2026 //
Spring 2026 courses taught at Texas State University:
– MU 2316 Music Theory IV (two sections)
– MU 2116 Aural Skills IV (three sections)
April 10, 2026: Meghan Wysocki performed Cloudlands for solo carillon at her Senior Recital on the Charles Baird Carillon at the University of Michigan. Ann Arbor, MI.
April 6, 2026: Layth Al-Rafati performed Spoken by Sunlight for solo flute at the Composition Faculty RecitalComposition Faculty RecitalPerforming Arts Center Recital Hall at Texas State University. San Marcos, TX.
April 6, 2026: Dancing in Augmented Reality, fixed media, was presented at the Composition Faculty Recital accompanied by live visuals by Ricky Hall. Performing Arts Center Recital Hall at Texas State University. San Marcos, TX.
March 18, 2026: Linda Jenkins performed Spoken by Sunlight for solo flute at her Faculty Recital. UTSA Recital Hall at the University of Texas at San Antonio. San Antonio, TX.
February 15, 2026: My film score for La Souriante Madame Beudet was presented by L’Attrezzeria alongside a screening of Germaine Dulac’s film at the Istituto di Storia Contemporanea in Como, Italy.
2025 //
Fall 2025 courses taught at Texas State University:
– MU 2316 Music Theory IV (two sections)
– MU 2116 Aural Skills IV (three sections)
Spring 2025 courses taught at Texas State University:
– MU 1315 Music Theory I (two sections)
– MU 1115 Aural Skills I (two sections)
– MU 1116 Aural Skills II (one section)
October 5, 2025: Cloudlands was accepted to the University of Michigan’s annual Organ Conference: “Ludus Chronalis: Time, Cadence, and Temporality in Keyboard Music.” Meghan Wysocki performed Cloudlands on the Charles Baird Carillon at the University of Michigan. Ann Arbor, MI.
2024 //
Fall 2024 courses taught at Texas State University:
– HON 2305 Honors Creative Arts (one section)
– MU 1315 Music Theory I (two sections)
– MU 1115 Aural Skills I (three sections)
Spring 2024 courses taught at Texas State University:
– MU 1315 Music Theory I (two sections)
– MU 1115 Aural Skills I (two sections)
– MU 1116 Aural Skills II (one section)
June 30, 2024: Austin Ferguson performed Austin’s Wind Chimes at the “Meet Me at the Metz Carillon Series” on the Arthur R. Metz Bicentennial Grand Carillon at the Jacobs School of Music, Indiana University. Ann Arbor, MI.
June 21, 2024: Radiance (fixed media version) was selected for performance at MISE-EN Festival. Presented at the National Opera Center. New York, NY.
May 25, 2024: I performed on violin and guitar with Adam Hilton and Henna Chou at the first Tierras Sonidas festival. Marfa, TX.
2023 //
Fall 2023 courses taught at Texas State University:
– US 1100 University Seminar (one section for music majors)
– MU 1315 Music Theory I (two sections)
– MU 1115 Aural Skills I (three sections)
Spring 2023 courses taught at Texas State University:
– MU 1315 Music Theory I (two sections)
– MU 1115 Aural Skills I (two sections)
– MU 1116 Aural Skills II (one section)
August 3, 2023: Audrey Ann Cullen and Cameo Flores premiered Radiance, for flute, percussion, and fixed media at the 51st National Flute Association Convention, “Beyond Borders.” Phoenix, AZ.
May 27, 2023: Spoken by Sunlight, for solo flute, was premiered at the Texas Flute Society‘s 37th Myrna W. Brown Competition. The competition featured performances by Leslie Richmond, I-Ling Emily Ho, Jessica Morrow, and Nina Robinson. Southlake, TX.
May 6, 2023: The Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra‘s Debut Orchestra premiered Moonflower, under the direction of Dana Green. Moonflower was commissioned as part of CYSO’s Listen to the Future Composer-In-Residence Program. Read more about the program in this interview with two CYSO members here. Evanston, IL.
2022 //
Fall 2022 courses taught at Texas State University:
– MU 1315 Music Theory I (two sections)
– MU 1115 Aural Skills I (one section)
October 3, 2022: Austin Ferguson performed Austin’s Wind Chimes on the Rochester Carillon at the Mayo Clinic. Rochester, MN.
September 16, 2022: Cloudlands was premiered by Austin Ferguson on the 94th Birthday of the Rochester Carillon at the Mayo Clinic. Read more about the Mayo Clinic’s “Music for Mayo” commissioning program here. Rochester, MN.
July 18, 2022: Field recordings Lost Lake and Third Coast Toads were presented at Phonography Austin‘s World Listening Day event, “Listening Across Boundaries.” Austin, TX.
A recent interview through school: https://herbergerinstitute.asu.edu/news/music-composition-graduate-finds-her-own-unique-voice-sonic-ecosystem-compositions
I’m excited to share that Knots, for solo double bass, will be featured at MATA Festival 2022. Find more info about the event here: https://www.matafestival.org/2022-mata-festival
April 2022: I passed my dissertation defense!
The Arizona Contemporary Music Ensemble under the direction of Simone Mancuso presented my dissertation piece, The Rhizosphere, on April 21, 2022.
My piece about the San Marcos River was premiered on April 6, 2022 by the ASU Wind Ensemble, directed by Kristen Zelenak. Here’s a link to the performance – but if you’ve only got a little bit of time to listen I’d like for you to hear the ending (and imagine a river bend and the river’s endangered wild rice grass).
Laura Brackney 