A native of Los Angeles, Laurie Christman was raised in a musical home as her mother had been an opera singer. Her melodic compositional style has been influenced by the music of the Romantic and Impressionist eras. Christman’s compositions embody those musical aesthetics while directing the listener toward a future where concert music continues to be relevant, meaningful, accessible, and inspirational. Nature provides inspiration to much of this collection of six of her orchestral works — the first commercial recording of her works with orchestra — performed by the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Robert Ziegler.