As a soloist with orchestra, Laura has performed with the Colorado Symphony Orchestra, University of Northern Colorado Wind Ensemble, and the Denver Young Artists Orchestra.

An avid chamber musician, Laura has collaborated in performance with renowned artists such as Itzhak Perlman, Paul Katz, Donald Weilerstein, Roger Tapping, Jeremy Denk, and Jennifer Frautschi. Laura was a founding member of the New York-based LK String Quartet, which was praised by The New York Times as “fiery and propulsive, with striking unanimity” and by The New York Sun as “exceptional…the future of classical music, which looked hale and hearty.”

Laura has won multiple national awards including the William C. Byrd Young Artists Competition, National Foundation for the ARTS, and the Jeff Bradley Young Musicians Award and frequently is awarded merit scholarships to attend festivals in Europe, Asia, Canada and the United States. In 2007, Laura was one of three finalists in The Juilliard School’s concerto competition and performed Walton’s Viola Concerto in Juilliard’s Paul Hall.

Laura is a faculty member at The Juilliard School Pre-College, The Perlman Music Program, The Lucy Moses School, Chamber Music of the Rockies and also serves as a teaching assistant at The Juilliard School College Division. Laura holds a Bachelor and Masters Degree in Viola Performance from The Juilliard School where she studied with renowned viola pedagogue Heidi Castleman, Steven Tenenbom, and Hsin-Yun Huang and chamber music with Robert Mann and David Soyer.

Raised in Denver, Colorado, Laura takes a lot of interest in making classical music accessible and enjoyable for diverse audiences, especially to her peer group, by talking with audiences about music in a way that is understandable and appreciated on a high and universal level.