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Lauren Ishida

Lauren Ishida (she/her) is a soprano specializing in contemporary music. She is the Director of Promotion for Schott Music New York.
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Francisco del Pino -- Photo by David Kelly

Francisco del Pino and Charlotte Mundy Team Up For Evocative Poetry Settings on “The Sea”

With The Sea (Notice Recordings), composer Francisco del Pino and soprano Charlotte Mundy make a com...
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Lauren Ishida
Marcos Balter Concert -- Courtesy of Kaufman Music Center

Remixed and Reimagined: Inspired Collaboration Drives an Exciting Performance of Marcos Balter’s Three Enigmas at Merkin Hall

On Oct. 9 at Merkin Hall, the Kaufman Music Center presented the second installment in this season’s...
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Lauren Ishida
Tanner Porter

Tanner Porter Gives Grace and Patience to Those Finding Their Way on “One Was Gleaming”

Adolescence and middle age are infamously seen as periods of upheaval – emotional, physical, and oth...
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Lauren Ishida
Pauline Kim Harris -- Photo by Matt Dine

5 Questions to Pauline Kim Harris (Executive Director, MATA)

MATA opened their exciting 2023-24 season with a new executive director at the helm. Pauline Kim Har...
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Lauren Ishida
Annika Socolofsky and ~Nois -- Photo by Xuan

Annika Socolofsky Tugs at the Complexities of Womanhood on “I Tell You Me”

“Sugar and spice, and everything nice. That’s what little girls are made of…” or so goes the well-kn...
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Lauren Ishida
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Spektral Quartet Journeys into the Inner Unknown with “Behind the Wallpaper”

Spektral Quartet and singer Julia Holter’s new album, Behind the Wallpaper (released March 3 on New...
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Lauren Ishida
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5 Questions to Juan Pablo Contreras (composer)

Composer-conductor Juan Pablo Contreras is a young artist to watch. His compositions are rooted in M...
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Lauren Ishida
Julia Dawson in 'Obscura Nox'--Courtesy of Opera Philadelphia

Opera Philadelphia Festival O22: Operatic Films Take Center Stage

Opera Philadelphia’s Festival O22, running from September 21 to October 2, offers a diverse and exci...
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Lauren Ishida
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5 Questions to Theresa Wong (composer, cellist, vocalist)

The music of composer, cellist, and vocalist Theresa Wong bridges the disciplines of classical music...
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Lauren Ishida
Lucero Sarambi in Jeporeká--Photo by Jeisson Rodríguez

Jeporeká Brings Young Voices of Paraguay to an International Audience

Latin America boasts a stunning musical history that is rich and varied. Yet this music is sometimes...
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Lauren Ishida
Rene Orth--Photo by Andrew Bogard

5 Questions to Rene Orth (composer) about TakTakShoo

TakTakShoo, by composer Rene Orth and librettist Kanika Ambrose, challenges the conventions of tradi...
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Lauren Ishida
Zosha Di Castri--Photo by David Adamcyk

5 Questions to Zosha Di Castri about The Dream Feed

Canadian composer Zosha di Castri is a prolific and wonderfully inventive creator who is currently t...
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Lauren Ishida
Laura Strickling--Photo by Patria Alexander

5 Questions to Laura Strickling (soprano) about The 40@40 Project

Soprano Laura Strickling is an exceptional performer, leaving her mark in virtually every genre of v...
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Lauren Ishida
Southeast of Rain 42 Days

Molding Sounds into Music: Southeast of Rain’s 42 Days

Southeast of Rain, a duo comprised of pipa player Sophia Shen and vocalist Lemon Guo, are composer-p...
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Lauren Ishida
Consortium Works: Solo Saxophone

Innovation at Work – Consortium Works: Solo Saxophone

In 2018, Canadian saxophonist Samantha Etchegary and composer Andrew Noseworthy launched a Solo Saxo...
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Lauren Ishida
Vanessa Reed--Photo by Ruth Kilpatrick

5 Questions to Vanessa Reed (President and CEO, New Music USA)

In August 2019, Vanessa Reed was appointed President and CEO of New Music USA following a decade at...
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Lauren Ishida
Philip Ewell--Photo by Pascal Perich

5 Questions to Philip Ewell (Author, Music Theory and the White Racial Frame)

Philip Ewell is an Associate Professor of Music Theory at Hunter College, CUNY and the CUNY Graduate...
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Lauren Ishida
Hasco Duo The Same Old Wonder

Hasco Duo’s The Same Old Wonder Explores the New and Unexpected

Nothing about the Hasco Duo’s new disc, The Same Old Wonder (New Focus Recordings), appears to fit t...
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Lauren Ishida
Katherine Jolly Preach Sister, Preach

Katherine Jolly’s Preach Sister, Preach Foregrounds Women’s Voices & Climate Change

Preach Sister, Preach, a new album of vocal works by Evan Williams, Katherine Bodor, and Evan Mack o...
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Lauren Ishida
Katherine Balch--Photo by KateL Photography

5 Questions to Katherine Balch (composer)

The 2019-20 season is filled with a number of exciting commissions and residencies for Katherine Bal...
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Lauren Ishida
Katherine Dubbs--Photo courtesy of SIGN & SING

5 Questions to Katherine Dubbs (Founder and President, SIGN & SING)

SIGN & SING was founded in 2015 by Princeton University alumna Katherine Dubbs as a way to make...
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Lauren Ishida
Volti the color of there seen from here

Virtuosity in Variety: Volti’s the color of there seen from here

Volti, a San-Francisco-based vocal ensemble led by Robert Geary, is passionately committed to commis...
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Lauren Ishida
Hannibal Lokumbe--Photo by Alan Poizner

Crucifixion Resurrection: Nine Souls A-Traveling, A Modern Age Requiem

Martyrdom–a word that conjures up images of early Christians being ravaged by hungry lions in...
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Lauren Ishida
Dale Trumbore

5 Questions to Dale Trumbore (composer)

Composer Dale Trumbore is making waves for her powerful works, particularly within the realm of chor...
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Lauren Ishida
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