Laura Loge, soprano

Please join us for a two-concert mini-series coming up in about 4 weeks. Each of the two concerts has completely different music, so we recommend you joining us in both an Art Museum and a Botanical Conservatory to truly experience this music and art. (I'm singing in both....)

April 27 at Tacoma Art Museum https://www.facebook.com/events/616779423673467
April 28 at WW Seymour Botanical Conservatory
https://www.facebook.com/events/658097596416501
May 4 at Cascadia Art Museum
https://www.facebook.com/events/265317133105972
May 5 at Volunteer Park Conservatory
https://www.facebook.com/events/826914642430698

Featuring a whole myriad of local artists performing Alf Hurum's beautiful music alongside projections of his exquisite silk paintings.

What's next you ask? Alf Hurum!

Please join us for a two-concert mini-series coming up in about 4 weeks. Each of the two concerts has completely different music, so we recommend you joining us in both an Art Museum and a Botanical Conservatory to truly experience this music and art.

April 27 at Tacoma Art Museum https://www.facebook.com/events/616779423673467
April 28 at WW Seymour Botanical Conservatory
https://www.facebook.com/events/658097596416501
May 4 at Cascadia Art Museum
https://www.facebook.com/events/265317133105972
May 5 at Volunteer Park Conservatory
https://www.facebook.com/events/826914642430698

Featuring a whole myriad of local artists performing Alf Hurum's beautiful music alongside projections of his exquisite silk paintings.

Northwest Edvard Grieg Society
Laura Loge
Laura Loge, soprano
Steven Luksan - Composer & Pianist
Steven Luksan
Lori Ann Reinhall
Svend Rønning
Nexis Quartet
Scott Fikse
Ken Potter
Joel Bevington
Cary Lee
Carson Truett
Neil Jordan
Matthew Bosley
Andrew Jones
Brennan Brichoux

Tune in tonight to king.org or Classical KING FM 98.1 in Seattle at 7:00 pm PDT to hear songs by these amazing Norwegians (who also happen to be women). Angie Draghicescu and I will be performing music from our upcoming album - Der skreg en fugl/A Bird Cried Out - on Northwest Focus Live and can't wait to share this beautiful music on air!

If you weren't able to make it to Nordic Chamber Music: Norway - A Bird Cried Out (Der skreg en fugl), don't fret! You have an opportunity to hear most of the concert on Classical KING FM 98.1's Northwest Focus Live (today!) Friday, March 22 at 7 pm PDT. Tune your radio to king.org for an hour of beautiful Norwegian songs and interviews with Laura Loge, soprano and pianist Angie Draghicescu with host Nikhil Sarma.

Hear songs by Mon Schjelderup, Hanna Marie Hansen, Anna Lindeman, Magda Bugge, Hilde Neupert, Agatha Backer-Grøndahl, Inga Lærum-Liebich, Inger Bang Lund, Pauline Hall, Theodora Cormontan, and Anna-Marie Ørbeck... and give yourself ten points for each composer you already are familiar with!


Here are the details:
When: Friday, March 22 at 7:00 pm PDT
Where: Northwest Focus Live, KING FM - 98.1 FM in Seattle

Listen at king.org


Northwest Edvard Grieg Society
Laura Loge, Artistic Director
Lori Ann Reinhall
Steven Luksan
Joan Paddock

Come for the music.... stay for the Norwegian treats!

Leif Erikson Lodge - Seattle Sons of Norway (2-001) is providing an amazing reception filled with the best Norwegian treats you can find in Seattle.

Heck, come for the Norwegian treats.... stay for the music!

Nordic Chamber Music: Norway - A Bird Cried Out (Der skreg en fugl) -- btw I'm singing :)
Sunday, March 17 at 3 pm at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church

Tickets at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/nordic-chamber-music-norway-tickets-679681574887
Info at https://nwegriegsociety.org/nordic-chamber-music-norway-23_24/


Northwest Edvard Grieg Society

Come for the music.... stay for the Norwegian treats!

