UPCOMING 2010 APPEARANCES:

April 16: Solo recital with Juris Zvikovs of the Latvian National Academy of Music at the piano, hosted by the Latvian National Opera Guild - an evening of opera arias and music theater songs. Location: Church Hall, 4 Riga Lane, Melville, NY. For further information, contact Aija Pelse (516) 935-0967.

April 17: Bay Street Theater on Main Street in Sag Harbor, NY - performing Peter Aldins' "Lorca Songs" and the role of the Narrator in Stravinsky's "L'histoire du soldat." Also music performed by Stanley Drucker, clarinetist, Lutz Rath, cello, and David Oei, pianist.

April 24: Program of Latvian ballads for the Raisters Foundation at Priedaine, the New Jersey Latvian Society, 1017 Highway 33 East Freehold, NJ, 732-462-5110.

May 16: Student Vocal Recital at North Castle Public Library, 19 Whipporwill Road East, Armonk, NY.

July 7: guest vocal soloist with world-music fusion ensemble Mawwal, singing arrangements of Middle Eastern music, Eastern European music and original compositions by Jim Matus. Location: The Porter-Phelps-Huntington Museum - 130 River Drive , Hadley, MA 01035 - 413-584-4699: www.pphmuseum.org

July 14: mezzo-soprano soloist at the Music Festival of the Hamptons, singing Eric Salzman's "Brecht Suite" with Bill Schimmel, accordion, and string trio. Location: Wolffer Estate, 139 Saggs Rd., Sagaponack, NY: www.musicfestivalofthehamptons.com

July 20: performing operetta and cabaret arrangements with the Washington Square Music Festival Salon Orchestra. Location: 5th Avenue and 4th St., New York, NY: www.washingtonsquaremusicfestival.org

ONGOING PROGRAMS:

Long Island Philharmonic's Arts-in-Education program presents "Forbidden Music," with the LI Philharmonic String Quartet and mezzo-soprano Laila Salins. This multi-media presentation tells the story of how the arts thrived during one of history's darkest times. Listen to music written inside Nazi concentration camps by Jewish composers, many of whom perished. Discover the power of the spirit over oppression through the composers and their music as well as the artists and poets of the camps and their works. Learn about censorship, propaganda, resistance, and survival by studying the role the arts played in this historic period. Includes moving visual arts presentation.

PREVIOUS 2009-10 APPEARANCES:

February 19, 2010: performing at the Benefit Concert for the Center for Contemporary Opera at The Cell, 338 W. 23rd St., NY, NY - with Bill Schimmel on accordion.

December 19: Performing the role of the Narrator in Stravinsky's "L'histoire du soldat" at the Bay Street Theater on Main Street in Sag Harbor, NY; Lutz Rath as the Devil; David Taylor as the Soldier. Program includes music performed by Stanley Drucker, clarinetist, Lutz Rath, cello, and David Oei, pianist.

December 1, 2 and 3: "Discord/Accord" performed at The Cell, 338 West 23rd St., NY. The program includes tango music of Osvaldo Pugliese; Eric Salzman's suite "La Bonne Ame de Setchouan (Bertolt Brecht)"; Latvian drinking songs and tangos (arranged by Laila Salins); and accordion music written for and by Bill Schimmel. Performers: Laila Salins, mezzo-soprano; Bill Schimmel, accordion, with an ensemble of two violins and cello.

October 18: performing sacred music at St. Mark's Lutheran Church, 100 Harter Road, Morristown, NJ, 2:30 PM

June 19th, 2009, 8:30 pm
Laila Salins will be the Narrator of Stravinsky's "L'histoire du soldat" at a FREE concert with the Washington Square Music Festival at St. Joseph's Church, 371 6th Avenue at Washington Place, NY, NY. Also being performed, Schubert's "Shepherd on the Rock" and Brahms' Piano Trio Op. 87. For further information, see: www.washingtonsquaremusicfestival.org

April 23, 2009, 10:00 am and 12:30 pm
Long Island Philharmonic Arts-in-Education Program presents "Forbidden Music: Music from the Holocaust" in honor of National Holocaust Month with the Long Island Philharmonic String Quartet and mezzo-soprano Laila Salins. Location: The Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center, 76 Main Street, Westhampton Beach, NY 11978, Box Office: 631.288.1500

May 16, 2009, 7:00 pm
"La Bonne Ame de Setchouan" - Eric Salzman's music from a French production of Brecht's "The Good Person of Szechwan" with mezzo-soprano Laila Salins, accordionist Bill Schimmel and two violins, presented as part of "Composers of the East End," highlighting new and original works by composers who make their homes on and draw their inspiration from the East End. Location: Southampton Cultural Center, NY, 25 Pond Lane, Southampton, NY, 631-287-4377

2008 APPEARANCES:

November 15, 2008, 4:00 p.m Latvian Independence Day Celebration and Concert with soloist Laila Salins, mezzo-soprano, Rudolph Ozolins, piano
Location: Zion Hall, 6551 W. Montrose Ave., Chicago, IL

November 9, 2008, 2:00 p.m.
Forbidden Music - Music From the Holocaust
Location: D'Ecclesiis Auditorium at St. Joseph's College,
155 West Roe Boulevard, Patchogue, NY

August 28th - September 1: West Coast Latvian Song Festival in Ventura, CA:

August 29th: Solo cabaret evening
August 30th: Premiere of Andra St. Ivanyi's music theater piece, "Hotel Paradiso"
August 31st: Mezzo-soprano soloist in the premiere of Dace Aperane's cantata "Let Our Song Ring" for chorus and chamber orchestra

July 15th: Recital at The Gold Hall of Riga's Society House (13 Merkel Street, Riga, Latvia) - Latvian premiere of Peter Aldins' "Bird Songs" cycle ("Putnu dziesmas") for mezzo-soprano, viola and piano, performed with Andra Darzins and Peter Plakidis

July 17th: Recital at the Music Academy in Ogreh, Latvia

July 17- 27: Teaching vocal master classes, chamber music and voice lessons at the Ogreh International Music Festival for Young Musicians, Ogreh, Latvia