Laurie can tailor her classical program notes to complement your goals and context...
Whether it's a season theme, performers' spoken introduction to the audience, or recent current event, Laurie Shulman works with you to integrate the notes with what's going on in your community, during your season. She frequently interviews guest soloists and conductors to incorporate their insights into the classical program notes for your performance. And she's a specialist in new music who has collaborated with nearly 300 living composers writing classical program notes about their music.
By placing the music in social and historical context, by inviting your listeners into the composition, by suggesting ways to make that listening experience more rewarding.
Apart from the performance itself, classical program notes are your key communication tool with your audience.
Current clients include:
- Charlottesville Symphony
- Hawaii Symphony
- Louisville Orchestra
- Jacksonville Symphony
- New Jersey Symphony Orchestra
- Symphony of Northwest Arkansas
- Westchester Philharmonic
- Wichita Symphony
- Blue Candlelight Music Series
- Chamber Music Society of Fort Worth
- Crowley Chamber Trio at the University of Dallas
- Dallas Chamber Music Society
- D'Addario Foundation Performance Series
- Friends of Chamber Music Kansas City
- Voices of Change
- Walden Chamber Music of Colorado
Classical program annotation experience
(knowledge, breadth, style, and professionalism)- Jacksonville Symphony (2018 to date)
- Louisville Orchestra (2019 to date)
- Charlottesville Symphony at the University of Virginia (2006 to date)
- Hawaii Symphony Orchestra (2013 to date)
- New Jersey Symphony Orchestra (2005 to date)
- Westchester Philharmonic (2014 to date)
- Friends of Chamber Music, Kansas City (2007 to date)
- Voices of Change (New Music Ensemble of Dallas) (1988 to date)
- Chamber Music Society of Fort Worth (1989 to date)
- Walden Chamber Music of Colorado (2005 to date)
- Tuesday Evening Concert Series (Charlottesville, VA) (2012 to date)
- Sarasota Orchestra
- Toledo Symphony
- Virginia Symphony
- Allen Philharmonic
- Artosphere
- Dallas Symphony Orchestra (1995 to 2015)
- Virginia Symphony Orchestra (2008 to 2015)
- Toledo Symphony Orchestra (2012 to 2016)
- Symphony of Northwest Arkansas (2011 to date)
- D'Addario Performance Series (2010 to 2016)
- Richardson Symphony Orchestra (2002 to 2010)
- Symphonic Sundays at the Nasher Sculpture Center (2003 to 2009)
- Clavier Trio (2000 to 2007)
- East Texas Symphony (1992-2000)
- Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra (1998-2003)
- Skaneateles Festival (1994 to 2005)
- Music in the Mountains (Durango, Colorado; 2000-2002)
- Seattle Symphony (1994-2001)
- Tallahassee Symphony (1995-1998)
- Dallas Chamber Orchestra (1989-1994)
- Dallas Chamber Music Society (1987- 2006, 2012 to date)
- Walden Chamber Music of Dallas (2000 to 2007)
- Houston Symphony Orchestra (1989-1996)
Contributing Annotator for Classical Program Notes: St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, Detroit Symphony Orchestra,New Hampahire Philharmonic, Boston Musica Viva; Cliburn Concerts; Wichita Symphony; Sarasota Orchestra; Dallas String Quartet; St. Paul Music in the Park Series; Ann Arbor University Musical Society; Kansas State Univ. Concert Series; San Francisco Symphony; Philadelphia Orchestra; Middlebury College Concert Series; Minnesota Orchestra, University of Minnesota Orchestra; New England Conservatory Concerts; Clavier Trio; University of Texas at Dallas Concerts; New Century Chamber Orchestra