Strings of Emotion

Laura Blankenship is an active performer and teacher throughout North Carolina. She is principal second violin of the Salisbury Symphony and the North Carolina Chamber Orchestra, and she performs in the Fayetteville Symphony, Western Piedmont Symphony, Carolina Philharmonic, and Danville Symphony. Laura has also recorded string quartet arrangements by Lynne Latham and performed in pit orchestras for musical theatre productions.

Laura holds degrees from the University of North Carolina Greensboro and the University of Wyoming where her teachers were Fabián López and John Fadial, respectively. At UW, she was selected to perform in solo and chamber master classes for renowned artists including Gerard Schwarz, Charles Castleman, the Ying Quartet, and the Danish Quartet. She served as associate concertmaster of the UW Symphony and served as principal second, associate concertmaster, and concertmaster of the UW Chamber Orchestra.



Laura maintains a large studio of dedicated students at St. Mary’s Music Academy in High Point, Upbeat Music Company in Lewisville, and her home in Winston-Salem. Her students have been accepted into both All-County and Western-Regional orchestras.



This spring Laura will perform Schubert’s Violin Sonata in A minor at St. Mary’s Music Academy in April and participate in a chamber series called “Classical Revolution Winston-Salem” in which local musicians perform classical works in relaxed settings.
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In addition to performing, Laura has been an assistant librarian at Eastern Music Festival since 2014.