A native of Colorado Springs, French horn player Laura Weiner received her bachelor’s degree summa cum laude from Northwestern University and her master’s degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison on a University Fellowship. Laura has performed with musical groups as diverse as the New World Symphony, Ensemble Dal Niente, and Madison Bach Musicians. She has been a member of the LaCrosse and Beloit Janesville symphony orchestras in Wisconsin, and has played in orchestras at the Texas Music Festival, Colorado College Summer Music Festival, and American Institute of Musical Studies in Graz, Austria. As a chamber musician, she was a fellow of the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival. Her principal teachers include Gail Williams, Douglas Hill, William Barnewitz, and Daniel Grabois.

As an advocate for accessible and interesting performances, Laura has co-directed the chamber music collective Classical Revolution Madison and served as the programming director for Grace Presents, an outreach concert series in Madison. For four years, she directed a weekly mentorship program for at-risk youth in Evanston, Illinois, called the Breakfast Club. As part of her Academy program, Laura teaches in Queens at Grover Cleveland High School.