Morten Lauridsen is recognized as America's pre-eminent composer of choral music, with his work reaching an international audience.
Performer Biography
Noel Edison, the conductor and artistic director of the Elora Festival Singers, also serves as the conductor and artistic director of the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir.
Compositional Technique
Lauridsen's study of high Renaissance choral music, including composers like Marenzio and Monteverdi, has influenced his use of techniques such as canon, flexible imitation, and a sensitive response to textual images.
Performer Biography
The Elora Festival Singers, founded in 1980 by Artistic Director Noel Edison, are hailed as Canada's finest professional chamber choir.
Composer Biography
Lauridsen is a distinguished professor of composition at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Lauridsen's compositional style is characterized by long, arching, and highly expressive vocal lines, influenced by vocal music from all historical periods, including plainchant and Renaissance polyphony.
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