Education
MM, Cello performance, Towson University
Graduate studies in string pedagogy and music technology
AP Music theory certification
BS, Music education, Instrumental concentration, West Chester University
Laura Ruth Donall
Adjunct Faculty
Biography
Professor Donall currently teaches string techniques classes at Towson University. She also teaches cello, string methods and plays with the Elizabethtown College Community Orchestra, Elizabethtown, PA. She also works with the Dulaney High School Lions Roar Marching Band (Timonium, MD) teaching music and drill.
Prior to retiring from teaching orchestra in Harford County Public Schools in Maryland, she was principal cellist of the Susquehanna Symphony Orchestra as well as a current board of directors member. She also taught private cello students in her studio for students between grades 7 through adults. She was rehearsal assistant for the Harford Youth Orchestra organization for 8 years. She has been a guest conductor for Calvert County MD All-County String Orchestra, adjudicator for several counties in Maryland for their Baltimore Symphony Side-By-Side concert, All-State Junior and Senior Orchestras cello sections, Baltimore County Middle School and High Orchestra Assessments as well as Howard and Anne Arundel counties Solo and Ensemble Festivals.
Mrs. Donall loves playing chamber music. She is a frequent church soloist. In her spare time, she loves to travel and when she is home, she loves to cook.