Laura DeLuca, clarinet, joined the Seattle Symphony in 1986, and is a co-founding member of the Seattle Chamber Players. Solo appearances include performances of Copland’s Clarinet Concerto and Robert Starer’s Rikudim (Dances) movement from his concerto, Kli Zemer with the Seattle Symphony. Laura has performed extensively on dozens of recordings including more than 70 compact discs with Seattle Symphony as well as many movie soundtracks including the solo clarinet work on the 1998 Oscar Award-winning documentary movie, The Long Way Home. Other chamber music activities include performances in Portugal with the Moscow Piano Quartet and a filmscore premiere by Wayne Horvitz. Seattle-area appearances include the Icicle Creek Festival and Belle Arte series. Laura received her formal training at Northwestern University where she studied with the celebrated Robert Marcellus. A committed teacher, she has taught at University of Puget Sound, Marrowstone Music Festival and MidSummer Music Retreat.