[5][6] For didactic works he strives to provide something that the student could use as a vehicle for expression, attempting to capture the teenage disposition in a moody and thoughtful, yet energetic and optimistic tone.
[8] Traiger has had many collaborations with the Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk Choir,[9] including an invitation to compose a piece for Schumann-2010,[10] honoring the 200th anniversary of Robert Schumann's birth.
[1] Laurence Traiger teaches at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater München and the Innsbruck branch of Mozarteum University of Salzburg.
"[1] With Richard Voss,[16] Traiger has written two tune book collections of Irish folk music, arranging the songs for piano solo in both.
[22] Reviewer Bianca Flier reported that the interplay of the voice and instruments grips the audience until the dramatic finale, and that "the composer has created a moving and compelling, almost unearthly work.
Commissioned by the Orpheus Choir [de] of Munich,[25] Joel Frederiksen was the narrator/bass soloist for the 30 June 2002 premiere,[26] at the Europäischen Wochen, Passau.
For "Project Martinelli,"[28] Traiger was commissioned, and wrote a Baroque piece for arciliuto, theorbo and soprano based upon text by Frank Lloyd Wright.
"[34] In 2014, Traiger wrote the music for the award-winning[35] documentary movie "Fukushima Nichts Ist Wie Es War.