Leif Erikson Lodge - Seattle Sons of Norway (2-001) is providing an amazing reception filled with the best Norwegian treats you can find in Seattle.

Heck, come for the Norwegian treats.... stay for the music!
Nordic Chamber Music: Norway - A Bird Cried Out (Der skreg en fugl)
Sunday, March 17 at 3 pm at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church

Tickets at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/nordic-chamber-music-norway-tickets-679681574887?aff=ebdssbeac
Info at https://nwegriegsociety.org/nordic-chamber-music-norway-23_24/


Northwest Edvard Grieg Society
Laura Loge, Artistic Director
Laura Loge, soprano
Angie Draghicescu
Steven Luksan
Lori Ann Reinhall
Seattle-Bergen Sister City Association

Come celebrate Norwegian style!

I'm singing with Angie Draghicescu on the piano in Nordic Chamber Music: Norway - A Bird Cried Out (Der skreg en fugl) on Sunday, March 17 at 3 pm at St. Stephen's.

Tickets and info at nordicchambermusic.org

Who are all these women? Norwegian composers, of course!

You'll hear music from each of these brilliant women in Nordic Chamber Music: Norway - A Bird Cried Out (Der skreg en fugl) this Sunday at 3 pm at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church in Seattle.

Don't miss this rare opportunity to hear their music!
Clockwise from top left: Anne-Marie Ørbeck, Pauline Hall, Inger Bang Lund, Magda Bugge, Inga Lærum Liebich, Anna Lindeman, Mon Schelderup, Hanna Marie Hansen, Theodora Cormonton, Hilda Neupert, and Agathe Backer Grøndahl (center).

And stay for treats compliments of the Leif Erikson Lodge - Seattle Sons of Norway (2-001)

Tickets and info at nordicchambermusic.org



Northwest Edvard Grieg Society
Laura Loge, soprano
Laura Loge
Angie Draghicescu
Steven Luksan
Lori Ann Reinhall

March is busy y'all!

First are these to concerts in Honolulu:
March 4 Alf Hurum Centennial @ First Mondays Chamber Concerts
March 9 Alf Hurum Centennial @ Hawaii State Library

and then this one in Seattle:
March 17 Nordic Chamber Music: Norway - A Bird Cried Out (Der skreg en fugl)

Come join the Norwegian fun!

Northwest Edvard Grieg Society

Steven Luksan - Composer & Pianist
Angie Draghicescu

Before NCM: Norway, we have a slight detour to Honolulu to celebrate the music and art of Norwegian-American composer Alf Hurum.

If you're on Oahu, please join us for one or both of these free concerts:
Monday, March 4 at 7 pm Alf Hurum Centennial @ First Mondays Chamber Concerts
Saturday, March 9 at 11:30 am Alf Hurum Centennial @ Hawaii State Library

Featuring:
Steven Luksan - Composer & Pianist
Laura Loge, soprano
Scott Fikse
Darel Stark
Brian Minnick
Mark Primeaux-Redmond
Justin Hong
Timothy Carney
Buz Tennent
Alec Schumacker
David J. Webb
Keane Ishii
Duane Padilla
Rachel Saul Schifino
Anna Womack
Kathleen Long

Northwest Edvard Grieg Society
Laura Loge, Artistic Director
Steven Luksan
Lori Ann Reinhall
First Mondays Chamber Concerts
Lutheran Church of Honolulu
Hawaii State Library

My final two concerts of the year are happening this weekend. I would love to see you at one or both!

Julekonsert (Christmas Concert)
Tomorrow, Saturday, December 16 at 2 pm at Ballard First Lutheran Church-Seattle
Steven Luksan and I will be performing for the Northwest Edvard Grieg Society and sharing the concert with the Seattle Mannskor and Everett Norwegian Male Chorus

Sing Along Messiah, a benefit for Issaquah Community Services
Sunday, December 16 at 2:30 pm at Saint Michael and All Angels, Issaquah
I'll be singing the soprano solos and with the chorus/congregation alongside Teresa Lin, Carson Truett Lott, and Scott Kovacs. It's not really Christmas until we've sung the Messiah! (Did you know my mom went into labor with me at a Messiah concert???)

