Laura Cannell is a recorder and fiddle player from Norfolk, England. After graduating from the London College of Music and Media in 2001 with 1st Class Honours in Performance, Laura was elected as a Woodwind Fellow. She then went on to continue her studies at the University of East Anglia and graduated with a Masters in Performance Studies in 2003. In 2004 she was awarded a grant for the arts from the Arts Council of England towards creative development into new repertoire for the recorder. In 2005 she received a bursary to attend the Cambridge Early Music Summer School. Laura is the founder member of the highly acclaimed contemporary folk & early music group Horses Brawl who released their debut album in october 2005 and their second 'Dindirin' in summer 2007. She also collaborates regularly with other performers in the fields of traditional and contemporary music. Laura made her debut solo album of traditional folk music in 1997 and has performed widely throughout the UK at festivals and events including the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, IF:06 at the Spitz, The Windor Festival, The Thames Festival, Folk in the Fall at QEH, The Holywell Room, Oxford, The British Museum, The National Portrait Gallery, St Andrews Hall Norwich, and abroad at the Dublin Conservatoire and a tour in Canada. Laura has performed live on BBC Radio Norfolk and Horses Brawl have been broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and Resonance FM amongst others. Laura has had articles and reviews published in The Recorder Magazine (UK) and the ERTA newsletter. Laura has studied recorder with Philip Thorby (Musica Antiqua of London) and has previously studied with Ross Winters, Margaret Westlake and Piers Adams (Red Priest). Laura was also a research assistant to the author Jennifer Westwood on her recently published book 'The Lore of the Land: A Guide to England's Legends, from Spring-heeled Jack to the Witches of Warboys'. An incredible guide to the folklore and legends of England's counties.