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BIOGRAPHY |
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Laura Cannell is a highly acclaimed and innovative performer/composer based in Norfolk, UK. She is the founder member of the cutting edge contemporary instrumental duo Horses Brawl which she founded in 2003 and is currently supported by the Arts Council of England's Escalator Scheme for New Music and has recently had an artist residency at Aldeburgh Music. She was also recently awarded a professional development grant by the Musician's Benevolent Fund for research and study of traditional folk fiddle styles. Laura is a musician who combines classical and traditional folk techniques: A conservatoire trained recorder player and a self-taught folk fiddle player she has performed throughout the UK and in Canada and Ireland. Over the past eight years Laura has established herself as a performer with both virtuoso and experimental qualities. She has performed at some of the UK's top Music Festivals & Venues including Brighton Early Music Festival, Bath International Music Festival, Cambridge Early Music Series, The Bloomsbury Festival, The City of London Festival, Oxford Folk Festival, Norwich Arts Centre, Norwich Playhouse. and London's Southbank. As well as performing live on BBC Radio 3's 'In Tune', she has also been recorded live in concert with Horses Brawl for Late Junction and The Early Music Show. In 2010 Laura was invited to give performance lectures and a Creative Entrepreneurship seminar to graduates and undergraduates at the University of East Anglia. Laura also gives one to one tuition on recorder and folk fiddle and has given workshops at the University of East Anglia, The Royal Academy of Music, Colchester Institute, Anglia Ruskin University and Wolverhampton University Music decpartments. She has also led many fiddle and improvisation workshops.
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| Arts Council of England Lottery Funding/Escalator Music Aldeburgh Composer Residency Arts Council of England – Escalator Scheme Extended Project 2010 - 2011 Musician’s Benevolent Fund, Professional Development Award 2009 - 2010 Fiddle Project Arts Council of England – Escalator Scheme Horses Brawl collaboration 2008 - 2009 Arts Council of England – Repertoire Development for the Recorder 2004 - 2005 Cambridge Early Music Summer School Bursary to attend 2004/2005 Elected as a Woodwind Fellow – London College of Music 2001 |
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| The Recorder Magazine Article New Venues & New Music for the Recorder The European Recorder Teacher’s Association Newsletter : The Recorder Player as Archaeologist or Artist CD Reviews for The Recorder Magazine Research Assistant to Folklorist Jennifer Westwood, Oct 2003 – Jan 2005. Researcher for ’Lore of the Land’ published by Penguin. |
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2012 The Harmonious Association - Concert Series featuring Laura Cannell with Philip Thorby, Carolyn Gibley, Tatty Theo, Lisa Cassidy, Ellie Harrison, Farran Scott and Hugh Lupton |
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