Lori Laitman
@vocalcomposer.bsky.social
I am a classical composer of music for the voice. I am also someone who is quite worried about the future of America's democracy.
Thrilled that I will be presenting at the National Opera Association's New Work Expo at the national conference in Boston, along with my librettist Leah Lax and director Beth Greenberg!
November 15, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Thrilled that I will be presenting at the National Opera Association's New Work Expo at the national conference in Boston, along with my librettist Leah Lax and director Beth Greenberg!
My new edition of Homeless — for either mezzo or baritone with piano — is now available as a PDF download. Links to the score are available on www.artsongs.com. #artsong #newmusic
November 15, 2025 at 3:37 PM
My new edition of Homeless — for either mezzo or baritone with piano — is now available as a PDF download. Links to the score are available on www.artsongs.com. #artsong #newmusic
Gift — for all voice types with piano — is now available as a PDF download. Links are on my www.artsongs.com page.
November 13, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Gift — for all voice types with piano — is now available as a PDF download. Links are on my www.artsongs.com page.
Wonderful first day of residency with the music students at @pomonacollege.bsky.social
October 23, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Wonderful first day of residency with the music students at @pomonacollege.bsky.social
Documenting the creative mess as I create the first draft of the piano accompaniment to Daniel Belcher’s cycle. The wonderful poem is by Joyce Sutphen. #howthesausagegetsmade
September 27, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Documenting the creative mess as I create the first draft of the piano accompaniment to Daniel Belcher’s cycle. The wonderful poem is by Joyce Sutphen. #howthesausagegetsmade
Now available: PDF downloads of my new edition of The Throwback, my 2003 cycle which sets the poetry of Paul Muldoon. Links to the recording with the always-wonderful William Sharp and sheet music are here: www.artsongs.com/work/the-thr...
Classical Vocal Reprints will sell the hard copies.
Classical Vocal Reprints will sell the hard copies.
September 23, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Now available: PDF downloads of my new edition of The Throwback, my 2003 cycle which sets the poetry of Paul Muldoon. Links to the recording with the always-wonderful William Sharp and sheet music are here: www.artsongs.com/work/the-thr...
Classical Vocal Reprints will sell the hard copies.
Classical Vocal Reprints will sell the hard copies.
Honored to have been interviewed by brin solomon for The Yale Alumni Magazine!
August 27, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Honored to have been interviewed by brin solomon for The Yale Alumni Magazine!
From April 1, 1996: My original sketch for "If I..." — the last of my "Four Dickinson Songs".
August 25, 2025 at 6:47 PM
From April 1, 1996: My original sketch for "If I..." — the last of my "Four Dickinson Songs".
I've created 2 new arrangements of my 2013 Holocaust-themed song cycle "In Sleep The World Is Yours" — one for soprano/soprano saxophone and piano; and one for soprano/tenor saxophone and piano.
Available for download on artsongs.com. Classical Vocal Reprints will sell the hard copies.
Available for download on artsongs.com. Classical Vocal Reprints will sell the hard copies.
August 7, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I've created 2 new arrangements of my 2013 Holocaust-themed song cycle "In Sleep The World Is Yours" — one for soprano/soprano saxophone and piano; and one for soprano/tenor saxophone and piano.
Available for download on artsongs.com. Classical Vocal Reprints will sell the hard copies.
Available for download on artsongs.com. Classical Vocal Reprints will sell the hard copies.
Wonderful meeting this afternoon with Sam Martin and Katie Leemhuis, who are recording my cycle "The Imaginary Photo Album" for their next CD:)
August 5, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Wonderful meeting this afternoon with Sam Martin and Katie Leemhuis, who are recording my cycle "The Imaginary Photo Album" for their next CD:)
Ludlow update progress — I'm busy inputting changes to the fleshing out of Act II. This is the squishy part of the layout process of Finale.
July 7, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Ludlow update progress — I'm busy inputting changes to the fleshing out of Act II. This is the squishy part of the layout process of Finale.
From my FAQ page...
July 3, 2025 at 1:30 PM
From my FAQ page...
