Laura Cocks

Laura Cocks is a flutist who works in a wide array of environments as a performer of creative and experimental musics & “creates intricate, spellbinding works that have a visceral physicality to them” (Foxy Digitalis). Laura is the executive director and flutist of TAK ensemble, “one of the most prominent ensembles in the united States practicing truly experimental music” (I care if you listen), and performs regularly as a soloist, an improvisor, and with ensembles such as Talea Ensemble, International Contemporary Ensemble, Wet Ink Ensemble, and many others in NYC and abroad. Laura can be heard on ECM, Centaur Records, New Focus Recordings, Sound American, Denovali Records, Orange Mountain Music, Chambray Records, Amplify, TAK editions, Double Whammy Whammy, Winspear, Supertrain, and Gold Bolus, Sideband Records, Tripticks Tapes, and Carrier Records. They have been in residence at institutions such as Harvard University, Stanford University, University of Pennsylvania, Cornell University, the Delian Academy for New Music, and many others. Laura holds a doctorate from The Graduate Center and continues their writing and research in corporeal analyses of art and musical praxis.