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Copa Artist Hour: Elisabeth Lohninger & Laurence Hobgood at The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music
Courtesy of Iris Maenza | Posted on November 18, 2020
When
Fri, November 20, 2020
5:00 pm
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Musicians
Elisabeth Lohninger
vocalsLaurence Hobgood
pianoAbout
Join us for our CoPA Artist Happy Hour featuring members of the College of Performing Arts Music community. This event will stream live at facebook.com/newschooljazz.
In a career that has taken her from the slopes of the Austrian alps, where she sang folk songs as a young girl, to jazz clubs, concert halls and the stages of international jazz festivals, vocalist Elisabeth Lohninger has proven herself to be a powerful and elusive talent. A New Yorker by choice for over two decades, The New York Times has described Lohninger as "a powerful performer and a highly-skilled improviser and composer", and throughout her albums Lohninger has chosen lyrical depth in favor of flashy vocalese. She has lent her warm alto voice to songs by K.D. Lang, Joni Mitchell and the Beatles with the same penchant for authenticity she lends to her original songs....