Laura Andel facts for kids
Laura Andel (born in 1968) is a talented musician, conductor, and composer from Argentina. She creates amazing music!
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About Laura Andel
Laura Andel was born in Argentina. She has family roots from Moldova. She started learning music in Buenos Aires when she was just five years old. As a child, she played woodwind instruments. She also began writing her own music at a young age.
Laura studied Tango performance in Buenos Aires. Later, in 1993, she went to the Berklee College of Music in Boston. There, she learned about jazz composition and how to write music for movies.
After finishing her studies, Laura moved to New York City in 2000. She works there as a composer and conductor. She leads her own group, the Laura Andel Orchestra. She has led her music in many cities. These include New York, Boston, Buenos Aires, Caracas, and Berlin.
Today, Laura is also a professor. She teaches at Hostos Community College in New York.
Awards and Special Recognitions
Laura Andel has received many awards and honors for her music. These show how much her work is appreciated:
- BMI Foundation-Jerry Harrington Jazz Composers Award
- Rockefeller Foundation fellow at the Bellagio Study Center in Italy
- Margaret Fairbank Jory Copying Assistance Program Grant from the American Music Center
- Music Composition Grant from the Massachusetts Cultural Council
- Artist-in-residence at the MacDowell Colony in Peterborough, New Hampshire (in 2002)
- Artist-in-residence at Sacatar Foundation in Bahia, Brazil (in 2003 and 2004)
Her Music Works
Laura Andel loves to write music for large groups of musicians. Her songs mix ideas from Jazz and classical music. She often uses interesting and unusual combinations of instruments. Some of her well-known works include:
- SomnambulisT'
- In::Tension:..
- Doble Mano
- Apsides
- In the midst
- Noise Machine
Recorded Music (Discography)
Laura's music has been recorded and released on CDs. Here are some of her albums:
- Berklee Discover (1997)
- SomnambulisT Orchestra SomnambulisT Red Toucan (2002)
- Laura Andel Orchestra/Doble Mano
- Jazz Composers Alliance Orchestra In, Thru, and Out (2003)
- Amalgam(e) 10 years of Red Toucan (2004)
- Jazz Composers Alliance Orchestra Celebration of the Spirit (2004)
- Laura Andel Electric Percussive Orchestra/I n : : t e n s i o n : Rossbin Records (2005)
She also has some independent releases:
- Laura Andel Music for [+°-] 20 Musicians (2000)
- Laura Andel Jazz Orchestra (1997)
- Laura Andel & Oli Bott Jazz Orchestra Live in Berlin 1999 (1999)
- Laura Andel & Oli Bott Jazz Orchestra (1998)
