Laurie Jarski
Laurie A. Jarski composer, cellist, singer/songwriter, guitarist, multi-string instrumentalist, and owner/director of Broughton Music Center, Northville Center for Music & Art, & WPI Festival On the Land Music Camp for Women & Girls. Laurie is a professional cellist and or multi-instrumentalist in several groups, the Aurora & Antheia ensemble, C•O•R•Etet String Quartet, Octocelli, the Presence of Three Trio, Red Willow Dream, the Battle Creek Symphony, and has served as principal cellist with The National Women’s Music Festival Orchestra under Nan Washburn since 2015. Laurie currently coaches a ‘String Quartet Plus’ program in Northville & Kalamazoo for youth & adult string players, and has recently coached at a Sturgis Chamber String Music Retreat last spring. The most recent performance project was a collaboration between her newly formed ensemble; Aurora & Antheia & the Wellspring Dance Company to create an all original program including several improvisations for ‘Tendrils’, which resulted in three sold out shows in May, 2024.
Laurie has composed commissioned works for orchestra, chamber orchestra, choir, and a variety of chamber ensemble pieces. The featured sampling of compositions include, Untitled (Brazilian Mirage) for Mixed Chamber Ensemble; 2020, Egyptian Blue Jazz Bowl with Flared Rim for Solo Guitar; 2020, Swamp Over 8th Street for Minstrel Banjo: 2020, God Rest Ye! Orchestral Renderings; 2015, Funky Blues for Cello Quartet; 2012, The Star to Every Wandering Bark for Choir, Chamber Orchestra, and Percussion; 2010, Travel Modalities for 16 Celli; 2008, An Amethyst Remembrance for Mezzo Soprano, Chamber Choir and Orchestra; 1995.
Laurie's Studio
Private Lessons: Violin, Viola, Cello, Bass, Ac. Guitar, El. Bass, Ukulele, Mandolin, Banjo, Mtn. Dulcimer, Theory, Composition
Styles: Classical, Folk, Blues, Jazz, Pop, American, & Modern Music
Group Classes: Youth Quartet Plus, Adult Quartet Plus
Teaching Location/s: Kalamazoo & Northville
Schedule: Mon-Tue; Kalamazoo, Wed-Thu; Northville
Virtual Private Lesson Availability: Monday, 2:00-2:30 pm, Monday, 9:00-9:30 pm, Tuesday, 12:30-1:00 pm, Tuesday, 4:00-4:30 pm, Tuesday, 5:00-5:30 pm, Wednesday 4:00-4:30 pm, Wednesday 6:30-7:00 pm, Thursday 3:30-4:00 pm, Thursday 6:45-7:15 pm, Friday, 4:30-5:00 pm, Friday, 7:00-7:30 pm
Philosophy/Quote: Artistic expression is the oracle of the soul, and I endeavor to help assist my students to discover and foster that experience with their music, and in their lives.
Primary Teachers: Winifred Mayes; cello, Anthony Iannaccone; composition, Nina DeVeritch; cello, Ramon Zupko; composition
Education: Masters of Music, Performance & Composition; WMU, Bachelor of Music; Performance; EMU
Awards: String Area Music Scholarship; Western Michigan University, Music Alumni Friends Scholastic Award; Western Michigan University, Dillman Music Performance Scholarship Award; Eastern Michigan University, Campus Leader Scholarship
Organizations: Musician’s Committee Secretary; Battle Creek Symphony, Vice President; KAAF (Kalamazoo Amateur Athletic Federation), Cellist; Octocelli Cello Ensemble, Event Organizer; WPI Festival On the Land
Performance Links: Call Me To My Heart, Tipping Point Theatre, Ampelopsis I, Aurora & Antheia, Reflections On Water, Aurora & Antheia, Ode to Celli, Aurora & Antheia, Swamp Over 8th Street, Rhythm Cordia- 2018, Funky Blues- 2013, Travel Modalities- 2007