God jul!

Two concerts today!

Nordic Chamber Music: Finland - Finnish Flute at 2 in Ballard (nordicchambermusic.org)

and

Cabildo, A One Act Opera and Chamber Music by Amy Beach at 5 in Bellevue (pugetsoundconcertopera.org)

Hope to see some of your smiling faces at one or both!

Steven Luksan
Cassie Lear
Alex Fang
Regina Thomas

Magic is happening!
Nordic Unrest tonight and tomorrow at the Center for Chamber Music in Seattle.

Tickets and info at nwegriegsociety.org/nordic-unrest/

Northwest Edvard Grieg Society
Oda Voltersvik, pianist
Oda Hjertine Voltersvik
Christine Lee
Steven Luksan
Lori Ann Reinhall

This Friday and Saturday! Come join us for a FREE concert featuring KORiNORDAMERIKA and a little cameo by two of our favorite Grieg nerds.

KORiNORDAMERICA - Friday, October 6 at 7 pm at First Lutheran Church in Tacoma
KORiNORDAMERICA - Saturday, October 7 at 7 pm at Ballard First Lutheran Church-Seattle

And stay for Norwegian goodies provided by Daughters of Norway, Embla Lodge #2, Tacoma, WA and Leif Erikson Lodge - Seattle Sons of Norway (2-001).

Northwest Edvard Grieg Society
Seattle-Bergen Sister City Association
Steven Luksan - Composer & Pianist
Steven Luksan
Lori Ann Reinhall

This Friday and Saturday! Come join us for a FREE concert featuring KORiNORDAMERIKA and a little cameo by two of our favorite Grieg nerds.

KORiNORDAMERICA - Friday, October 6 at 7 pm at First Lutheran Church in Tacoma

KORiNORDAMERICA - Saturday, October 7 at 7 pm at Ballard First Lutheran Church-Seattle

And stay for Norwegian goodies provided by Daughters of Norway, Embla Lodge #2, Tacoma, WA and Leif Erikson Lodge - Seattle Sons of Norway (2-001).

Northwest Edvard Grieg Society
Laura Loge, soprano
Laura Loge
Steven Luksan - Composer & Pianist
Steven Luksan
Lori Ann Reinhall
Seattle-Bergen Sister City Association
Everett Norwegian Male Chorus
Seattle Mannskor
Norwegian Ladies Chorus of Seattle
Swedish Singers of Seattle

Listen live tonight on Classical KING FM 98.1 to Northwest Focus Live to hear me sing three songs by Steven Luksan - Composer & Pianist with texts by Swedish-American poet Carl Sandburg. I will be collaborating with Michelle Huang on the piano.

Program starts at 7!
https://king.org/listen

Laura Loge
Steven Luksan

Streams Page Classical KING (FM 98.1) is a non-commercial classical music radio station in Seattle, WA, owned by Classic Radio, a nonprofit organization.

Another neglected bit of dramatic music is Grieg's Before a Southern Convent (Foran sydens kloster) scored for orchestra, soprano and alto soloists and women's chorus. This ten-minute oratorio is gloriously beautiful and heartbreaking and was intended as as exercise in Grieg's creation of a dramatic scene. Well, he succeeded.

Come hear me sing Ingigerd!

Here's a teaser: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKGG3cndCcs

You have two opportunities to hear it live in its three scene entirety this coming weekend in Seattle and Bellevue -

Friday, June 9 at 7 pm at The Chapel Space at the Good Shepherd Center - Dramatic Works by Edvard Grieg
- and -
Sunday, June 11 at 4 pm at Cross of Christ Lutheran Church, Bellevue - Dramatic Works by Edvard Grieg

More info and tickets at nwegriegsociety.org

Northwest Edvard Grieg Society
Puget Sound Concert Opera

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I get to sing the part of "En Kvinde" (a woman) and pray to the Norse Gods in this amazing work. And then I get to experience the amazing power of the other singers in the rest of this unfinished opera. It is such cool music and we can't wait to share it with you!

