Andrew Garland and pianist Donna Loewy Reprise "Men with Small Heads" in Tribute to Living American Composers

Baritone Andrew Garland and pianist Donna Loewy will present recitals featuring the music of living America composers in NYC and Cincinnati. Included on the program is Lori’s Men with Small Heads, songs to the poetry of Thomas Lux. Garland’s November 2008 Weil Recital Hall performance of Laitman’s cycle with pianist Donna Loewy garnered high praise from the press: “Garland thoroughly owned these quirky settings of child's-eye-view poems by Thomas Lux …Whether as the perspective-challenged six-year-old of the title song, a youth lusting after a jar of maraschino cherries, the proud owner of a tin parrot pin whose charm is lost on others or a deliciously sibilant snake warning swimmers out of his lair, Garland was utterly engaging. Laitman's sense of humor enhances her considerable skill as a text-painter, and this set was easily the highpoint of the concert.”(Opera News). The cycle won Best American Art Song by the 2004 San Francisco Song Festival and appears on Laitman’s 2003 CD Dreaming. For more details, please visit Lori’s Performances page.