MENLO PARK, Calif. (November 14, 2017) – The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation announced today the first 10 recipients of its Hewlett 50 Arts Commissions, an $8 million commissioning initiative that is the largest of
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by Anne Midgette in The Washington Post | Nov 3, 2017 The headline looks like a spoof: “There’s a good reason there are no great female composers.” The article beneath it eviscerates the outputs of
Read more →“I’ve always found the making of art to be fascinating. When I was a kid, growing up in Manhattan, my younger sisters and I would incorporate what we were learning at out various lessons — piano,
Read more →Watch the interview Laura Kaminsky’s undercurrent is featured on this CD. Visit the CD Interviews/Reviews page at Performing Arts Review to learn more about Julie Rosenfeld, Peter Miyamoto and this Grammy-nominated CD.
Read more →By Anne Midgette | August 4, 2017 “Kaminsky has an extensive background in teaching and administration in addition to a long catalogue of chamber and orchestral works. The success of her first chamber opera, “As One” (2014),
Read more →Opera Parallèle is delighted to announce OPERA America’s Grants for Female Composers has awarded $21,000 to Opera Parallèle to support the commission of composer Laura Kaminsky to create and premiere “Today It Rains”, in collaboration
Read more →A new initiative bringing stories with purpose to all audiences Santa Fe Opera announces the launch of Opera for All Voices: Stories of our Time, a new initiative committed to telling wide-ranging stories that resonate with
Read more →The Inspiration Between Music and Art with Laura Kaminsky and Rebecca Allan The Burchfield Penney Art Center is pleased to announce a multi-media artists-in-residence program. Composer Laura Kaminsky and visual artist Rebecca Allan will discuss
Read more →A review from the Houston Chronicle, following the premiere of the new Kaminsky-Campbell-Reed opera, writes: “Some Light Emerges, the new opera commissioned by Houston Grand Opera through its community collaborative initiative, dives right into Rothko
Read more →[In “Some Light Emerges”] Kaminsky has a knack for making characters sound real even while singing operatic lines. Director Robin Guarino’s fluent staging helped all (the characters’) human traits come across. Conductor Bradley Moore and
Read more →Since its earliest days, 5BMF’s artistic programming has maintained a particular focus on the emergence of new music in New York City, regardless of genre. This dedication, coupled with our mission to celebrate the city
Read more →AOP Composer-in-Residence Laura Kaminsky receives gold medal of honor from the President of Poland NEW YORK – On Wednesday, May 4th, our beloved Composer-in-Residence Laura Kaminsky was decorated with the Złoty Krzyż Zasługi (Gold Cross of Merit)
Read more →San Francisco, CA, December 18, 2015 – San Francisco’s Opera Parallèle (OP) has announced its first main stage opera commission, the creation of a new opera by American composer Laura Kaminsky inspired by the life
Read more →Dreaming Absinthe, commissioned by Cygnus Ensemble with support from the Roger Shapiro Fund for New Music for a premiere at the Morgan Library & Museum on December 8, 2015 in conjunction with the exhibition “Ernest Hemingway:
Read more →Laura Kaminsky will be a guest artist at LAU (Lebanese American University) and AUB (American University of Beirut). She will speak on Music with a Message: Narratives of Gender, AIDS, Climate Change, and War and Peace and Listening to the
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