Parkside Symphony & Community Orchestras w/ Howard Brown Artist in Residence Laura Strickling, soprano

Parkside Symphony & Community Orchestras are joined by  this year's 
Howard Brown Artist in Residence-- Laura Strickling, soprano

Two-time GRAMMY^® award nominee for Best Classical Vocal Solo Album, soprano Laura Strickling was recognized by The New York Times for her, “flexible voice, crystalline diction, and warm presence,” and is celebrated for her work performing and promoting art song, with an emphasis on new additions to the canon. She recently announced the 40@40 Project – her personal initiative to commission new songs – and has been featured twice in Classical Singer Magazine for her advocacy work in new music. 
Equally acclaimed for her work on the concert stage, her “powerful and expressive voice across a large range, her variety of timbre and character,” (Classical Scene), make her a welcome guest soloist for a range of oratorio and concert works, from Handel to Britten and beyond. These include Mahler’s Fourth Symphony with the San Antonio Philharmonic and the Knoxville Symphony, Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with the Seattle Symphony, Bachianas Brazileiras (Villa-Lobos) with the San Antonio Philharmonic, Messiah (Handel)with the Indianapolis Symphony, the Pacific Symphony, and the Richmond Symphony, Gloria (Poulenc) with the Asheville Symphony, Mass in c minor (Mozart) with the Richmond Symphony, Cathedral Choral Society, and Berkshire Choral International, Knoxville: Summer of 1915 (Barber) with the Norwalk Symphony Orchestra, Stabat Mater (Dvorak) and Elijah (Mendelssohn) with Berkshire Choral International, Missa O Pulchritudo (Menotti) and Ein Deutsches Requiem (Brahms) with the Bel Canto Chorus of Milwaukee, and Luonnotar (Sibelius) and Les Illuminations (Britten) with the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra. Ms. Strickling created the role of Fanni Radnòti in the world premiere of Tom Cipullo’s opera The Parting with Music of Remembrance in Seattle and San Francisco in 2019 and revisited the role with Chelsea Opera in Syracuse (May 2022) and New York City (October 2022). She also created the role of the evil Dr. Slade in the nine-episode filmed opera, Everything for Dawn with Experiments in Opera, which received its AllArts and Philadelphia Opera broadcast premiere in 2022. 

A Chicago native, Ms. Strickling is an avid traveler, having lived in Fez (Morocco), Kabul (Afghanistan), and for the past nine years in St. Thomas (U.S. Virgin Islands). She recently relocated to Wisconsin where she is learning to appreciate cheese, beer, and being cold. www.laurastrickling.com

Apr 25, 2025 | 3pm