Laura Montanari ~ Ed.D.

2024• Ed.D. in Music & Music Education (Teachers College - Columbia University)

2011 • Master’s in Music Education (NYU)

2009 • Master di Primo Livello in Teaching Italian to Foreigners (Università per Stranieri di Siena)

2008 • Professional Diploma in Jazz Vocal Performance (St. Louis College of Music - Roma)

2007 • Laurea Specialistica (M.A.) in American Studies (Università La Sapienza - Roma)

2003 • Laurea Triennale (B.A.) in Anglo-American and Latin-American Studies (Università Ca’ Foscari - Venezia)

When a child walks in the room, your child or anybody else’s child, do your eyes light up? That’s what they’re looking for.
— Toni Morrison

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OHA Education Committee (2025-2028)

Berklee Community Health Musician Certificate (2026)

Music

Woman Hugging Self

Concept EP and music videos with movement researcher Lucia Guarino - on view at the Visual Research Center for Education, Art & Social Change (Teachers College- Columbia University)

Two of the music projects that define me as a singer/songwriter

Larthia

My solo project as a singer/songwriter

The Sessions Voices

An all-women vocal ensemble I founded and directed from 2006 to 2017