Lorna MacLachlan...

 

Composer/arranger/pianist/vocalist/educator

 

After 25 years in the music business, Lorna has honed her skills in all of these areas and more. A sought after lecturer, clinician,  teacher, composer and performer, she brings a diversified approach to her music.

After completing a master’s degree in composition, Lorna embarked on a career as a composer providing award winning original music for Theatre Companies; (Theatre Calgary, Lunchbox Theatre), Dance Companies (Decidedly Jazz Danceworks, Springboard Dance Collectives), National media Companies (CBC, Access Network) and a variety of commercial and artistic enterprises across the spectrum of music genres.

While Lorna continues to work on commissioned pieces for various groups (Water Music – written for the City of Calgary), her focus remains on writing and performing original compositions in her unique Jazz/Folk style and developing her voice as an artist.

Her fourth album, “Time 4 Change”, is due out in May of 2011 and drives home her thoughtful and insightful compositions backed by a killer group of Jazz musicians. In collaboration with producer Claire Lawrence, they have balanced Lorna’s introspective ballads with her unique rhythm driven Jazz instrument pieces to create a CD for enjoyment by seasoned Jazz listeners to the curious testers of Jazz.

Lorna has always been passionate about music education and believes strongly that great talent exists in a variety of different groups and people that need support and an opportunity  to grow. She  has taught privately for many years and is a talented educator in the public education system (Jazz Bands, Concert Choirs, Jazz Choirs and orchestras) and has inspired students to gain admission into some of the most competitive post-secondary schools in North America.