Laura Atkinson

5 days ago | lpm.org | Laura Atkinson

Good musicians can always find a way to make music together, but great musicians know that the most effective performances demand a level of vulnerability and trust. Baldwin Giang, a member of this years cohort of the Louisville Orchestra's Creators Corps, has seen this play out in real time. He says that this year spent in Louisville, in community with members of the Orchestra and with the audience, has led to a deeper level of trust across the board.

2 weeks ago | lpm.org | Laura Atkinson

We've all had that strange déjà vu experience before, where something new feels somehow familiar. That was the experience Alice Sara Ott had when she began playing through John Field's Nocturnes. She hadn't grown up playing them, she hadn't really studied them in school, and yet- the music felt nostalgic. She spoke to me about how she discoverd Field's Nocturnes for herself, how there can be freedom in simplicity, and more.

1 month ago | lpm.org | Laura Atkinson

What more could an artist like Renee Fleming look to achieve? She has sung on every major stage in the world, she's performed for Presidents and royalty and the Super Bowl. She's won Grammys, the National Medal of Arts, written books, consulted for major arts organizations... what else could lie ahead for someone like Fleming? "Well...

1 month ago | lpm.org | Laura Atkinson

Finding time to practice is hard. Finding time to practice as a parent to young children is harder. Finding time to practice as a married musical duo with two young kids is close to impossible... and yet, that's exactly what the Patterson/Sutton Duo does.

1 month ago | lpm.org | Laura Atkinson

Howard Goodall says he can only take so much credit for his work. It comes to him from some source... a muse? A rush of hormones? The Divine? His role, as he explains it, is to capture what he hears in his mind, and write it down before it slips away. When his work Eternal Light: A Requiem began to take shape, Goodall felt somewhat disconnected from the traditional text of the Mass for the Dead.