About

Laura Brackney is a composer, sound artist, and educator based in Texas. She views composing as a form of sonic gardening, to create sonic landscapes that invite exploration and attention.

Her work has been commissioned by the Mayo Clinic, the Texas Flute Society, the Arizona Contemporary Music Ensemble, the Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra, the Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts, the Bullock Texas State History Museum, the New Media Art and Sound Summit, the Portland Youth Philharmonic, and Collide Arts, among others. Laura’s work has been performed at events such as the Mise-En Festival, the 51st National Flute Association Convention, MATA Festival, the Subtropics XXV Festival, the Blanton Museum of Art, the Oregon Bach Festival Composers Symposium, the 78th Anniversary of the UT Kniker Carillon, the Look and Listen Festival by Grit Collaborative & Oh My Ears, and has been performed by groups such as the AURORA trio, Gamelan Lipi Awan, and Quince Ensemble. In 2020, her string quartet Desertification won 1st Prize in the Mykytyn Distinguished Composition Award. In 2021-2022, Laura served as the Composer-in-Residence for the Arizona State University Wind Ensemble. In addition to traditional concert music, she has created music for theater, film, fixed media, and bicycle installations. 

She earned her Doctor of Musical Arts in Composition at Arizona State University, her Master of Music in Composition at Texas State University, a Bachelor of Music in Theory and Composition at Southwestern University, and currently serves on the board of directors for arts nonprofit COTFG.

Laura is currently an Assistant Professor of Instruction at Texas State University.