A SongSalon moment
with soprano Laura Strickling

 performing Tom Cipullo's "Touch Me"

Praised by The New York Times for her, “flexible voice, crystalline diction, and warm presence, ” Laura Strickling appeared as a SongSalon artist in 2016. She offers "Touch Me", the third and final song in Tom Cipullo's song cycle Late Summer, published in 2001, and is assisted by Liza Stepanova on piano.

Laura's passion as a recitalist goes beyond the concert stage, and includes curation of The New Music Shelf Anthology for Soprano, as well as performances with the  Brooklyn Art Song Society, the Chiarina Chamber Players, Yellow Barn Music Festival, New Music Gathering, Cincinnati Song Initiative, Lyric Fest of Philadelphia, Trinity Concerts at One, and numerous guest artist recitals at universities around the United States. She has performed at Carnegie Hall, Avery Fisher Hall, the Kennedy Center, Mexicoliederfest, Liederfest in Suzhou (China), and the Afghanistan National Institute of Music, was a soloist with the Indianapolis Symphony, Richmond Symphony, and Asheville Symphony.

Ms. Strickling created the role of Fanni Radnòti in the World Premiere of Tom Cipullo’s The Parting with Music of Remembrance. Her discography includes Tom Cipullo’s The Parting, James Matheson’s Times Alone, 

Glen Roven’s The Vineyard Songs, Jake Heggie’s Edna St. Vincent Millay, and Tom Cipullo’s Of a Certain Age. For further information, visit www.laurastrickling.com.