Documenting the creative mess as I write and rewrite Act II of Ludlow, my opera about immigration. These words by David Mason unfortunately ring true: "We've let too many strangers come inside. America's a Tower of Babel now..."
July 1, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Documenting the creative mess as I write and rewrite Act II of Ludlow, my opera about immigration. These words by David Mason unfortunately ring true: "We've let too many strangers come inside. America's a Tower of Babel now..."
Nice to see the hard copy!
July 1, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Nice to see the hard copy!
Delighted that The Three Feathers will be done next November by the West Chester University Opera Theatre!
June 11, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Delighted that The Three Feathers will be done next November by the West Chester University Opera Theatre!
My new opera catalogs have arrived (also available online). If interested, please PM.
May 25, 2025 at 5:49 PM
My new opera catalogs have arrived (also available online). If interested, please PM.
Documenting the creative mess as I work on a new commission for mezzo-soprano Katie Hannigan — my first collaboration with Mark Campbell!
May 25, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Documenting the creative mess as I work on a new commission for mezzo-soprano Katie Hannigan — my first collaboration with Mark Campbell!
I asked ChatGPT to generate an XML file of a song in the style of Lori Laitman. This is what I got. Relieved that my livelihood is not yet endangered by AI.
May 22, 2025 at 1:39 PM
I asked ChatGPT to generate an XML file of a song in the style of Lori Laitman. This is what I got. Relieved that my livelihood is not yet endangered by AI.
My opera catalog has been updated, hope you can take a look on www.artsongs.com — the link is on the homepage.
May 10, 2025 at 2:57 PM
My opera catalog has been updated, hope you can take a look on www.artsongs.com — the link is on the homepage.
A new version of Journey is now available for tenor sax and piano. PDFs downloads are available from my artsongs.com site and hard copies from Classical Vocal Reprints.
April 29, 2025 at 11:49 PM
A new version of Journey is now available for tenor sax and piano. PDFs downloads are available from my artsongs.com site and hard copies from Classical Vocal Reprints.
Thank you, Yale School of Music, for this nice feature!
April 9, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Thank you, Yale School of Music, for this nice feature!
More wonderful Maya and the Magic Ring photos by Andrew Schwartz for Lyric Opera of Kansas City
March 31, 2025 at 3:29 PM
More wonderful Maya and the Magic Ring photos by Andrew Schwartz for Lyric Opera of Kansas City
Maya and the Magic Ring, commissioned by Lyric Opera of Kansas City, premieres at the Polsky Theatre in Overland Park, KS today!
Here's a clip from the Genie's aria — Nobody Trusts a Genie (thanks, Dana Gioia for the libretto)...featuring the wonderful artists Luke Harnish and Bethany Jelinek.
Here's a clip from the Genie's aria — Nobody Trusts a Genie (thanks, Dana Gioia for the libretto)...featuring the wonderful artists Luke Harnish and Bethany Jelinek.
March 27, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Maya and the Magic Ring, commissioned by Lyric Opera of Kansas City, premieres at the Polsky Theatre in Overland Park, KS today!
Here's a clip from the Genie's aria — Nobody Trusts a Genie (thanks, Dana Gioia for the libretto)...featuring the wonderful artists Luke Harnish and Bethany Jelinek.
Here's a clip from the Genie's aria — Nobody Trusts a Genie (thanks, Dana Gioia for the libretto)...featuring the wonderful artists Luke Harnish and Bethany Jelinek.
Now available for PDF download - my new choral work, Standing at the Edge – recently commissioned and premiered by the Washington National Opera Chorus. PDFs are available through my site at MusicaNeo (accessible through artsongs.com).
March 25, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Now available for PDF download - my new choral work, Standing at the Edge – recently commissioned and premiered by the Washington National Opera Chorus. PDFs are available through my site at MusicaNeo (accessible through artsongs.com).
Thrilled to be an Artist-in-Residence this week at @unlvmusic. Looking forward to working with the great students and faculty and looking forward to their production of The Three Feathers this coming weekend!
March 12, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Thrilled to be an Artist-in-Residence this week at @unlvmusic. Looking forward to working with the great students and faculty and looking forward to their production of The Three Feathers this coming weekend!