Self Employed Composer/Clinician
Arlington, Texas
Laura Farnell is a choral composer, adjudicator, and clinician. After graduating from Baylor University with her BME in Choral Music (with a piano emphasis), Laura taught elementary music for two years in Mansfield ISD, followed by eight years of JH choir in Arlington ISD. She was honored by her schools with Teacher of the Year awards in 2000 and 2003, and she received an Excellence in Education Award in 2004 as the Arlington ISD's outstanding junior high teacher of the year.
Laura presently lives in Arlington, Texas, and serves as an invited music conference presenter, as well as choral clinician for district, region, and state honor choirs across the country. As a composer, she especially enjoys writing and arranging music for developing choirs and is represented by several music publishers. She has more than one hundred choral compositions in publication, including many commissioned pieces and a co-authored beginning sightsinging method book. She and her husband, Russell, and their two sons, attend First Presbyterian Church of Arlington where Russell serves as Minister of Music and Laura directs the children's and youth choirs.
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