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February 14, 2010
Forbidden Flutes performance of Valentines
Program
Pender Harbour Concert Series, BC, 3 PM
March 8, 2010
Premeire Instruments of Change event, fundraiser for The Girl Effect
House Concert, International Women's Day, Vancouver, BC, 6 PM
April 15, 2010
Forbidden Flutes performance of Flute Loops
Clamour Series, Western Front, Vancouver, BC, 6 PM
September 2010
Premiere of solo recital theatre piece, What Moves Us, based on world travels
Fringe Festival, Vancouver, BC
After leaving her University of Oregon post in 2008, Laura has been pursuing an independent career in Vancouver. She is excited to be spending more time collaborating with Forbidden Flutes. In an effort to expand thier already broad repertoire, she is arranging everything from Imogen Heap and film music to Steve Reich and Shostakovich. She is also planning several other chamber music events that she will be producing in wineries, museums, teahouses, and other alternative venues throughout BC. Additionally, she continues to tour as a soloist, offering recitals, master classes, and yoga workshops.
This spring, she and Liesa Norman completed Forbidden Flutes' new jazz-influenced CD, Take the L Train, which includes numerous tracks that they arranged or composed themselves. It is now available on CD Baby, itunes, Amazon.com, Flute World (they are using it as their hold music for phone orders!).
Additionally, she and Liesa are developing a television, The Flute Doctors, to pitch to Bravo Canada. By drawing natural parallels between the genres of rock, jazz, and film music to many brilliant works in the classical repertoire, they hope to inspire new listeners to classical music. They plan to upload a sample podcast to their website, forbiddenflutes.com, shortly.
Currently, she is developing a charity-fundrasiing house concert series in Vancouver, Instruments of Change, which will host benefit concerts for the Heart and Sroke Foundation as well as Brain Cancer Research next season.
She has also begun writing her first novel, The Mosquito Chronicles, loosely based on her '06-'07 Round-the-World travels. And she continues to develop her recital/theater piece, What Moves Us, based on these same life changing experiences.
Since 2004, Laura has been organizing a consortium of former Samuel Baron students to raise enough funds to commission Pulitzer Prize winning composer, Joseph Schwantner, to write a major Flute & Piano Sonata in Sam's honor. This exquisite work is now complete and was premiered by Alexa Still at the National Flute Association Convention in New York City in August 2009. Thanks to everyone who helped make this possible!
Go to Laura and Geoff's adventures pages
Past Performances
November 21-23, 2009
Recording of original yoga music with cellist, Suzannah Schulze
Colorado Springs, CO
November 16-19, 2009
Guest Artist Faculty at CU- Boulder, CO
lessons, master class, yoga and Sell Art, Not Out workshops
November 8, 2009
Forbidden Flutes performance of Bach to Beck
Cellar Jazz Club, Vancouver, BC, 8 PM
October 27, 2009
Performances with Vancouver New Music
Scotiabank Dance Centre, Vancouver, BC, 9 PM
October 8, 2009
Forbidden Flutes school show performance, Bach Rocks and Mozart Swings
West Point Grey Academy, Vancouver, BC 10 AM
August 15, 2009
Leading Yoga and the Breath workshop at the National Flute Association Convention
Marriot Marquis, New York City, NY, 5:30-6:30 PM
July 26, 2009
Forbidden Flutes performance of new duo program, Bach to Beck
Alexander Park Summer Series, Vancouver, BC, 3 PM
July 13-17, 2009
Serving on faculty of Rocky Ridge Music Camp, Estes Park, CO
June 2009
Performances with the Vancouver Symphony: Prokofiev Symphony No. 5, Mahler Symphony NO. 6, Stravinsky Symphony of Psalms, Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver, BC
May 3, 2009
Solo Recital for Syrinx Flute Club, with her new arrangement of Stravinsky's Suite Italienne (based on Pulcinella)
First Presbyterian church, Winnipeg, MB, 8 PM
May 1, 2009
Forbidden Flutes with her new arrangements of Eric Satie, from American Beauty, & Amelie, as well as the premiere of Laura's original composition, Tata Sonata, based on the crazy car horn motives she heard in India
Hermann's Jazz Club, Victoria, BC, 8 PM
March 14 & 15, 2009
Forbidden Flutes' Arizona Tour - Sedona Synagogue, March 14 &
Wine Loft, Flagstaff, AZ, March 15
March 1, 2009
Brandenburg 2, 4 & 5 at the Salt Spring Island Festival
Art Spring Center, Salt Spring Island, BC, 3 PM
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