🦋 Dolly Parton! 🦋
Honored to take part in a private first table read of Dolly Parton’s Broadway bound musical!
Now that Dolly Parton has mentioned it, I can finally share that my dear (and insanely talented) friend, Maria Schlatter, asked me to be a part of the very first private table read of a new musical she has co-written with Dolly about Dolly Parton’s life. 🤯😭🥹🥰 To be in that room, telling her story and reciting her lyrics, all in front of the legend and queen herself, DOLLY PARTON, was an honor and absolutely the most moving and incredible experience I’ve ever been a part of. 🥹
It’s still in the very early stages and this was just the first table read, so who knows what will happen with casting… but true magic happened that day to witness Dolly hearing her life story play out in front of her for the first time. It was full of laughter, goosebumps and tears. This show is brilliant, moving, hilarious and will give you all the feels. Y’all know I’m a huge Dolly fan and I cannot stop talking about all the good she does for the world, if you don’t know - go do a deep dive into all things Dolly. She’s incredibly inspiring and truly a real life earth angel - and yes, she still smells delicious! She makes everyone feel like they are the most important person in the room and the energy she radiates is like no other. We all need a little bit of Dolly in our lives, right now. So… BE. LIKE. DOLLY. 🤘🏻
Thank you, Maria!!! I cannot thank you enough for including me in this special day. I’m so thrilled and excited for you! Your never ending drive and talent is invigorating. You’ve given me TWO of THE BEST days of my life!! How fitting that 5 years ago, the first best day of my life also happened to be in April when we were all in LA with Dolly!! I also still can’t believe I did this reading with a concussion - that’s a story for another day! 💁🏻♀️
Here’s to you and Dolly: Broadway Spring of 2025!!!! 🦋
The Reviews are in
See what people are saying!
"Vocalist Extraordinaire- She sings like a bird, it’s the most beautiful sound I’ve ever heard. Effortless high notes -the highest I’ve ever heard! There is so much emotion in her voice. She is perfection."
Yanni
“When Lauren sings, it touches people - They smile, they cry, they stop what they’re doing and pay attention”
The Palm Beach Post
"A highlight of Saturday evening was when Lauren Jelencovich appeared in the flesh for "Nightingale," and no surprise, she nailed every note."
Syracuse Times
"Lauren Jelencovich is a stunning performer and entertainer. Her beautiful and soaring vocals combined with her vivacious and charming personality make her performances engaging for audiences of all ages. She is one of the best solo voices we have presented at our venue in 26 years of programming. Our audience left the theatre thrilled and exhilarated after the performance. Lauren is, in a word, phenomenal!"
Loni Boyd
General Manager, Fine Arts Programming & Operations Wisconsin Lutheran College
“Few singers in the world possess the vocal pyrotechnics that Lauren Jelencovich commands. Her presence on stage combined with her impeccable technique make her one of her generation’s elite performers.”
Troy Quinn
Music Director, The Venice Symphony and The Owensboro Symphony, Pops Conductor, Rhode Island Philharmonic
"Lauren brought enormous talent, outsized energy, and a range of vocal styles to the stage of the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center in a memorable, frothy performance. She is a force of nature with a voice that soars.”
Janis Martinson
Executive Director, The Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center
"She was wonderful! Beautiful voice, great range of musical selections, from a lively, energetic performer, totally at ease with her audience. She and her very talented accompanist had the audience captivated. On top of that performance, she also offered to appear at our monthly coffeehouse the following night and demonstrated another side of her formidable talents, playing guitar and singing some of her own original songs as well as more traditional ones. A great hit with that intimate cabaret crowd! But there was more… if that wasn’t enough demonstration of her tremendous talents, she also wowed kids in three different schools, doing mini-concerts and working with student vocalists, and performing for a group of pre-schoolers and their parents. Lauren is absolutely a bundle of musical talent and energy - real musical treasure."
Jim Richardson
Music on the Delaware, Walton, NY
“Lauren possesses a world-class talent, extraordinary voice, poise and charm that can conquer any stage. Truly a remarkable force.”
Felipe Tristan, conductor
"Lauren is a fantastic singer with an impressive tonal range and dynamic. Her flexibility and wonderful personality makes her ideal to work with. She can truly sing pop, Broadway, world, folk and classical music with high quality and versatility!"
Leo-Z, Producer/Composer (Josh Groban, Andrea Bocelli)
“Lauren Jelencovich is simply an amazing singer! She has limitless energy on stage, and an incomparable vocal instrument. Opera, Broadway, Crossover--she can sing anything, and sing it well!”
Dr. Brian Pfoltner
Director of Music and Artistic & Executive Director of the Arts for the Soul Music & Fine Arts Series Lincoln, NE
New Dates!
Make sure to check the tour tab for ticket links!
NEW MUSIC VIDEO - Don’t Speak
Announcing Lauren’s 22/23 season!
We are ecstatic to announce Lauren’s upcoming season! Stay tuned for more tour and ticket information!
Savannah Voice Festival tests the waters early with two concerts
Lauren was featured in Connect Savannah’s Arts & Entertainment - Culture this month, as she was the headliner for their first in person concerts since early 2020.
“The Savannah Voice Festival kicks off its first series of live performances since the Pandemic began on May 13 and May 16 as classically-trained international star Lauren Jelencovich headlines both concerts. The Savannah Voice Festival is a non-profit with the mission to bring classical vocal music to the city. They are primarily focused on a two-week festival in August which will be celebrating its ninth incarnation this year. Last year’s festival was virtual.
“Typically, in a non-COVID world, May would be when we announce our dates for our August concert, but this offers us a chance to dip our toes in the live-performance water,” said SVF Executive Director Maria Zouves.
