Upcoming Engagements

Nordic Songs and Sketches

• Co-sponsored by the Northwest Edvard Grieg Society and Music Works Northwest
• Sunday, September 27 at 7:00 pm at Music Works Northwest (map)
• Free and open to the public
• Laura will sing favorite songs by Grieg and other Norwegian composers with Steven Luksan at the piano.

Archiving Nordic Song Archives

• Presented on the ASTRA, NORTANA, and DANA Symposium 2026
• Saturday, October 17, Time TBA at the University of Washington, Location TBA
• Laura and Steven will present a lecture recital about their work accessing and digging through archives in the US and Europe to discover forgotten songs, piano works, operas, and oratorios and bring them back to life, in turn, creating a new sound archive of once-lost Nordic music.

Sing & Play-Along Messiah

• Hosted by Saint Michael and All Angels Church
• Sunday, December 13 at 2:30 pm at St. Michael & All Angels Church (map)
• Donations accepted to benefit Issaquah Community Services’ “Merry Christmas Fund”
• Laura once again will sing the Soprano solos as well as singing along with everybody else!

Swedish Songbirds

• Presented by the Nordic Chamber Music
• Saturday, January 16, 2027 at 1 pm
  • First Lutheran Church, Tacoma (map)
• Sunday, January 17 at 2 pm
  • Ballard First Lutheran Church (map)
• More info here
• Laura will perform songs by Helena Munktell and an Saga-inspired opera aria by Elfrida Andrée as part of an all-Swedish-women concert.

The Sons of Norway Songbook

• Presented by the Leif Erikson Lodge Sons of Norway
• Sunday, February 28, 2027 at 2 pm
  • Leif Erikson Hall, Seattle (map)
• More info coming soon
• Laura & Steven Luksan will present a concert exploring the music from the Sons of Norway Songbooks through the years.

Elijah by Felix Mendelssohn

• Presented by the Choir of the Sound
• Saturday, March 6, 2027 at 7 pm
• Sunday, March 7 at 3 pm
  • Saint Mark’s Episcopal Cathedral, Seattle (map)
• Laura will the the soprano soloist in Mendelssohn’s immortal oratorio Elijah.

Sonorous Sagas

• Presented by the Nordic Chamber Music
• Saturday, April 3, 2027 at 1 pm
  • First Lutheran Church, Tacoma (map)
• Sunday, April 4 at 2 pm
  • Ballard First Lutheran Church (map)
• More info here
• Laura will perform songs by Jón Leifs, an opera aria by Wilhelm Peterson-Berger, and chamber music by Þórður Magnússon.

Requiem ad Memoraim

• Presented by the Northwest Edvard Grieg Society and the Port Angeles Symphony Orchestra
• Friday, May 21, 2027 at 7 pm
  • Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, Port Angeles (map)
• Saturday, May 22, at 7 pm
  • Trinity United Methodist Church, Sequim (map)
• Sunday, May 23 at 3 pm
  • St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, Seattle (map)
• More info here
• Laura will be the soprano soloist in the U.S. premiere of Joachim Olsson’s new Swedish work, Requiem ad Memoriam.

… stay tuned for more exciting concerts!