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The Australian viola da gamba player, Laura Vaughan, studied viol with Miriam Morris at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music - University of Melbourne, obtaining her Bachelor of Music degree (1997-2001). She pursued further study at the Koninklijk Conservatorium in The Hague, the Netherlands with Wieland Kuijken and Philippe Pierlot.
Now based in Melbourne, Laura Vaughan has established an active performing career encompassing a wide range of solo and chamber repertoire across Australasia. She is a dynamic and well-recognised member of the early music movement in Australia. Passionate about the unique sound world of the viol, she is committed to bringing this exquisite repertoire to audiences around the world. She is also one of the few exponents of the rare lirone.
In addition to solo performances, Laura Vaughan works with many Australian early music ensembles including the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, Orchestra of the Antipodes, Adelaide Baroque, Accademia Arcadia, Consortium, Consort Eclectus and is a founding member of the multiple ARIA award nominated trio Latitude 37. She has appeared with Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra and Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra, Ironwood, and Song Company,. She has appeared at most major Australian festivals, including the Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide, Brisbane, Hobart Baroque and Brisbane Baroque Festivals, as well as numerous regional festivals, and she has performed for Musica Viva and Chamber Music New Zealand.
Laura Vaughan can be heard regularly on ABC Classic FM as a soloist and chamber musician and appears on numerous CD recordings, including solo recordings for the Move and Paladino labels.
Laura teaches at Melbourne University and gives regular master-classes and workshops for viol players around Australia. When not playing the viol, she can usually be found in a park with her two young children, probably her Tibetan Spaniels Abelard and Heloise, and almost certainly a good Melbourne coffee. |
