Pianist Laurie Rogers is artistic coordinator and assistant conductor for the Opera Company of Philadelphia, where she has been a member of the music staff for the past 11 years. She has also served on the music staff of Washington Opera, Opera Theatre of St. Louis, Wolf Trap Opera, Boston Lyric Opera, Sarasota Opera, and Tulsa Opera, and has been a faculty member with the New England Conservatory opera department, the Lake Placid Institute for the Arts, and the Chautauqua Institution vocal program. She has assisted in the creation of many new American operas, including extensive involvement in the preparation of Richard Danielpour’s opera Margaret Garner. She accompanies regularly for the Philadelphia Orchestra and is in demand in the Philadelphia area as a coach and recital accompanist.
