"Laura Strickling brought
a flexible voice,
crystalline diction
and warm
presence..."
The New York Times
September 1, 2011
Laura Strickling is quickly earning critical acclaim in her promising young career. The New York Times praised her “flexible voice, crystalline diction and warm presence,” while the Baltimore Sun admired her “strong dramatic talents,” and the Berkshire Eagle lauded “her strong and well-focused vocal instrument.”
A devoted recitalist, Ms. Strickling has performed at Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, the Galapagos Art Space, Trinity Church on Wall Street, the Philadelphia Lieder Society, Dankhaus Chicago, the American University of Afghanistan, and the Afghanistan National Institute of Music. Her recent recital at the Chicago Schubertiade was broadcast internationally by classical radio station 98.7 WFMT. She has appeared in recital with award-winning composers Tom Cipullo and John Musto. In January, she performed in The Song Continues…with Marilyn Horne, Weill Music Institute’s 2012 Professional Training Program at Carnegie Hall.
Ms. Strickling received the 2011 Thomas Greene Music Prize professional grant, and was a recipient of the Marc and Eva Stern Fellowship at SongFest in 2011 and 2012. Her recent competition honors include the American Prize for Opera Performance, the Vocal Arts Society Art Song Discovery Competition, the Gretchen Hood Memorial Competition, the Russell C. Wonderlic Competition, the Baltimore Music Club Competition, and the Barry Alexander International Vocal Competition. She earned second prize in the Liederkranz Art Song Competition, third prize in the NATS Artist Award competition, and was a finalist in the Washington International Competition and the Joy in Singing competition.
Concert engagements include Mozart by Candlelight with Annapolis Opera, Requiem (Mozart), Lord Nelson Mass (Haydn), Mass in C (Beethoven), the U.S. premiere of selections from Canti di Pesoa (Riccardi), Requiem (Brahms) at Saint Mark’s Episcopal Church in Seattle, Messiah (Handel) at Schlessinger Hall with the New Dominion Chorale and at the Williamsburg United Methodist Church in Historic Williamsburg, Virginia, and her Kennedy Center debut in Messiah (Handel).
An alumna of the Berkshire Opera Company Resident Artist Program, Ms. Strickling’s operatic roles include Cleopatra (Giulio Cesare), Mirena (Mirena e Floro), Mimi (La Boheme), Dinorah (Dinorah), Elvira (L’Italiana in Algeri), Josephine (H.M.S. Pinafore), Mabel (The Pirates of Penzance), Belinda (Dido and Aeneas), Gretel (Hansel and Gretel), Micaëla (Carmen), and Pamina (Die Zauberflöte).
A Chicago native, Ms. Strickling studied at the Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University (Master of Music in Voice), where she was a Peabody Merit Scholarship recipient, and the Moody Bible Institute (Bachelor of Music in Sacred Music). She currently lives in Alexandria, Virginia and studies with Elizabeth Daniels. She frequently collaborates with critically acclaimed pianist Joy Schreier. An avid traveler, she recently returned from living in Fez, Morocco, where she studied classical Arabic.
Mirena
Mirena and Floro (Gasparini and Bononcini)
Baltimore Artscape
July 2011
Cleopatra
Julius Ceasar (Handel)
Opera Manhattan
March 2011
Baltimore Theatre Project
January 2011
Dinorah
Dinorah (Meyerbeer)
Amici Opera
November 2010
Mimi
La boheme (Puccini)
Repertory Opera Theatre of Washington
October 2010
Elvira
L'Italiana in Algeri (Rossini)
Center Stage Opera
June 2010
Josephine
H.M.S. Pinafore (Gilbert)
Georgetown Gilbert and Sullivan Society
April 2010
Belinda
Dido and Aeneas (Purcell)
February 2010
Mabel
The Pirates of Penzance (Gilbert)
April 2008
Dew Fairy
Hansel and Gretel (Humperdinck)
Berkshire Opera
July 2006
Mrs. Segstrom
A Little Night Music (Sondheim)
Peabody Opera Theatre
March 2006
Countess
Le Nozze di Figaro (Mozart)
Bay Area Summer Opera Theatre
July 2005
Muriel
The Alien Corn [World Premiere] (Benjamin)
March 2005
Gretel
Peabody Opera Outreach
Fall 2004
Serpina
La Serva Padrona (Pergolesi)
Moody Bible Institute
April 2004
Micaela
