Mary Lorson
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Mary Lorson is an American singer-songwriter
and composer
. Perhaps best known for her time as the lead singer of Alternative
Pop
group Madder Rose
, Lorson founded the group Mary Lorson and Saint Low in 1999, and that group released three full-length discs. Lorson and Billy Coté created the original score for "What Remains: The Life and Art of Sally Mann" for Steven Cantor and HBO. She and Coté have a son, Roman. Lorson has been commissioned to create original music for the Cornell University Dance Department, the Ithaca Motion Picture Project, FLEFF, and other arts organizations. A breast cancer survivor and high school English teacher in Ithaca, New York, Lorson currently fronts the group Mary Lorson and the Soubrettes, a vintage-inspired ensemble channeling the music for Lorson's original play about Eva Tanguay, "Freak Baby and the Kill Thought."
Singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...
and composer
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
. Perhaps best known for her time as the lead singer of Alternative
Alternative rock
Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...
Pop
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
group Madder Rose
Madder Rose
Madder Rose was a New York City-based alternative rock band who recorded in the 1990s. The band was fronted by Mary Lorson, who shared songwriting duties with guitarist Billy Coté. The two singer/songwriters continued their collaboration, Cote as guest producer on Lorson's three discs with Saint...
, Lorson founded the group Mary Lorson and Saint Low in 1999, and that group released three full-length discs. Lorson and Billy Coté created the original score for "What Remains: The Life and Art of Sally Mann" for Steven Cantor and HBO. She and Coté have a son, Roman. Lorson has been commissioned to create original music for the Cornell University Dance Department, the Ithaca Motion Picture Project, FLEFF, and other arts organizations. A breast cancer survivor and high school English teacher in Ithaca, New York, Lorson currently fronts the group Mary Lorson and the Soubrettes, a vintage-inspired ensemble channeling the music for Lorson's original play about Eva Tanguay, "Freak Baby and the Kill Thought."
Compilations & TV/Film Placements
- "Chamber Music," (36 artists interpret James Joyce's epic poem) 2008
- "You Remember," (Madder Rose) placed on "The Sopranos" 2007
- songs placed in "Alias," "Skins," "Six Degrees," "My So-Called Life," "Felicity," "Nordkraft" various MTV shows
- "Ultra Anxiety" (Madder Rose) in "Mad Love" 1995 (directed by Antonia Bird)
With Mary Lorson & Saint Low
- Realistic, 2006 (as Mary Lorson & Saint Low)
- Tricks for Dawn, 2002 (as Mary Lorson & Saint Low)
- Saint Low, 2000
With Billy Coté
- "What Remains" original score, 2007
- "Barrier Device" original score, 2004
- Piano Creeps, 2003
- "Two Left Shoes," 2003
With Madder Rose
- Bring It Down, 1993
- Panic On, 1994
- The Love You Save, (EP) 1995
- Tragic Magic, 1997
- Hello June Fool, 1999