Episode 3 of The Professional Winner Podcast is here. On today's show we have the amazing soprano Laura Strickling. Ms. Strickling has been nominated for Best Classical Solo Vocal Album at the 2022 Grammy Awards for her debut album, Confessions. The album, which also features pianist Joy Schreier, was released on November 20th, 2020.
She received wide-spread critical acclaim in 2020 due to her Grammy nominated debut solo CD Confessions, “Strickling is a soprano of consummate artistry,” (Classical Singer Magazine)…”Her voice is full and lustrous and then bright and nimble,” (Schmopera)…” as well as for the Naxos Opera Classics recording of The Parting by Tom Cipullo, “…deeply expressive, secure voice. Her exposed highs are managed wonderfully, with notable beauty,” (San Francisco Classical Voice). Her recording of James Matheson’s Times Alone with Yarlung Records was hailed by MusicWeb International for, “…shapely, nuanced voicings and emotional urgency...a striking directness.” New Voices, the Billboard Classical Top-Ten best-selling CD including her recording of Glen Roven’s The Vineyard Songs with pianist Michael Brofman was credited by Opera News, “Laura Strickling’s lovely diction and warm, clear sound bring attractive immediacy to this cycle.” She can also be heard on New American Song @SongFest, performing Jake Heggie’s Edna St. Vincent Millay with pianist Dimitri Dover, and on The Garden: Songs and Vocal Chamber Music of Tom Cipullo, performing the landmark song cycle Of a Certain Age with pianist Liza Stepanova.
A Chicago native, Ms. Strickling is an avid traveler, having lived in Morocco, where she studied classical Arabic at the Arabic Language Institute of Fez, and Kabul, Afghanistan, where her husband was the founding chair of the Department of Law at the American University of Afghanistan. She currently makes her home in St. Thomas, U. S. Virgin Islands.
Important Time-Stamps Below:
Intro: 00:59:04
Morocco/The Subscription: 06:52
Overcoming Challenges: 11:37
Confessions: 17:20
Passion: 24:26
Laura’s favorite Song: 26:23
Time in NYC: 27:51:56
Living in St Thomas: 29:02:28
The COVID ensemble: 31:36:16
Community: 35:36
What’s next?: 40:00
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