Naomi LaViolette, Accompanist
Naomi LaViolette (she/her) is a composer, collaborative pianist, singer-songwriter, and recording artist with a master’s degree in classical piano performance. Her work spans classical, jazz, folk, and popular genres. Since 2004, she has served as collaborative pianist for the Oregon Repertory Singers, and her performance career has included appearances at venues such as Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall, the Portland Jazz Festival, and live broadcasts on All Classical Portland’s Thursdays at 3.
A published composer with Graphite and Santa Barbara Music Publishing, Naomi is also a contributing composer for the Oregon Symphony Lullaby Project. Her compositions, praised by Fanfare Magazine for their “mastery of choral writing,” have been performed worldwide in a wide range of settings, from primary school choirs to professional choruses, as well as in sacred services and academic performances.
In 2018, her piece “Melancholy Flower” was featured on Shadows on the Stars, an album by the Oregon Repertory Singers that went on to win the American Prize. Other works, including “Night of Silence,” “Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence,” and “Winter Solstice,” were included on the Oregon Repertory Singers’ 2023 album 50. Naomi’s background in music theory, musical analysis, and composition, along with her extensive experience as a choral accompanist, chamber musician, and soloist since 2001, deeply informs her compositional voice.
She is regularly commissioned to write new choral works and arrangements, further expanding her contribution to the choral repertoire. Her music, whether written for choirs, chamber ensembles, soloists, or orchestras, is deeply rooted in themes of nature, spirituality, and human connection.