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Home - Laura Risk. Welcome! I’m an Assistant Professor in the Music and Culture program of the Department of Arts, Culture and Media at the University of Toronto Scarborough. I’m also a fiddler: I perform and teach Scottish and Québécois fiddling. This site includes a sampling of my musical projects and my research projects. Enjoy!
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Laura Risk is an Assistant Professor of Music and Culture in...
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Laura Risk is an Assistant Professor of Music and Culture in the Department of Arts, Culture and Media at the University of Toronto Scarborough, with a cross appointment in the Graduate Department of the Faculty of Music at the University of Toronto.
Laura Risk is a California -born violinist. She specializes in performing and teaching the diverse fiddle repertoire of Scotland and Quebec . Risk performs both solo and in collaboration with such artists as Sandy Silva, Ken Kolodner, and Paddy League. She has been part of the band Cordelia's Dad.
Laura Risk’s fiddling has been described by filmmaker Ken Burns as “a revelation and achingly beautiful” and Living Tradition hails her “powerful, percussive style... bursting with energy and passion.” Originally from California, now living in Montreal, Laura performs and teaches Scottish and Québécois fiddling internationally and has over a dozen albums to her credit.
Acclaimed Montreal-based fiddler Laura Risk returns with a brand new album, Traverse — a musical journey into the heart of traditional fiddle music that resonates with nuance and vitality. From Montreal to the Gaspé via Scotland, Traverse’s 10 tracks draw from deep immersion into traditional musical communities, as well as a curiosity ...
Laura Risk is Assistant Professor of Music and Culture in the Department of Arts, Culture and Media at the University of Toronto Scarborough, with a graduate cross-appointment at the Faculty of Music at the University of Toronto.
Laura Risk. Montreal, Québec. www.laurarisk.com Laura Risk's distinctive sound and compelling interpretations of traditional tunes are intensely personal yet grounded in meticulous archival and ethnographic research. Son son distinctif et ses interprétations convaincantes des airs traditionnels sont intensément personnels tout en étant fondés sur une recherche méticuleuse d’archives et ...
