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Lori Laitman Recital at the National Museum of Women in the Arts
On Wednesday, March 14, 2012 at 7:30 pm, I presented a recital of my music on The Shenson Series at the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, DC. I accompanied three wonderful vocalists: soprano Megan Monaghan, tenor Vale Rideout and baritone Randall Scarlata. Together, we presented a selection of artsongs as well…
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Wolfgang Holzmair premieres Todesfuge in NYC and DC
Tuesday, February 21, 9:00 PM at the Austrian Cultural Forum in NYC, the acclaimed Austrian baritone Wolfgang Holzmair, along with French cellist Sonia Wieder-Atherton, will premiere my Todesfuge Songs as part of the recital. This concert is part of the ACFNY’s ongoing series, Lied: The Art of Song. The recital will also be performed in…
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ACT I of Ludlow is Completed
I have just completed the piano/vocal score to Act I of my new opera, Ludlow. I am thrilled that The University of Colorado’s New Opera Works Program, run by Leigh Holman, will present Ludlow in workshop this summer. Director Beth Greenberg and Librettist David Mason (currently Poet Laureate of Colorado) will be in attendance with…
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The website is open for visitors!
I’m so excited to see the new website, and I hope you enjoy the new look and the improved functionality! If you have any comments or information for inclusion on this site, please feel free to contact me.
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My thanks to Mark Gruen
I wish to thank my wonderful copyist of many years, Mark Gruen. He has prepared several of my larger works with extreme care and knowledge. If anyone ever needs a copyist/editor, I recommend him wholeheartedly. You can contact him at mgruen@verizon.net.
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Soprano Hila Plitmann and Clarinetist Julian Bliss record Lori’s Butterfly cycle
Grammy-award-winning soprano Hila Plitmann and UK clarinetist Julian Bliss recorded Lori’s “I Never Saw Another Butterfly” in November 2010 for Signum Records. The CD was released in December 2011. (Amazon, iTunes)
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Emerging Voices Project
Elisabeth Halliday and Zach Herchen have created the Emerging Voices Project to commission, perform, and record music for voice and saxophone. The project was inspired by Lori Laitman’s “I Never Saw Another Butterfly,” a musical setting of poetry written by Jewish children who lived in the concentration camp Theresienstadt. Elisabeth and Zach selected composers Kathleen…
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Five Lovers Update
In December 2010, soprano/poet Jama Jandrokovic and pianist Andrew Rosenblum recorded Lori’s “Five Lovers.” The upcoming CD will include other settings of Jama’s poetry, by composers Paul Moravec and Luna Pearl Woolf. Details about the release will be forthcoming, and for more information, please visit http://www.jamajandrokovic.com/
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From Muse to Music: Exploring the Craft of the American Song
A video from the November 14, 2010 panel on American Song at the Philoctetes Center in NYC is now up on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vb9ZZdueGf0 The presentation includes a performance and discussion with violinist Stephanie Chase, soprano Hope Hudson, and composers Tom Cipullo, Richard Pearson Thomas and Lori Laitman.
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Lori’s Music on the Opera America “Salon Series” in New York City
The NY premiere of excerpts from The Scarlet Letter took place on September 15, 2010, when Lori’s music was showcased on Opera America’s “Salon Series: Exploring American Voices” with Sari Gruber, Vale Rideout and Randall Scarlata. Click here to view the video. The Scarlet Letter excerpts start at 18:33 in this video.
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Recital of Lori’s Music at the Cosmos Club
On May 23, 2010, there was a recital of Lori’s music at The Cosmos Club in Washington, DC. The concert was part of the “America Sings in the Nation’s Capitol 2010: A Festival of American Music for Voice.” Selections included the premiere of Lori’s cycle The Blood Jet (poetry by Sylvia Plath), songs setting the…