Join us this weekend - Friday at 7 in Seattle and Sunday at 4 in Bellevue.

Info and tickets at nwegriegsociety.org/drama

Grieg, Opera Olav Trygvason, Side 1

Coming up next with Northwest Edvard Grieg Society - Drama!
June 9 & 11 in Seattle and Bellevue.

I get to sing a favorite role (Solveig in Peer Gynt) and a bucket-list role (Ingigerd in Foran sydens kloster) as well as the part of a viking woman praying to the Norse gods in Olav Trygvason!

Details and tickets at nwegriegsociety.org

What's next?? Drama!!

You have two chances to hear this saga -

Friday, June 9 at 7 pm Dramatic Works by Edvard Grieg at Chapel Performance Space at Good Shepherd Center in Seattle
Sunday, June 11 at 4 pm Dramatic Works by Edvard Grieg Cross of Christ Lutheran Church in Bellevue

Come join us for this epic night of dramatic music composed by Edvard Grieg in collaboration with Puget Sound Concert Opera.

Featuring:
Laura Loge, soprano
Nerys Jones, mezzo-soprano
Misha Myznikov, baritone
Raya Moss, narrator
John Burkhardt and Steven Luksan, pianists
Bernard Kwiram and Abbie Eads, conductors
- And - all these fabulous folks!
Mary Rose, Dora Barnes, Katie Stevenson, Regina Thomas, Cary Lee, Akshay Kulkarni, Michael Dudley, William Schlott, Dustin Peskuric, Susanna Haley, Alexa Woodard, Kumiko Chiba, Ericka Kendall, Jenna Calixto, Kristine Kiner, Jenny Ziefel, Michael Jolivet, and Amy Ferguson.

More information and tickets at nwegriegsociety.org

Northwest Edvard Grieg Society
Laura Loge
Steven Luksan - Composer & Pianist

Hey Book of Faces... check out these two happy faces after three intense days of recording. So much fun making beautiful music. Thanks Angie Draghicescu for asking me to collaborate with you on this project!

We hit the ground running today and I'm so excited I'm even posting about it! It's so much fun bringing this unheard music to life with Angie Draghicescu! Stay tuned...

Hey look! Our NW Focus Live performances from February is featured on NPR's Live Sessions!

https://livesessions.npr.org/artists/northwest-edvard-grieg-society?fbclid=IwAR0Apt3U3cPHzBsmavJldZWr79X1HYt7Ag3bnLWuTkNl2zljPEskL3C6c1s

Thanks to my amazing colleagues, Steven Luksan and Cassie Lear for helping make this happen as well as Lisa Bergman (our amazing host that evening) and everyone at NW Focus Live on Classical KING FM too!

Northwest Edvard Grieg Society

Northwest Edvard Grieg Society Discover new and emerging artists, watch videos and live stream rare in-studio performances and concerts, all curated by Public Radio's best music radio stations.

Very few theaters in North America can boast the acoustic perfection and stunning backdrop experience at our Canyon Wren Recital Hall. It is truly the perfect place for chamber music - especially the enchanting and bittersweet music of Edvard Grieg and his Scandinavian contemporaries.

Don't miss the Northwest Edvard Grieg Society performance of their "Flute Fantasy" program tonight, Saturday 2/25, at 7:00PM here in Canyon Wren. Tickets still available on our website or a few at the door. We hope to see you there!

