Organist │ Conductor │ Vocalist 

Conductor, organist, and collaborative artist — Lorraine is a classically trained musician whose artistry spans many genres and musical styles. Her work includes conducting and producing 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). 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 in one year, as well as created the first choral music education program at the Catholic Academy of Waterbury for all 200 students. From 2020-2022, Lorraine served as Chorus Master for The Passion Project, an original composition and semi-staged performance by J.J. Wright with the Notre Dame Folk Choir (recording release in February 2023). 

As an organist, Lorraine specializes in Baroque and early music and has given recitals in Boston, Philadelphia, Worcester, and Hartford. In her early years of training, Lorraine held the position of Organ Scholar at two institutions: the Cathedral of St. Joseph in Hartford, CT and the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, MA. 

Lorraine and her husband, Mike, live in central Connecticut and are happily awaiting the arrival of their first child in early 2024.

LORRAINE  SALERNI