Laura Andel

Laura Andel (born 1968) is an Argentinian musician, conductor and composer. Biography Laura Andel was born in Argentina and has Moldovan descent. She began music lessons in Buenos Aires at the age of five. She played woodwind as a child and began to compose at an early age. She graduated from Escuela de Música Popular de Avellaneda in Buenos Aires with a degree in Tango performance, and in January 1993, she began the study of jazz composition and music for film at Berklee College of Music in Boston. After completing her studies, Andel moved to New York City in 2000 where she has worked as a composer and conductor. She is the leader of the Laura Andel Orchestra and has conducted her music in cities including New York, Boston, Buenos Aires, Caracas, and Berlin. She is an associate professor at Hostos Community College of the City University of New York in the Bronx. Awards and honors *BMI Foundation-Jerry Harrington Jazz Composers Award *Rockefeller Foundation fellow at the Bellagio Study Center in Italy *Margaret Fairbank Jory Copying Assistance Program Grant from the American Music Center *Music Composition Grant from the Massachusetts Cultural Council *Artist-in-residence at the M