BACKSTAGE
BIO
Leighanne Saltsman began her vocal career as soloist with the Rhinebeck Reformed Church Children’s Choir at age four, and has been singing ever since.
A graduate of Oberlin Conservatory and Oberlin College's Double-Degree Program, Ms. Saltsman can be heard on on Orange Mountain Music's recording of Phillip Glass’s Symphony No. 5 with the Trinity Wall Street Choir and NOVUS NY, and on Vermont-based Bright Wings Chorus’s sophomore release of new and old shape note tunes, “Signs and Wonders”.
Leighanne's more recent performance credits include charter membership in the Downtown Voices Choir of Trinity Wall Street, appearances with the Bard College Chamber Singers, and Tri-State area appearances as half of a vocal harmony duo presenting historically accurate renditions of music from Golden Age of American Popular Song.
She has also written and recorded a demo-length album of original Americana music, arranged and presented jazz versions of Purcell arias at SPECTRUM NYC, and toured Vermont as part of the shape note ensemble Bright Wings.
Ms. Saltsman’s live choral performance credits include the 2022 New York Times’ Critic’s Pick production of Mark Morris Dance Company’s L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato at the Brooklyn Academy of Music; the Carnegie Hall premier of Paul McCartney’s Ecce Cor Meum; Heather Christian’s “Harbored” at the World Financial Center Winter Garden; and Andrea Bocelli’s Christmas Spectacular at Madison Square Garden. She has also appeared with the Michael Clark Dance Companys’ "Stravinsky Project" at Rose Hall / Jazz at Lincoln Center; Bard Conservatory’s Summerscape Festival, and numerous Lincoln Center performances of choral masterworks under Michael Tilson Thomas, Valery Ghergiev, Lorin Mazel and more.
Early on in her career Leighanne sang for many prestigious members of the classical music community including Joan LaBarbara, Grethe Barrett Holby and The Wooster Group. As a soloist Leighanne has performed her original songs at clubs around NYC including Freddy's Backroom; LIC Bar; PATH Cafe and Cafe Vivaldi, and has presented works at Issue Project Room; The Firehouse Space; Arete Venue & Gallery and St. Ann and the Holy Trinity. Leighanne has many years of experience in Arts Administration / Music Management, and her clients have included Judy Collins, Sharon Isbin, Mark O'Connor and Bethany Yarrow (daughter to Peter, of Peter, Paul and Mary) among others.
SELECT ENSEMBLE WORK
CHORAL REPERTOIRE
Bach, Cantata No. 56
Cleveland Orchestra, Franz Welser-Möst
Bach, Cantata No. 198
Bard Chamber Singers, Renee Anne Louprette
Bach, Magnificat
Bard College Chorale, Luis Garcia-Reinhardt
Beethoven, Ninth Symphony
Various
Beethoven, Missa Solemnis
Trinity Wall Street, Julian Wachner
Beethoven, Mass in C
Various
Bonds, The Negro Speaks of Rivers
Cooper Union, James Blachly
Brahms, Requiem
Various
Britten, Saint Nicolas
The Orchestra Now, Leon Botstein
Britten, Hymn To St. Cecilia
Trinity Wall Street, Stephen Sands
Durufle, Requiem
Trinity Wall Street, Stephen Sands
Faure, Requiem
Various
Foss, Psalms
Buffalo Philharmonic, JoAnn Falletta
Glass, Symphony No. 5
Trinity Wall Street, Julian Wachner
Handel, Israel in Egypt
Trinity Wall Street, Julian Wachner
Handel, L’Allegro
Trinity Wall Street / Mark Morris / BAM, Colin Fowler
Herbert, The Red Mill
Little Orchestra Society, Dino Anagnost
Hillier, Die Zerstörung Jerusalems
American Symphony Orchestra, Leon Botstein
Ives, A Symphony
San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas
MacMillan, Seven Last Words
Trinity Wall Street, Stephen Sands
Mahler, Symphony No. 2
Kirov Orchestra, Valery Ghergiev
Mahler, Symphony No. 3
The Orchestra Now, Leon Botstein
Mealor, Stabat Mater
Trinity Wall Street, Stephen Sands
McCartney, Ecce Cor Meum
Orchestra of St. Luke’s, Gavin Greenaway
Mozart, Requiem (Levine Completion)
Trinity Wall Street w/ NOVUS NY, Stephen Sands
Pärt, Magnificat
Various
Prokofiev, Alexander Nevsky
New York Philharmonic, Xian Zhang
Price, The Wreckers
American Symphony Orchestra, Leon Botstein
Rachmaninoff, Vespers
Downtown Voices, Stephen Sands
Rheinberger, Mass in Eb
Trinity Wall Street, Stephen Sands
Schumann, Das Paradies
American Symphony Orchestra, Leon Botstein
Schreker, Der Ferne Klang
American Symphony Orchestra, Leon Botstein
Smyth, The Wreckers
American Symphony Orchestra, Leon Botstein
Stravinsky, Les Noces
Michael C. Clark @ Rose Theatre / Lincoln Center
Verdi, Requiem
New York Philharmonic, Lorin Maazel
Wachner, October Garden
Trinity Wall Street, Julian Wachner
Wadsworth, Spire and Shadow
Trinity Wall Street w/ NOVUS NY, Stephen Sands