Carmen (Bizet)
Rome Festival Opera
July 2003
Pamina
The Magic Flute (Mozart)
April 2003
Messiah (Handel)
Soprano Soloist
New Dominion Chorale
Schlessinger Hall
Alexandria, VA
December 2011
St. Luke's Catholic Church
McLean, VA
Williamsburg United Methodist Church
Williamsburg, VA
Voices of Women
Art Song Recital
Home of Paul Cassedy
Baltimore , MD
November 2011
Requiem (Brahms)
Chorosynthesis
Seattle, WA
Songs from Letters by Libby Larsen
Opera Moderne
Galapagos Art Space
Brooklyn, NY
August 2011
Afghanistan National Institute of Music
Kabul, Afghanistan
Requiem (Mozart)
Summer Sings! Concert Series
Washington, DC
June 2011
American University of Afghanistan
May 2011
Kennedy Center
Vocal Arts DC
April 2011
Liederkranz Winners' Recital
Carnegie Hall
New York, NY
Carnegie Hall Debut
Winners' Recital
Barry Alexander International Vocal Competition
Kennedy Center Debut
The Metropolitan Chorus
December 2010
Lord Nelson Mass (Haydn)
Mozart by Candlelight
Annapolis Opera
Annapolis, MD
December 2005
Canti di Pesoa (Riccardi)
US Premiere
Goucher College
Towson, MD
October 2005
Mass in C (Beethoven)
Peabody Conservatory
Baltimore, MD
December 2004
January 13, 2012
8:00 PM
Liederabend
with pianist Joy Puckett Schreier
Philadelphia Lieder Society
The Barthelmes Auditorium
Philadelphia, PA
http://phillyliedersociety.org/
January 16, 2012
7:30 PM
The Song Continues...
Masterclass with Marilyn Horne
Weill Recital Hall
http://www.carnegiehall.org/Calendar/2012/1/16/0730/PM/The-Song-Continues-Marilyn-Horne-Master-Class/
January 25, 2012
7:30
Through the Eyes of Women
http://galapagosartspace.com/events/page/2
January 28, 2012
Time TBA
Chicago Schubertiade
All-Schubert art song recital
with pianist Liza Stepanova
The Fine Arts Building
Chicago, IL
http://www.pianofortefoundation.org/schubertiade/
January 29, 2012
3:00 PM
Songs for a Winter Afternoon
Dankhaus
http://www.dankhaus.com/
February 23, 2012
12:00 PM
Recital with Tom Cipullo, piano, and Paul Sperry, Tenor
Singing works by Tom Cipullo
Trinity Church, 79 Broadway Avenue, New York City
February 26, 2012
4:00 PM
Mass in C Minor and Exsultate Jubilate by W.A. Mozart
Cathedral Chorale Society
National Cathedral
Washington, D.C.
www.cathedralchoralsociety.org
Thomas Greene Music Prize
Sole Recipient
2011
Russell C. Wonderlic Competition
First Place
Joy in Singing Competition
Finalist
The American Prize for Opera Performance
Gretchen Hood Memorial Competition
Winner
Liederkranz Competition
Art Song Division
Second Place
First Prize
Washington International Competition
2010
National Association of Teachers of Singing
Artist Awards (NATSAA)
National Competition
Third Place
NATSAA
Middle-Atlantic Region Competition
Virginia State Competition
Vocal Arts Society Competition
Baltimore Music Club Competition
Professional Division
....brought a flexible voice, crystallline diction, and warm presence...
The New York Times, 2011
Opera Moderne - Songs from Letters
...revealed strong dramatic talents in a duet from Magic Flute and sensitivity in a gorgeous Porgi, amor from Marriage of Figaro.
Baltimore Sun, 2005
Annapolis Opera - Mozart by Candlelight
...is not one of those chirpy sopranos that often inhabit the Dew Fairy's role, and her strong and well-focused vocal instrument provided one of the most persuasive wakeup calls in memory at the beginning of Act III.
The Berkshire Eagle, 2006
Berkshire Opera - Hansel and Gretel
...offered the creamy, clear, younger-sister-of-Eva-Pogner instrument ideal for singing Gretel over full orchestration.
OPERA NEWS, 2006
....delivered lush tone and impressive vocal pyrotechnics in the third intermezzo.
Armand O'Bryan, mariameeps.blogspot.com
Baltimore Artscape - Mirena e Floro
Bel raggio lusinghier (from Semiramide) - Rossini
Rejoice greatly, O Daughter of Zion (from Messiah) - Handel
Chere nuit - Bachelet
Spring Waters - Rachmaninoff
Nocturne - Barber
Aimons-nous - Saint-Saens
Ach, ich fuhls (from Die Zauberflote) - Mozart
Watch Laura's recent recital at the Kennedy Center:
http://www.kennedy-center.org/explorer/videos/?id=M4616
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