We're excited to host the NW Greig Society's latest production "Flute Fantasy"

featuring Cassie Lear, flute, Laura Loge, soprano, and Steven Luksan, piano and Composer-in-Residence performing Hildring i speil (The Mirage in the Mirror) by Øistein Sommerfeldt, Vonir i blomtid (Hope in Blossom-time) by Anne-Marie Ørbeck, and rarely-heard Norwegian works for various combinations of this trio by composers Alf Hurum, Eivind Groven, Edvard Grieg, and our composer-in-residence Steven Luksan!

February 25th at 7:00PM in Canyon Wren Recital Hall!

Tonight at 7!

How many singers do you know who sing in Norwegian? (Raises hand) I'm excited to share this amazing Norwegian chamber music with Seattle audiences alongside amazing colleagues, Cassie Lear and Steven Luksan!

Tickets and info at http://nwegriegsociety.org/flute-fantasy/

Northwest Edvard Grieg Society
Laura Loge
Steven Luksan - Composer & Pianist

Meet the Artists for Flute Fantasy!

Soprano Laura Loge has been hailed for her “luminous stage presence” and “characterful and versatile voice.” Opera roles include Violetta, Musetta, Micaëla, Mother (Hansel & Gretel), Ännchen, Lisa (La Sonnambula), La Fée, Lucy (The Telephone), Rosalinda, and Suor Genovieffa, among others. She has performed as the soprano soloist in Mozart’s Requiem, Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony and Incidental Music to Egmont, Neilsen’s Third Symphony, Fauré’s Requiem, Grieg’s Incidental Music for Peer Gynt, David Monrad Johansen’s Syv Sanger, Op.6, arranged for her and chamber orchestra, Schumann’s Mass and Requiem, Handel’s Messiah, and Verdi’s Requiem. Laura specializes in Nordic art song and chamber music, having performed across the United States and in Norway, including in Edvard Grieg’s villa. She has produced two albums of Nordic song, including Breaking the Language Barrier: Songs in Norwegian and Danish, Composed by Foreigners and Songs and Piano Music of Edvard Grieg, Op. 33 & 66. Her next album, Der Skreg en Fugl, featuring previously unrecorded songs by Norwegian women with pianist Angela Draghicescu will be released in 2024. Laura is Artistic Director of Nordic Chamber Music, former Artistic Director of Mostly Nordic Chamber Music Series at the National Nordic Museum, and Founder and President of the Northwest Edvard Grieg Society. She received her Bachelor of Music from Saint Olaf College, her Master of Music from the New England Conservatory and studied Nordic Art Song and chamber music at the University of Stavanger Conservatory of Music. Learn more about her at www.lauraloge.com

Friday, Feb 10 at 7 pm on Classical KING FM 98.1 on NW Focus Live
Saturday, Feb 11 at 6 pm at Cascadia Art Museum in Edmonds
Sunday, Feb 12 at 2 pm with Saltwater Music Series in Des Moines
Thursday, Feb 16 at 3 pm on All Classical Portland Thursday's @ 3
Saturday, Feb 18 at 7 pm at Nordia House, Nordic Northwest in Portland
Saturday, Feb 25 at 7 pm at Icicle Creek Center for the Arts in Leavenworth

Tickets and info at https://nwegriegsociety.org/flute-fantasy/

Northwest Edvard Grieg Society
Laura Loge, soprano
Steven Luksan
Steven Luksan - Composer & Pianist
Cassie Lear

Meet the brilliant flautist for Flute Fantasy! Cassie Lear will be playing works by Norwegian composers Øistein Sommerfeldt, Eivind Groven, and Edvard Grieg (beautifully arranged by NWEGS Composer-in-Residence Steven Luksan)

Northwest Edvard Grieg Society

Meet the Artists for Flute Fantasy!

