Lauren Sonder is a composer and performer living and working in Oklahoma. Her music draws on a mix of pop and classical aesthetics and has been described as dreamy, layered, and resonant. She enjoys collaboration and has worked with visual artists, dancers, choreographers, and flow artist Sarah Abear. In 2024, she was awarded a Creative Project grant by the Norman Arts Council to write and record new music, in collaboration with Sarah Abear.
Lauren has performed at the University of Oklahoma, the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, Opolis, and other local venues. Her compositions have been performed at the Oklahoma Contemporary Dance Festival, the Summer Burklyn Ballet Theatre, and the Oklahoma Composers Salon Concert series.
Lauren has a Bachelor’s Degree in music from the New England Conservatory of Music and a Master’s Degree in music from the University of Oklahoma. She works as a teaching artist in her home piano studio.
UPCOMING SHOWS
Thursday, 1/30/25, 6:30pm
Felt Piano Dreams
Contact for location
Friday, 2/7/25, 6:00pm
Paseo First Friday
with Sarah Abear
RECENT WORK
On Different Place Same Time:
“This piece feels like finding a note I made for myself when things were impossibly hard, promising that it would get better, and finding that note again now that they have.” – Bad French on Substack
CONTACT LAUREN
pianoandtime@gmail.com
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