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Composer Laura Kaminsky announces upcoming commissions, including her sixth opera, February, for Newfoundland’s Opera on the Avalon, with a summer 2023 premiere; Ruminations, for solo guitar, commissioned by the acclaimed artist, David Leisner; Reading Nafisi, commissioned by Ensemble Pi for its

World premiere opera focuses on Katharine Wright, sister of the famous brothers. Dayton Opera’s new artistic director shares insights on “Finding Wright” By Meredith Moss, Staff Writer / Feb 12, 2022 What better way to herald

HOME | Blythe Gaissert | HOME by acclaimed mezzo-soprano Blythe Gaissert is a collection of new works written for the artist from eight composers and librettists representing diverse backgrounds and musical styles. For Your Grammy® Consideration |

Best Contemporary Classical Composition: Kaminsky – Piano Quintet | Best Classical Instrumental Solo: Ursula Oppens – Fantasy | Producer of the Year, Classical: Judith Sherman The piano music of leading American composer Laura Kaminsky is loosely

All solo recitals feature a commissioned work by Laura Kaminsky. Concerts streamed on Sunday afternoons at 3:30 PM EDT at facebook.com/APApianists/ May 23, 2021 Mackenzie Melemed (Bach, Bartók, Schumann) May 30, 2021 Sahun Sam Hong

The HOT Digital season closes with its largest undertaking yet — the digital world-premiere of Laura Kaminsky and Kimberly Reed’s newest opera, Hometown to the World. Commissioned by The Santa Fe Opera and Co-Commissioned by

Ursula Oppens, much-honored champion of 20th- and 21st-century American piano music, celebrates her decades-long friendship and professional association with composer Laura Kaminsky on Fantasy: Oppens Plays Kaminsky, an album of world-premiere recordings on Cedille Records.

NEW YORK, NY – On May 7, 2021, Bright Shiny Things releases HOME [BSTC-0137], the solo debut album of the “dramatically powerful, vocally stunning” (Opera News) mezzo-soprano Blythe Gaissert. The album consists of eight world premiere recordings

May 19th, 2020 | St. John’s, Newfoundland Opera on the Avalon’s 2020 Season Launches in July with The Rock Performs, an innovative online festival, and the third installment of the New Commission Series, February by

A mere five years after the premiere of her first opera, As One, composer Laura Kaminsky has become a key player in contemporary opera. The compactly scored work, which depicts the struggles and triumphs of

Composer Laura Kaminsky discusses her hit opera AS ONE, facilitating new works from women composers, and what she’s been reading lately in our Artist of the Month interview. Witness the world premiere of her collaboratively