Entering her first full year with The COT, Laura has an extensive performance track record. She has performed with such notable organizations as the Raleigh, Durham, Wilmington, Greensboro, Wichita and North Carolina Symphonies; Musica Musicians; and the Choral Society of Durham.

Laura studied music at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, as well as under the tutelage of Andrzej Grabiec and Nancy Luttrell, both from Wichita, Kansas.

A native of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Laura home schools her two children while freelancing and working for the Raleigh Symphony Orchestra.