ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR

Laura Grant grew up in Michigan, where she was a private clarinet student of Dr. John Masserini and Dr. Kimberly Cole Luevano. While attending Haslett High School, Laura participated in the Michigan Youth Arts Festival, The University of Michigan Youth Band, Interlochen Summer Arts Camp and was principal clarinetist of the Michigan State University Honor Band. She graduated in the top ten of her class with music scholarship offers from multiple top universities and conservatories.

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While at The University of Michigan, Laura was in the studio of Deborah Chodacki and participated in all four University ensembles, including the highly selective University Symphony Orchestra.  She served as principal clarinetist of the Michigan Pops Orchestra, the Energize Conducting Workshop ensemble and the Pierre Monteux School Orchestra. While a full-time student, Laura maintained a private lesson schedule of 20 students.  Laura graduated with a Bachelor of Music in Clarinet Performance, with academic honors.

In July of 2006, Laura had the opportunity to relocate her private studio to Northern Virginia.  She has helped clarinet, Eb clarinet and bass clarinet students earn top chairs in All-District Bands for Virginia Districts 9, 10, 11, 12 and 16 and receive superior ratings at Solo & Ensemble Festival. Students of the Grant Clarinet Studio have performed in All-Virginia Bands and been awarded collegiate music scholarships for clarinet performance and music education.  Laura is an adjudicator for the Senior Regional Orchestra, District Bands, and Fairfax County Solo & Ensemble Festivals, and is currently the clarinet instructor for several award winning music programs, including Thoreau Middle School and James Madison High School in Vienna, Virginia.  She is in demand as a performer and woodwind clinician in Northern Virginia and Washington DC. Laura performs exclusively on her own, handcrafted clarinet reeds and was recently featured as the guest expert on reed-making on the podcast Clarineat. She plays on a Yamaha CSG II clarinet and Vandoren mouthpieces. Laura lives with her husband Chris, a clarinetist with “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band, and their children, Jack and Abby, in Reston, Virginia.

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