1 Photos: First Look at Jinkx Monsoon in LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS Shining Night: A Portrait of Composer Morten Lauridsen (documentary film) Exploring the relationship of art, nature, and spirituality, ...

looks like Robinson Crusoe: untamed hair, bushy beard. Lives alone on a remote island. But Lauridsen is no castaway. He's the country's most frequently performed choral composer, even if you haven't ...

The Rollins College Choir got the first review of its performance Sunday afternoon as soon as it was done singing. And it was from the composer himself. The choir was performing works by Morten ...

In December 1994, the Los Angeles Master Chorale presented the world premiere of a brief setting of the Latin chant “O Magnum Mysterium” by a little-known 51-year-old USC-based composer from the ...

When Morten Lauridsen was growing up in Beaverton in the 1950s, students commonly headed out to the Tillamook Burn to plant trees. A few years ago, the composer returned to the once-barren site to see ...

As a musical ecosystem, the Pacific Northwest is acclaimed for the range and diversity of the choral ensembles that flourish here. Not nearly as well known is the fact that one of the most significant ...

On June 14, Santa Barbara Choral Society Conductor JoAnne Wasserman will lead a combined chorus of singers from the Choral Society and Berkeley’s University of California Alumni Chorus to Italy for ...

USC threw a 60th musical birthday party for composer Morten Lauridsen on Tuesday in the Alfred Newman Recital Hall. He has spent more than half his life on the faculty of that institution, where he ...

Santa Barbara Choral Society and Orchestra, JoAnne Wasserman/Conductor will celebrate the musical genius of American composer, Morten Lauridsen, with a performance of his MidWinter Songs at the Lobero ...

Morten Lauridsen enjoys peaceful island retreats and reading poetry. But at age 70, the composer’s life is a whirlwind of activity. In the world of choral music, he has become a superstar. “I spent ...