Flautist Cassie Lear Lear enjoys performing chamber music, working with living composers, and the opportunities music gives her to meet people and explore the world. She released her first album, Resilience, with pianist/composer Steven Luksan in 2019 and her second short EP, The Last Rose of Summer: A Quarantine Project in 2020. Her arrangements for the latter was published by ALRY Publications. Cassie is on the faculty of the Music Center of the Northwest and Pierce College, on the board of the Seattle Flute Society, the Music Advisory Panel of the Seattle Young Artists Festival, directs the SFS Horsfall Competition, and has performed with Orquestra Northwest, the SoundEdge Orchestra, Philharmonia Northwest, Seattle Metropolitan Chamber Orchestra, the Windsong Trio, among others. She is a first place winner of the Seattle Flute Society Young Artist Competition, the Maverick Flute Competition, second place winner at the Mid-South Young Artist Competition and the Kentucky Flute Society Chamber Competition, an alternate winner of the Francis Walton Solo Competition and her performance of Eli Fieldsteel’s Aerophoneme won an Audience Choice award at the LaTex Electronic Music Festival. Cassie has also performed at the National Flute Association Annual Conference, the International Computer Music Conference, the Oregon Bach Festival, the International Lyric Academy in Italy, nief-norf Summer Festival, and has been featured on the soundtrack of two short films, several plays, and one feature-length horror film. Cassie holds a Bachelor of Music cm laude from the University of Oregon and a Master of Music from the University of North Texas, and is completing coursework towards her Doctor of Musical Arts in Flute at the University of Washington. Learn more about her and listen to her artistry at cassielear.com.

Friday, Feb 10 at 7 pm on Classical KING FM 98.1 on NW Focus Live
Saturday, Feb 11 at 6 pm at Cascadia Art Museum in Edmonds
Sunday, Feb 12 at 2 pm with Saltwater Music Series in Des Moines
Thursday, Feb 16 at 3 pm on All Classical Portland Thursday's @ 3
Saturday, Feb 18 at 7 pm at Nordia House, Nordic Northwest in Portland
Saturday, Feb 25 at 7 pm at Icicle Creek Center for the Arts in Leavenworth

Tickets and info at https://nwegriegsociety.org/flute-fantasy/

Northwest Edvard Grieg Society
Laura Loge
Laura Loge, soprano
Steven Luksan - Composer & Pianist
Steven Luksan

We're excited for Fantastic Flute February.... Flutistic Fantasy February... It'll all be fun!

Hope you can join us at one of our offerings this month!

https://nwegriegsociety.org/flute-fantasy/

February is Flute Fantasy Month!

Join us for one of our performances of this concert exploring Norwegian music for flute, soprano, and piano from Grieg through the 20th Century until today. Featuring Cassie Lear, flute, Laura Loge, soprano, and Steven Luksan, piano.

Flute Fantasy - Friday, Feb 10 at 7 pm on Classical KING FM 98.1 on NW Focus Live
Saturday, Feb 11 at 6 pm at Cascadia Art Museum in Edmonds
Flute Fantasy -Sunday, Feb 12 at 2 pm with Saltwater Music Series in Des Moines
Thursday, Feb 16 at 3 pm on All Classical Portland Thursday's @ 3
Flute Fantasy - Saturday, Feb 18 at 7 pm at Nordia House, Nordic Northwest in Portland
Fantasy - Saturday, Feb 25 at 7 pm at Icicle Creek Center for the Arts in Leavenworth

Tickets and info at https://nwegriegsociety.org/flute-fantasy/

Northwest Edvard Grieg Society
Laura Loge
Steven Luksan - Composer & Pianist

As a preview of what you'll hear tomorrow, here's the recording of Gorecki's Symphony of Sorrowful Songs that launched it into international fame.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87DJF1_vwQA

Lorenzo Marasso's arrangement for two pianos will give you a much more intimate experience with this moving work. And instead of Dawn Upshaw you get to hear me sing in Polish!

Join us tomorrow (Sunday, January 29) at 2 pm for Nordic Chamber Music: Nordic Neighbor - Poland at Ballard First Lutheran Church-Seattle.

Info and tickets at nordicchambermusic.org

Northwest Edvard Grieg Society

Nordic Chamber Music: Nordic Neighbor - Poland A Symphony of Sorrowful Songs