[2] This six-song cycle was commissioned and premiered through a Special Projects Grant from the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences at Georgia Southern University, for Saxophonist Carolyn Bryan and soprano Sandra McClain.
[4] This cycle is one of few existing for soprano and saxophone; a normatively unorthodox pairing in Western classical repertoire inspired by Laitman's real life friendships.
The work premiered in conjunction with VA Tech, Opera Roanoke and the Blacksburg Children's Chorale in Oct. 2015 in a production directed by Beth Greenberg and conducted by Scott Williamson.
Laitman received a 2015 Centennial Commission from the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra with Music Director Marin Alsop for an orchestral piece to celebrate the BSO's 100th anniversary.
[6] Her BBC/Royal Philharmonic Society commission for soprano Katharina Konradi was first broadcast on October 25, 2020 at the Wigmore Hall, London, live, but with a reduced audience due to lockdown.
Laitman has devoted much of her career to the art song, and her ability to meld words with lyrical, often soaring lines is on abundant display in her opera."
The Journal of Singing wrote "It is difficult to think of anyone before the public today who equals her exceptional gifts for embracing a poetic text and giving it new and deeper life through music."
"Lori Laitman's central greatness comes not from wielding numerous and complicated elements in complex ways, but rather from her almost uncanny skill for breathing new life into a text through music.
Her latest CD, The Ocean of Eternity, released on Acis, was named an Opera News Critic's Choice — "unmistakable...masterful" and garnered additional praise from Gramophone - "delicacy and ingenuity combine"; Textura — "artistry of the highest order"; Medium.com — "sumptuously beautiful, and witty...utterly fabulous"; American Record Guide — "gripping and thought-provoking" and The Journal of Singing — "There seems to be no limit to the wellspring of Lori Latiman’s com- positional inspiration...Every facet of Laitman’s genius is on vivid display here, but the disk especially celebrates her bountiful, wide-ranging imagination.
Whatever the task, challenge or opportunity may be, Laitman engages with it in a way that scrupulously serves the text while shedding new and illuminating light on the world and the human condition.
Her music always sounds completely fresh and new..." In 2022 Laitman started making films of her art songs in conjunction with Positive Note in the UK.