Laura MacKnight

Name:	Laura MacKnight
Location:	Upper Cumberland United States 38501
Contact:	Email: laucellist@gmail.com Send Laura MacKnight a message

Additional Info:

MM Cello Performance – UF 2012
Prof. in Major Area: Dr. Steven Thomas

BM Cello Performance
University of São Paulo - Brazil, 2006
Prof. in Major Area: Dr. Robert Suetholz

Studies in Cello Pedagogy
Indiana University, 2001.
Prof. in Major Area: Mr. Emilio Colón
Prof. of Pedagogy: Ms. Helga Winold

Laura MacKnight is a Cellist with vast experience as a performer, having worked as principal cellist and soloist for several instrumental and choral ensembles in Brazil and the USA. She earned a few prizes for solo and chamber music, having played in Brazil, the USA, Argentina, and Japan.
Laura earned her B.M. in Cello Performance at the University of São Paulo - USP(Brazil), a specialization in Cello Education and Performance at Indiana University – IU, and a M.M. focused on Cello Performance at the University of Florida - UF.
Laura has worked as an Assistant cello teacher at USP, USM (University of Southern Mississippi) and UF, and worked as an Adjunct Professor of Cello and Chamber Music at the Federal University of Uberlandia (Brazil).
Currently, Laura teaches strings at Studio Musicalis and coordinates the Upper Cumberland Philharmonic.. She also performs with local orchestras in TN and KY.

Additional Specialisms:

Orchestral Playing, Session Work, Solo Performance