As a performer, violist Laura Seay has been characterized as “a burst of unbound energy” (The East Hampton Star), and her enthusiasm for classical music continues to attract audiences across the globe. Ms. Seay first won national recognition in performance with Itzhak Perlman and members of The Perlman Music Program for a nationally televised broadcast of the 2003 “Live from Lincoln Center”. Since then, she has appeared in performance at the Kennedy Center Honors in Washington, D.C., Carnegie Hall in New York City, Nichols Concert Hall in Chicago, and yearly performances throughout North America and Europe. As a soloist with orchestra, Ms. Seay has performed with the Colorado Symphony Orchestra, University of Northern Colorado Wind Ensemble, and the Denver Young Artists Orchestra.
An avid chamber musician, Ms. Seay has collaborated in performance with renowned artists such as Itzhak Perlman, Paul Katz, Donald Weilerstein, Jeremy Denk, and Jennifer Frautschi. Ms. Seay is a founding member of the New York-based LK String Quartet, which is revered by The New York Times as “fiery and propulsive, with striking unanimity” and by The New York Sun as “exceptional…the future of classical music, which looked hale and hearty.” The LK String Quartet continues to garner attention, and is beginning to be regarded as one of the foremost young string quartets in the country.
Ms. Seay has won multiple national awards including the William C. Byrd Young Artists Competition, National Foundation for the ARTS, and the Jeff Bradley Young Musicians Award and frequently is awarded merit scholarships to attend festivals in Europe, Asia, Canada and the United States. In 2007, Ms. Seay was one of three finalists in The Juilliard School’s concerto competition and performed Walton’s Viola Concerto in Juilliard’s Paul Hall.
Ms. Seay is a faculty member at The Juilliard School Pre-College, The Perlman Music Program, The Lucy Moses School, Chamber Music of the Rockies and also serves as a teaching assistant at The Juilliard School College Division. Ms. Seay holds a Bachelor and Masters Degree in Viola Performance from The Juilliard School where she studied with renowned viola pedagogue Heidi Castleman, Steven Tenenbom, and Hsin-Yun Huang and chamber music with Robert Mann and David Soyer.
Raised in Denver, Colorado, Ms. Seay takes a lot of interest in making classical music accessible and enjoyable for diverse audiences, especially to her peer group, by talking with audiences about music in a way that is understandable and appreciated on a high and universal level.
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