Hailing from Florida, singer Lauren Jelencovich rose to prominence as a reality TV winner on Star Search with Ed McMahon in the mid-1990s. The program might not be known by many since American Idol and America’s Got Talent but back in the day, Drew Carey, Sinbad, Alanis Moisette, Justin Timberlake and Christina Aguilera were competitors. Jelenovich won the grand prize as a high school student and was already booked in MGM Grand and Carnegie Hall by the age of 20. She was also featured in People and Teen Magazine at the time.
She has since won several prizes in the world of operatic performance but has also branched out into releasing pop albums. She has toured as the lead vocalist for New Age musician Yanni since 2010.
In her training, she has also crossed paths with Savannah Voice Festival’s sister non-profit VOICExperience which runs vocal workshops.
During her 60-minute concert, Jelenovich will be sharing stories of her time with VOICExperience and of being on the world stage.
“Lauren fits in that category like Kristin Chenoweth who was classically trained and then moved onto other categories of music,” Zouves said.” - Orrin Konheim, ConnectSavannah.com
Savannah Voice Festival concert!
I’m very excited to announce my first in person live concert (since Covid) will be with my dear friends at the Savannah Voice Festival - May 13th at 7 pm!
Join Lauren for a virtual concert!
December 19 at 7 pm (ET) — LIVE FROM THE LEGENDARY VILLAGE STUDIOS IN LOS ANGELES, LAUREN WILL PERFORM YOUR FAVORITE OPERA ARIAS, BROADWAY CLASSICS & CROSSOVER HITS WE ALL LOVE!
Available worldwide and with On Demand viewing until Jan 31,2021.
This concert is in partnership with:
WALE (We Are Live Entertainment) Rocks and National Day Calendar.
Get your tickets click HERE!
Lauren performs LIVE from Saudi Arabia with Yanni
March 6, 2020
Anthem for the arts
I was beyond honored and thrilled to be a part of this important project!!! I teamed up with some amazing artists to record and film this video in support of the arts! Please take a moment to watch this video of "With a Little Help From My Friends" and download the single today! 100% of net proceeds go to Americans for the Arts and their efforts in Arts Advocacy, funding and education and as they fight to protect the National Endowment for the Arts.
Read our article on Billboard here! Download the single here or where ever music is sold!
Starting the 2016 North American Tour
2016 is filled with a lot of touring and we are just getting started... The past two weeks have been so fun. I love being back on the road with my Yanni family! Make sure you check out the tour schedule to see if I will be singing in a city near you! Please message me on Facebook and let me know which concert you will be at because I would love to meet YOU! :)
Boca Raton, FL
Benefit Concert - Modesto, CA
ATTN: Entire Central Vally! I am singing a Benefit concert on AUG 10 at 7:30 PM at the Gallo Center for The Arts to benefit Joe M. Rykert in his Bone Marrow Transplant. You can purchase tickets here! Joe is an amazing person with an exceptionally wonderful family who have been in my friend Jeremy Stolle's musical life since the day it started. Joe has spent decades doing charity work now he needs our help. It will be an amazing evening featuring Jeremy Stolle, the Modesto Performing arts cast of Guys and dolls The Dance Academy, on the piano will be Philip Smallwood and so many more. Please come! Your ticket will support this amazing family and their many many grandchildren. Joe has been a part of it all Townsend Opera, Modesto Symphony Orchestra, YES Company Center Stage Kids, Modesto Junior College Modesto View,
If you can't make the concert please consider a donation to his cancer fund by clicking here!
Aug 3, 2014 CD Release concert in NY!
Interview and performance on Bite Size TV!
March 7, 2014
Lauren had a chance to sit down with the lovely ladies of The Girl Spot on BiteSizeTV yesterday! They talked about her new album, Wildest Dreams, the Yanni tour and yes even Adele Dazeem! :) She also did a LIVE in studio performance of the title song on her album, In Your Wildest Dreams and The Prayer! Click on the highlighted links to check it out her performance and see her interview HERE!
Lauren is featured on Yanni's new album "Inspirato"
with Placido Domingo, Renee Fleming and more!
Lauren heading back out on tour with Yanni!
Dec. 1, 2014
Lauren just returned from performing with Yanni in Izamal, Mexico and San Juan, Puerto Rico. Read the review from the Yucatan Times here!
"The climax came with “Nightingale”, a song written for the occasion of his presentation in the Forbidden City in Beijing , China" - The Yucatan Times
Now she's getting ready for the 2 week tour throughout Florida!
We may be in a city near you! Check out the Schedule page here to see the dates. You can also purchase tickets through Yanni's website!
Lauren featured in the Wall Street Journal!
On October 6th, Jenny Oz LeRoy threw a Wizard of Oz themed birthday party at her incredible loft apartment in Manhattan. ELEW, asked if Lauren would be a surprise guest and perform with him to sing "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" for the birthday girl! ELEW came up with a beautiful arrangement of the song. The plan went without a hitch. Jenny was thoroughly surprised and all of her guests had an incredible time!
Broadway in the Berkshires!
On July 8th, 2013 Lauren and many of Broadways finest gathered together and put on one great benefit for Shakespeare and Co. The evening was produced by Deborah Grausman and had highlights from favorite Broadway musicals and concluded with a VIP reception where Alan Menken (famed composer of many Disney songs) graced us with a group sing-a-long of some of his most beloved tunes.
House Concert with Peter Breiner
Peter Breiner put together the most amazing House Concert at his home on May 25th, 2013. He wanted an old European tradition of Hauskonzerte so the esteemed pianist, conductor and composer invited young musicians who he had met by serendipity to perform with him. Lauren met Peter at one of their favorite cafes in New York, Piccolo Cafe. She then realized that her music theory teacher at the Manhattan School of Music had played his album "Beatles Go Baroque" for her class every Friday. The concert was fabulous!