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SCEP Live Online Concert Series: Laurie Rubin

December 4, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Mānoa Campus, Hosted by SCEP Live Online

Mezzo-soprano Laurie Rubin has received high praise from The New York Times chief classical music critic Anthony Tommasini, who wrote that she possesses “compelling artistry,” “communicative power,” and that her voice displays “earthy, rich, and poignant qualities.”

In 2012, Seven Stories Press published Rubin’s memoir, Do You Dream in Color? Insights From a Girl Without Sight. Recounting her experiences from childhood through the rise of her career as an opera singer, Rubin shows how her determination to continually surpass and redefine others’ expectations.

Rubin has performed a number of operatic roles, including the role of the voice/witch in Lisa Bielawa’s award-winning, episodic TV Opera “Vireo, the spiritual biography of a witch’s accuser,” broadcast on KCET’s Art Bound program. Laurie made her Ravinia debut in concert with Frederica Von Stade in September 2015.

She was also the title role in Rossini’s La Cenerentola, Mrs. Noye in Britten’s “Noye’s Fludde,” under the baton of Dr. Samuel Wong, the lead role of Karen in Gordon Beeferman’s The Rat Land at New York City Opera’s VOX Festival, Penelope in Monteverdi’s The Return of Ulysses at the Greenwich Music Festival and Elle in Poulenc’s The Human Voice at the Greenwich Music Festival and the Ohana Arts Festival. Ms. Rubin has also performed concerts of new music with The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. She has collaborated with and premiered works by composers John Harbison, Gabriela Lena Frank, Keeril Makan, Bruce Adolphe, Noam Sivan and Gordon Beeferman.

The fall concert series is a joint effort between UH Manoa Outreach College, UH M?noa Music Department,the East-West Center Arts Program, and Friends of Manoa Library.

Event Sponsor
UH Manoa Outreach College, Mānoa Campus

More Information
Outreach College, 8089568246, csinfo@hawaii.edu,