Faculty

Laura Humphreys

BA

Lecturer in Vocal Training for Children and Vocal Ensembles⋅Department of Elemental Music & Dance Education – Orff Institute

Laura Humphreys is a choral conductor, vocal pedagogue and music educator whose work combines artistic practice with community-based music education. She is particularly committed to inclusive choral work and music projects for children and young people.

Laura Humphreys directs the Community Chor Salzburg, which she founded, as well as the neighborhood choir Chorissima. Her artistic work has taken her to France, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Palestine, and Turkey. From 2017 to 2025, she worked as a vocal instructor and choir director at an elementary school in Salzburg through the organization Superar. Between 2018 and 2024, she also served as a vocal coach for Musikum Salzburg.

In addition to her choral and educational work, Laura has collaborated as a choir director with the Salzburg Festival’s Opera Camp and supports the Salzburg Bach Society as a music educator at children’s concerts. She studied vocal pedagogy and choral conducting at the Mozarteum University in Salzburg and, since the fall of 2025, has held a teaching position in vocal performance at the Orff Institute, where she also leads two practical groups.