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The 2006 American Composers Updateas published in PAN PIPES, Volume 98, Number 2 Lori Laitman**** Lori Laitman writes: “In February 2005 I presented a concert of my music on ‘The Banners Series’ at McNeese State University in Lake Charles, LA. The local SAI chapter presented a lovely reception afterwards. In May 2005, I was the keynote speaker and Composer-in-Residence at the Athena Festival in Murray, Kentucky. In May 2006, along with composer Richard Hundley, I will represent the United States in the Songs Across the Americas Festival in Conway, AR. Dr. Carol Lines has written an article on my music, which has been accepted by The Journal of Singing. John Clare’s radio show, ‘20-20 Hearing,’ was devoted to my music. First broadcast in March 2005, it was rebroadcast in September 2005. For more information, please visit www.classicallyhip.com/2020.html. On May 22, 2005, I was made an Honorary Member of SAI by the Washington, DC Alumnae Chapter.” For more information, please visit: www.artsongs.com. Premieres The Seed of Dream (settings of Vilna Ghetto survivor Abraham Sutzkever, commissioned by Music of Remembrance) for baritone, cello, and piano was first heard in concert May 9, 2005, Illsley Ball Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA. The Throwback (text by Paul Muldoon) for baritone and piano was introduced May 18 at the Cosmos Club, Washington, DC. Five Lovers (texts by and songs commissioned by Jama Jandrokovic) were presented May 20 in Alice Tully Hall, New York, NY. Settings of Dana Gioia’s Equations of the Light for soprano, baritone and piano were commissioned by the West Chester (PA) University Poetry Conference and premiered at the University on June 11. A new soprano and clarinet version of I Never Saw Another Butterfly was introduced November 7 in a program presented by Music of Remembrance, Illsley Ball Nordstrom Recital Hall, Seattle, WA. Performances Soprano Barbara Quintiliani and pianist Craig Terry, performed Becoming a Redwood on April 1, 2005, Jordan Hall, Boston, MA. Men with Small Heads was presented by baritone Andrew Garland and pianist Donna Loewy on October 21 in Hammond, LA; the same performers will present the work again on February 9, 2006, in Williamsburg, VA; and on April 7 in Fullerton, CA. Holocaust 1944 was performed by baritone Stein Skjervold and doublebassist Walter McTigert in Norges Musikkhogskole, Norway. A June 11 concert, The Music of Lori Laitman, featured Four Dickinson Songs, The Throwback, Becoming a Redwood, Swimmers on the Shore, A Letter to Emily Dickinson, and Money; West Chester (PA) University Poetry Conference. Recordings Money (text by Gioia) and The Hour (text by Teasdale), recorded by soprano Melanie Mitrano with the composer at the piano, for fall 2006 release on Capstone Records. Soprano Janeanne Houston and pianist Robert Jorgenson have recorded A Winter Night and Old Tunes (text by Teasdale) for fall 2006 release. Soprano Sonya Baker and pianist Vicki Berneking have recorded Selections from Days and Nights. Five Lovers has been recorded by soprano Jama Jandrokovic and pianist Andrew Rosenblum and is scheduled for a spring 2006 release. The composer’s third solo CD, slated for 2006 release by Albany Records, is titled Becoming a Redwood; it features singers Jennifer Check, Karyn Friedman, Patricia Green, Sari Gruber, Barbara Quintiliani, Robert McPherson, Lee Poulis, Gary Poster, Randall Scarlata, and William Sharp; pianists Warren Jones, Lori Laitman, Kirsten Taylor; cellists Thomas Kraines, Marcy Rosen; and violinist Juliette Kang. Publications Five Lovers and Becoming a Redwood, both for soprano and piano; Equations of the Light, On a Photograph, and Money, all for soprano, baritone, and piano; Being Happy and The Throwback, both for baritone and piano; This Space, bass and piano; Holocaust 1944, new version for cello and baritone; all published by Enchanted Knickers Music and distributed by Classical Vocal Reprints, Inc. *Sigma Alpha Iota Member Further Information
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