Lori Laitman

In August 2002, Lori Laitman was artist in residence at the Grandin Festival in Cincinnati, OH, including a concert of her music, August 22, 2002, at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. The Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County awarded her a 2002 grant in Vocal Composition. For more information, please visit her website, www.artsongs.com.

Premieres

Living in the Body (poems by Joyce Sutphen), for soprano voice and alto saxophone, was presented by Sandra McClain and Carolyn Bryan at The North American Saxophone Alliance Biennial Conference, March 7, 2002, at the University of North Texas, in Denton. In 2002, the premiere of the bassoon version of I Never Saw Another Butterfly took place at a Festival Chamber Music Society program in Merkin Hall, New York, NY, with Naomi Gurt Lind, soprano, and Frank Morelli, bassoon, May 1; and the clarinet version premiere occurred at The Grandin Festival, August 22. Long Pond Revisited, (texts by C. G. R. Sheperd), for baritone and cello, previewed August 22, 2002, at The Grandin Festival, was introduced January 16, 2003, at Kennedy Center, in Washington, DC, with Randall Scarlata and Marcy Rosen. On October 5, 2002, the orchestral versions of Echo and The Ballad Singer were performed first by Anton Belov, baritone, and Orchestra New England, James Sinclair, conductor, in New Haven, CT. Commissioned by the Nebraska MTA, Within These Spaces (five mother-daughter themed songs by Nebraskan women poets) was sung first at the group's convention, October 24, 2002, in Kearney. The Emily Dickinson International Society's "Emily Dickinson in Song" program, July 27, 2002, at Grace Episcopal Church in Amherst, MA, included the first performance of Laitman's song Wider than the Sky (text by Dickinson).

Performances

Also heard at the program were other songs based on Dickinson poems, Over the Fence, Wild Nights, and If I . . . .". Four Dickinson Songs were performed April 22, 2002, by Jennifer Check, soprano, and Carrie-Ann Matheson, piano, Christ and St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, in New York, NY. On the program at The Grandin Festival, August 22, 2002, were Fathers, for baritone and piano trio, Four Dickinson Songs, and selections from The Metropolitan Tower cycle, Men with Small Heads, Days and Nights, and Dreaming.

Publications

Little Elegy, Within these Spaces, The Years, all for soprano and piano; Four Dickinson Songs, new mezzo-soprano version; Round and Round and Homeless, both for mezzo-soprano and piano; all by Enchanted Knickers Music, distributed by Classical Vocal Reprints. I Never Saw Another Butterfly, versions for soprano and bassoon and for soprano and clarinet; Arsis Press.

Recordings

Music by Laitman; singers William Sharp, Scarlata, Check, Patricia Green, Sari Gruber, double bassist Gary Karr, and pianists Warren Jones and Laitman; Albany Records, Fall 2002.

The 2003 American Composers Update

Lori Laitman

Premieres

Performances

Publications

Recordings

Further Information




		The 2003 American Composers Update as published in PAN PIPES, Volume 95, Number 2 Lori Laitman In August 2002, Lori Laitman was artist in residence at the Grandin Festival in Cincinnati, OH, including a concert of her music, August 22, 2002, at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. The Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County awarded her a 2002 grant in Vocal Composition. For more information, please visit her website, www.artsongs.com. Premieres Living in the Body (poems by Joyce Sutphen), for soprano voice and alto saxophone, was presented by Sandra McClain and Carolyn Bryan at The North American Saxophone Alliance Biennial Conference, March 7, 2002, at the University of North Texas, in Denton. In 2002, the premiere of the bassoon version of I Never Saw Another Butterfly took place at a Festival Chamber Music Society program in Merkin Hall, New York, NY, with Naomi Gurt Lind, soprano, and Frank Morelli, bassoon, May 1; and the clarinet version premiere occurred at The Grandin Festival, August 22. Long Pond Revisited, (texts by C. G. R. Sheperd), for baritone and cello, previewed August 22, 2002, at The Grandin Festival, was introduced January 16, 2003, at Kennedy Center, in Washington, DC, with Randall Scarlata and Marcy Rosen. On October 5, 2002, the orchestral versions of Echo and The Ballad Singer were performed first by Anton Belov, baritone, and Orchestra New England, James Sinclair, conductor, in New Haven, CT. Commissioned by the Nebraska MTA, Within These Spaces (five mother-daughter themed songs by Nebraskan women poets) was sung first at the group's convention, October 24, 2002, in Kearney. The Emily Dickinson International Society's "Emily Dickinson in Song" program, July 27, 2002, at Grace Episcopal Church in Amherst, MA, included the first performance of Laitman's song Wider than the Sky (text by Dickinson). Performances Also heard at the program were other songs based on Dickinson poems, Over the Fence, Wild Nights, and If I . . . .". Four Dickinson Songs were performed April 22, 2002, by Jennifer Check, soprano, and Carrie-Ann Matheson, piano, Christ and St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, in New York, NY. On the program at The Grandin Festival, August 22, 2002, were Fathers, for baritone and piano trio, Four Dickinson Songs, and selections from The Metropolitan Tower cycle, Men with Small Heads, Days and Nights, and Dreaming. Publications Little Elegy, Within these Spaces, The Years, all for soprano and piano; Four Dickinson Songs, new mezzo-soprano version; Round and Round and Homeless, both for mezzo-soprano and piano; all by Enchanted Knickers Music, distributed by Classical Vocal Reprints. I Never Saw Another Butterfly, versions for soprano and bassoon and for soprano and clarinet; Arsis Press. Recordings Music by Laitman; singers William Sharp, Scarlata, Check, Patricia Green, Sari Gruber, double bassist Gary Karr, and pianists Warren Jones and Laitman; Albany Records, Fall 2002. Further Information Lori Laitman's website. 2000-2001 American Composers Update 1999-2000 American Composers Update 1998-1999 American Composers Update 1997-1998 American Composers Update 1996-1997 American Composers Update SAI's Composers Bureau Online. SAI's Music for Young People section
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