Laura Strickling 40@40

2023 and the first anthology has just been published by New Music Shelf. This extraordinary album features world-premiere recordings of art songs commissioned by Strickling who says: "These twenty songs, from composers and poets of diverse backgrounds, are exceptional in their beauty, depth, quality, and range of emotional expression." Host Seth Boustead talks with Strickling and features several songs from the album. MUSIC Email to Odessa by Dennis Tobenski Peony by Ed Windels Thanks a Latte by Lori Laitman This Ode is Mine by Bess McCrary Not Quite Stars by Juhi Bansal Las Palmeras by Reinaldo Moya Song of Solitude by H. Leslie Adams Wind Carry Me by James Primosch