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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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Andrew McIntosh We See the Flying Bird/Five Songs

McIntosh’s We See the Flying Bird/Five Songs: Stunning Vocals and Delicate Percussion

In his newest 10” record release from Populist Records, We See the Flying Bird/Five Songs, Andrew Mc...
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Lauren Ishida
Kamala Sankaram

5 Questions to Kamala Sankaram (Co-Artistic Director, Experiments in Opera)

Kamala Sankaram is not easily defined. It’s not so much that she defies labels but rather that she f...
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Lauren Ishida
Du Yun--Photo by Matt Zugale for Miller Theare

Du Yun Composer Portrait: Seeking the Personal and Profound

The auditorium was still only half-full at 8 PM on November 15 as Du Yun’s loyal fans were making th...
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Lauren Ishida
Kate Soper--Photo by Marco Giugliarelli

5 Questions to Kate Soper (composer) about IPSA DIXIT

Kate Soper is best known for her work with the Wet Ink Ensemble. The group recently released an albu...
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Lauren Ishida
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Du Yun’s Pulitzer Prize Winning Angel’s Bone on VIA Records

Angel’s Bone, awarded the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Music, was premiered at the 2016 PROTOTYPE festiva...
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Lauren Ishida
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The Choral Composer/Conductor Collective (C4) Volume 2: Cornerstones

Founded in 2005 as a democratic collective of composers, conductors, and singers working together to...
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Lauren Ishida
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Experiments in Opera Presents Flash Operas at Symphony Space

Combining six chamber operas, four stellar singers, five instrumentalists, one intrepid conductor, a...
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Lauren Ishida
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Orchestre National de Lyon Pairs Connesson Premiere with Ravel

The Orchestre National de Lyon’s last American tour took place in 2003, and their highly-antic...
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Lauren Ishida
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A Journey Through Song with the Mirror Visions Ensemble

The acclaimed vocal trio Mirror Visions Ensemble, comprised of Vira Slywotzky (soprano), Scott Murph...
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Lauren Ishida
Missy Mazzoli - Photo Stephen Taylor

Missy Mazzoli’s Song from the Uproar: A Masterpiece of Modern Opera

On March 3, NYC new music hotspot The Kitchen packed the house for the final performance of the worl...
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Lauren Ishida
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Roomful of Teeth and Glasser at Merkin Hall

On Saturday, February 25th, Roomful of Teeth gave an exciting concert on the Ecstatic Music Festival...
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Lauren Ishida
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5 questions to Danya Katok (Soprano)

You have one of the most interesting repertoire lists I have ever seen. Your operatic roles move acr...
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Lauren Ishida
Sharla Nafziger (soprano), and Michael Slattery (tenor)

Focus on Schoenberg at the Austrian Cultural Forum

On January19th, the Austrian Cultural Forum presented the first concert in a new lieder series led b...
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Lauren Ishida

Not just another Christmas CD: Etherea Vocal Ensemble’s Ceremony of Carols on Delos Music

Holiday CDs come and go.  Some fade out while others become lasting favorites.  My prediction is tha...
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Lauren Ishida
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Choral Chameleon’s Tempus, a fun journey through “Time”

Last Sunday evening, the innovative Manhattan-based choir Choral Chameleon presented an eclectic pro...
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Lauren Ishida
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