{"id":491,"date":"2023-03-23T19:57:07","date_gmt":"2023-03-23T19:57:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/laurenceroman.com\/?page_id=491"},"modified":"2023-04-09T09:08:25","modified_gmt":"2023-04-09T08:08:25","slug":"bio","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/laurenceroman.com\/?page_id=491","title":{"rendered":"Bio"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

LAURENCE ROMAN<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Laurence Roman has composed extensively for both the concert hall and stage. His composing output prior to disability in 2018 includes: a setting of Psalm 117 <\/strong>for the Royal School of Church Music<\/em> (2017), The Dreamland Tree<\/strong> premiered in the Scottish Parliament\/Holyrood, Concertino for Flute and Orchestra<\/strong> (2013) commissioned by the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra, Columba Canticles <\/strong>(2013) commissioned to mark Derry\u2019s status as UK City of Culture and performed at Stormont Parliament buildings; Coshquin<\/strong> (2012) in commemoration of the 1990 Coshquin bombing, Guitar Quintet<\/strong> (2011) commissioned for Carlos Bonell by the Derry City Guitar Festival; Five Egyptian Canticles<\/strong> (2010) premiered at Michigan State University; Struwwelpeter<\/strong> commissioned by the Ralph Vaughan Williams Trust as part of the St Andrews Music Festival and Cautionary Verses<\/strong>. Laurence\u2019s Concertino for Viola and Orchestra<\/strong> was performed by the Southbank Sinfonia in 2008 and his Three Summer Pastorals, Concert Variations<\/strong> and Carpathian Dances<\/strong> were premiered in Covent Garden. Laurence\u2019s Missa Brevis<\/strong> was performed at St Peter\u2019s Cathedral, Belfast and his Isabella and the Pot of Basil<\/strong> was featured at the 2006 Buxton Opera Festival. Laurence\u2019s musical Mates<\/strong> was staged at the Edinburgh Fringe and subsequently transferred to the Landor Theatre, London. His play Falling in Love Again<\/strong> transferred from the UK to Berlin where it ran for several months. More recently Laurence\u2019s texts were used in the Royal Opera House<\/em>\u2019s 2023 performance: Least Like the Other<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earlier compositions have included The Three Orphans<\/strong> and Three Hungarian Peasant Songs<\/strong>, commissioned by the Juice<\/em> and Etone<\/em> vocal ensembles, Psychocorruptor Infernalis<\/strong>, commissioned by the University of York Wind Orchestra and Two Stops Short of Barking<\/strong>, commissioned by the SPNM<\/em>. His Three Postcards From Spain<\/strong> and Violin Sonata<\/strong> were premiered by the Paganini Prize-winning violinist Ara Malikian at the Colmar Festival and Carnegie Hall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Laurence has orchestrated several recordings including: The\u00a0Woman in White Suite<\/strong>\u00a0released on EMI Records with the London Symphony Orchestra,\u00a0Choral Lloyd Webber<\/strong>\u00a0with the London Philharmonic Orchestra,\u00a0The Songs That Got Away<\/strong>\u00a0with Sarah Brightman and\u00a0The Phantom Fantasia<\/strong>\u00a0with the London Symphony Orchestra, which was nominated for a Grammy Award. Laurence\u2019s opera:\u00a0Ulysses \u2013 a Musical Odyssey<\/strong>\u00a0toured Ireland and was performed in July 2009 on London\u2019s Southbank. The work was awarded a Vivian Ellis Prize for Best New Musical.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prior to his disability Laurence was Lecturer in Composition at Ulster University<\/em>, External Examiner for the University of Aberdeen<\/em> and International Jury Chair for Certame Galego de Bandas de M\u00fasica<\/em>. He was also Senior Lecturer in Composition at the London College of Music and Media<\/em> and was, for over a decade, Music Supervisor for Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

LAURENCE ROMAN Laurence Roman has composed extensively for both the concert hall and stage. His composing output prior to disability in 2018 includes: a setting of Psalm 117 for the Royal School of Church Music (2017), The Dreamland Tree premiered in the Scottish Parliament\/Holyrood, Concertino for Flute and Orchestra (2013) commissioned by the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra, Columba […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-491","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/laurenceroman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/491","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/laurenceroman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/laurenceroman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/laurenceroman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/laurenceroman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=491"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/laurenceroman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/491\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":521,"href":"https:\/\/laurenceroman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/491\/revisions\/521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/laurenceroman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}