music at the 49th NATS Convention
Featured Composer at 2005 West Chester University Poetry Conference: June 11, 2005 concert of Lori's music at the West Chester University Poetry Conference.
Lori featured on March 20, 2005 edition of John Clare's NPR Radio Show: 20-20 Hearing: Lori will be the featured composer on John Clare's radio show "20-20- Hearing." Lori's show will be broadcast on March 20, 2005 and re-aired in September 2005.
Soprano Melanie Mitrano recording Lori songs
Dr. Carol Lines to Present Poster Paper on Lori's Music: NATS Convention poster paper and performance
Music of Remembrance Commissions New Holocaust Cycle: Poems of Vilna Ghetto survivor Abraham Sutzkever
Adelaide Whitaker Commissions Seventh Song Cycle from Lori: Poems of Sylvia Plath
Commission for "The Horse in Art, Mythology, Literature and Song": Music for an inter-arts performance piece
Lori to be Keynote Speaker at the 2005 Athena Festival
Cosmos Club Featured Composer for 2005
Lori to Be Featured on Banner Series at McNeese State
USOPERAWEB.COM to Feature Interview with Lori
Alice Tully Recital
Lori Begins Recording Third CD
Lori to Be Composer-in-Residence at the 2006 Songs Across the Americas Festival
Cleveland Opera to Present Laitman Work: world premiere: June 9-13, 2004
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West Chester University Poetry Conference: setting David Mason's "Swimmers on the Shore" for baritone and piano.
Small Heads Best Song
Recital of Laitman Songs at Levine School of Music: June 19th, 2004 at 7:30 p.m. in the Jane Lang Recital Hall
New CDs Feature Laitman Songs: soprano Janeanne Houston, mezzo-soprano Virginia Dupuy, and soprano Sonya Gabrielle Baker feature Laitman songs.
Lori Writes a Song for a Novel: Writer Susan Dormady commissioned me to compose a song for her novel
Lecture/Recitals
Lori's Dickinson Settings Included in Dramatic Presentation
Radio Show Features Lori's Songs