Laura Thomas

Laura Thomas is a Boston-based soprano specializing in early and sacred music. She holds an M.M. in Historical Performance (Voice) from Boston University. During her graduate studies and her continued education in the Boston-area church music and small ensemble world, Laura has honed her skills as a thoughtful, intelligent collaborator with a soft spot for lesser-trod repertoire.

 

She has presented work from Francois Couperin’s Leçons des Tènébres with the Baroque ensemble Il Contrapposto, recorded modern premieres of newly transcribed Franco-Flemish polyphonic works with the choir of St. Clement Eucharistic Shrine, and created fresh interpretations of American folk song in the new folk opera The Fire Within Her with the Pandora Consort. She also has extensive oratorio experience, having appeared as a soloist in Handel’s Messiah with the Cathedral Church of St. Paul and the de la Guerre cantatas Judith and Susanne with Cappella Clausura.

 

Laura also maintains an active, vibrant practice of musical experimentation, having produced three albums on the Sweet Wreath and Noumenal Loom labels with the electroacoustic folk-noise ensemble Silica Gel, based in her native Birmingham, Alabama. One of her current projects involves processing vocal loops through chains of guitar pedals. She draws inspiration from sources as disparate as medieval cantigas, early American hymns, 1960s British folk rock, and original work. She views her work in classical and non-classical idioms as symbiotic, strengthening her musical skills and artistic voice, and thrives on maintaining a roster of varied projects.