Laura Strickling, soprano & Daniel Schlosberg, piano – Ames Town & Gown Chamber Music Association

The Ames Town & Gown Chamber Music Association will present the third concert of its 2025-26 season on Sat., Nov. 15, featuring the Grammy-nominated duo, soprano LAURA STRICKLING and pianist DANIEL SCHLOSBERG. The concert will take place at 7:30 p.m. in the Martha-Ellen Tye Recital Hall on the Iowa State University campus. As advocates for art song (the musical partnership of singer and piano), Laura Strickling and pianist and composer Daniel Schlosberg earned a Grammy nomination for their acclaimed album 40@40. In honor of Strickling’s 40th birthday, the project commissioned forty new songs from forty composers.

Together, Strickling and Schlosberg create a dynamic partnership that blends classical tradition with modern expression, offering audiences an exciting program that celebrates the diversity of today’s art song. Their concert will offer a survey of European and American masters of art song, both old and new, including the world premiere of “The Crystal Gazer” by American composer Nyandeng Juang, setting the poetry of Sara Teasdale.

Praised for her “exquisite sensitivity” (Gramophone), Laura Strickling has become one of today’s most compelling interpreters of art song in both classical and contemporary repertoire. In addition to the recent success of the album, Laura Strickling has enjoyed performances with major orchestras across the United States and abroad. She was recently appointed to the faculty of the Peabody Conservatory of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore.  Daniel Schlosberg, an accomplished pianist, composer, and educator, is a frequent collaborator with leading vocalists and chamber musicians, including the Chicago Symphony’s chamber music series. He serves on the faculty of the University of Notre Dame. 

As at all Ames Town & Gown concerts, audience members will have the opportunity to meet the artists at a reception following the performance. 

EXTRA EVENT: LAURA STRICKLING MASTER CLASS: Fri., Nov. 15, 5 p.m. | Martha-Ellen Tye Recital Hall,   Iowa State University. Open to the public, free of charge. 

CONCERT TICKETS: $35, available online at www.amestownandgown.org; at Rieman Music (Ames), Chocolaterie Stam (Ames) and at the door.

STUDENT TICKETS: FREE K-12,  and college/university with student ID

ALL SEATING IS GENERAL ADMISSION

INFORMATION: www.amestownandgown.org, Or contact Artistic Director Paula Forrest,   town.gown@gmail.com, 515-451-0911.

Ames Town & Gown’s 76th concert season is presented in cooperation with the Department of Music and Theatre at Iowa State University and is made possible in part with support from the Ames Commission on the Arts (COTA).