Organist │ Conductor │ Vocalist
Conductor, organist, and collaborative artist — Lorraine is classically trained musician whose artistry spans many genres and musical styles. Based in Northeast United States, she has held prestigious positions beginning in her formative years as Organ Scholar at the Cathedral of St. Joseph in Hartford, CT and then Organ Scholar at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, MA. At 25 years old, Lorraine became Music Director at the Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Waterbury, CT where she revived the music ministry by establishing the church's first children's choir, recruiting and hiring a core team of musicians, restoring the instruments, welcoming guest artists and ensembles, and laying major groundwork for the New Organ Project.
Lorraine is sought after as an independent collaborative artist. From 2020-2022, Lorraine served as Chorus Master for The Passion Project, an original 90 minute choral composition by Grammy Award winning composer J.J. Wright alongside the Notre Dame Folk Choir (recording release in February 2023). She prepared and accompanied the 50+ choristers on the premiere tour in the United States, and afterwards to record the album in Jerusalem, Israel. Lorraine conducted select movements of The Little Match Girl Passion by David Lang for Opera Notre Dame in collaboration with the Notre Dame Music Department and Four/Ten Media (WINNER: Opera America Awards for Digital Excellence, November 2022). She has hosted multiple workshops on various music topics, most recently with Ballet Hartford in Hartford, CT. As an organist, Lorraine specializes in Baroque and early music and has given recitals in Boston, Philadelphia, Worcester, and Hartford.
Having loved music all her life, Lorraine is an advocate for young musicians and their musical education. She has taught private lessons to dozens of students as well as written music curriculum. In tandem with the Basilica, Lorraine established a school-wide choral program for Catholic Academy of Waterbury, CT for all 200 students (Pre-K through 8th grade). She additionally started a children's choir for the Church of St. Monica in Mishawaka, IN and worked extensively with the Notre Dame Children's Choir while completing her master’s degree in sacred music and choral conducting at the University of Notre Dame, IN. Now with two kids of her own, Lorraine is composing her first collection of songs for children to be published by the end of 2026.
Albums…
Chorus Master & Assistant Director, 2020-2022
The Passion: an original 90 min musical reflection on the holy works, words, and suffering of Christ. Composed by Grammy Award winner J.J. Wright, this semi-staged piece premiered in March, 2022 and later that same year was recorded and produced by multi Grammy Award winner Joe Henry in Jerusalem, Israel.
Assistant Choral Director, 2021
Featuring A Ceremony of Carols by Benjamin Britten along with other musical Christmastide favorites sung by choristers of the Notre Dame Children’s Choir, IN.
Projects…
Performance excerpts…
Lorraine conducts the processional chant, “Immense caeli conditur” and “Magnificat” by Daniel Justin
Lorraine conducts “Jesu, Lover of My Soul” for the 40th Anniversary Concert of the Notre Dame Folk Choir
Lorraine conducts “Out of Darkness” for the 40th Anniversary Concert of the Notre Dame Folk Choir
From 2020-2022, Lorraine was Chorus Master The Passion Project which premiered in the US and was recorded in Jerusalem, Israel.
Conductor
Lorraine’s ability to work collaboratively with young and old voices led her to the University of Notre Dame where she received her Masters in Sacred Music, Choral Conducting in 2021. While at Notre Dame, she co-directed the Chamber and Liturgical Choirs as part of the Sacred Music Academy. She prepared choristers for a special Christmas performance with the South Bend Symphony Orchestra in 2019 and for their latest album, Ceremony of Carols, along with weekly Vespers at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart. Lorraine served as choral assistant for the University’s Folk Choir and prepared this chorus for Notre Dame’s production of Jesus Christ Superstar in 2021 and for their 40th Anniversary Concert. Soon after, Lorraine would become the chorus master for the creation, production, and performance of The Passion. She accompanied the Folk Choir on the premiere tour in the United States and for the recording in Jerusalem, Israel.
During her tenure as music director at the Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Waterbury, CT, Lorraine established the church’s first children’s choir, welcoming nearly 30 young musicians of the parish, as well as the first choral music education program at Catholic Academy of Waterbury for its 200 students, PreK-8th Grade.
Organist
Lorraine received her first instruction in the pipe organ from the Hartt School of Music, Hartford, Connecticut. She held the position of Organ Scholar at the Cathedral of St. Joseph for eight years, performing for liturgies and assisting with concerts and conferences hosted by the Cathedral’s music program throughout the Archdiocese of Hartford. In 2015, Lorraine became the Organ Scholar at the College of the Holy Cross; this four-year, full tuition scholarship (awarded to one student every three years) included an apprenticeship with organists James David Christie and Ezequiel Menéndez. As part of her organ training, Lorraine has travelled on study tours to Europe and participated in multiple workshops at conservatories in the United States including Curtis Institute for Music, Oberlin Conservatory, Eastman School of Music, Hartt School of Music, and University of Notre Dame. As a recitalist, Lorraine has performed at venues throughout the Northeast including Mechanics Hall in Worcester, First Lutheran Church in Boston, and on the Wanamaker Organ in Philadelphia.
