Laura e Schumann

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About Laura e Schumann

Dr. Laura E. Schumann is the Music Director and Conductor of the Southeastern Ohio Symphony Orchestra (SEOSO) and Professor of music at Muskingum University. She is a 2001 recipient of an ASCAP Adventurous Programming Award, and a YMCA/YWCA Women of Achievement Award, a 2004 International Musician of the Year, and is listed in Who’s Who of American Women, in America, and in the World. 2018 brought a proclamation fro m Gov. Kasich-Ohio. She was a semi-finalist in the 2003 Third International Jordania conducting competition in Kharkov, Ukraine. She has collaborated with internationally acclaimed artists Angela Cheng, Benny Kim, Joaquin Achucarro, Hakan Rosengren, Gilbert Mata, Sergiu Schwartz, Randy Sabien and the Cavani Quartet among others. Ms. Schumann has also been Music Director for the ECODT Nutcracker Ballet, has guest conducted the Newark-Granville (OH) Symphony, Columbus (OH) Symphony (2008) and has worked with Columbus, Spokane, and Bakersfield Symphonies. Schumann was a featured violin soloist for the Miss Ohio pageant telecast on Ohio News Network (ONN) in June 2007. An orchestral arranger and composer, Schumann's Shostakovich in Blue (2006) for strings is published by Alliance Publications, Wisconsin, as will be an arrangement of Devil Went Down to Georgia for violin, vocal, and full orchestra. She is additionally an Honors Graduate of the Recording Workshop, earning a certificate in sound and recording engineering. Schumann is noted for her unique and original family/ children's programs, incorporating differing musical styles, educational components, exciting visual and interactive concerts, and an out-of-the-box contemporary yet sophisticated approach to programming and audience development. Schumann is additionally certified as a Trainer with Reach Out to Horses (ROTH) and Reiki practitioner Level 1 and 2 for humans and horses. Specialties: Sound Engineering, pro-tools audio recording, Horses, Energy Healing And, on the fun side, she performs as a one-woman 'band' locally in wineries, etc, on guitar, ukulele, vocals and the infamous 'skull' electric violin. Catch her on facebook at: