Laura Barrett’s music is equally at home in concert halls, cinemas, and playhouses.
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2019 • Who is the Baker? album (Paper Bag Records)
2018 • Composer/Songwriter, Birdland (feature, dir: Peter Lynch)
2017 • Composer/Sound Design, Manimal Sanctuary (VR game, created by Jim Munroe)
2017 • Composer/Songwriter, Honest Ed’s artist residency (CSI‘s An Honest Farewell)
2014-2015 • Slaight Family Music Resident, Canadian Film Centre
2015 • Composer/Songwriter/Lead – Porch Stories (feature, dir: Sarah Goodman)
2013-2014 • Musical Director, Wayward (dir: Becky Johnson), Comedy Bar and Bad Dog Theatre
2010 • Composer/Songwriter, Paahtomahsikimii (short, dir: Peter Lynch), National Parks Project
2010 • Composer/Songwriter/Organist, Life of Galileo (dir: Jacob Zimmer, Convocation Hall, University of Toronto)
2010 • North American tour supporting The Magnetic Fields
2009 • Songwriter-in-residence, Dawson City, Yukon
2008 • Victory Garden album (Paper Bag Records)
2007 • Musical director, The Rat King (dir: Maggie MacDonald), Harbourfront Centre and NYC Fringe Festival
bands
2009-2015 • Bass guitar and vocals in Sheezer
2006-2016 • Keyboards and vocals in The Hidden Cameras
2005-2014 • Clarinet, keyboards, and vocals in Henri Fabergé and the Adorables
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Barrett is signed to Paper Bag Records for her solo material, including her Earth Sciences EP and debut album Victory Garden. Her performance career highlights include a North American tour supporting The Magnetic Fields, the Klondike Institute of Arts and Culture’s songwriting residency (Dawson City, YK), and showcases at South by Southwest (Austin, TX) and Canadian Blast (London, UK). She has shared the stage with acclaimed artists Owen Pallett, Patrick Watson and Basia Bulat, and her music has earned praise from the CBC, the National Post and Exclaim!, who calls Barrett “one of the most interesting musicians to call Toronto home.”
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