As a daughter of mixed heritage, Mexican-American musician, Laura Cetilia is at home with in-betweenness, straddling multiple worlds as cellist / composer / educator / artist while working within acoustic / electronic / traditional / experimental sound practices. Her compositions have been described as “unorthodox loveliness” (Boston Globe) and hailed as “alternately penetrating and atmospheric” (Sequenza 21). Laura is a winner of the Artzenter Emerging composer grant and the General Operating Support Grant from the Rhode Island State Council for the Arts. Her recent album “gorgeous nothings” was listed by Thurston Moore (Sonic Youth) and Alex Ross (New Yorker) as one of the best releases of 2025. Her works have been performed by San Francisco Contemporary Music Players, Cayuga Chamber Orchestra, TAK Ensemble, Loadbang, Mivos Quartet, Splinter Reeds, a.pe.ri.od.ic, LCollective, Taceti Ensemble among others. After receiving her D.M.A. in Music Composition in 2024 from Cornell, Laura became certified as a Deep Listening® Practitioner from the Center for Deep Listening and returned to teaching cello and experimental music practices at Community MusicWorks, an organization that provides free instruments and lessons in underserved areas of Providence, RI. She plays with Mem1 (established in 2003 with M. Cetilia, modular synth), Ordinary Affects, LCollective, and the all-female groups Moons, n/ether, and noeplace.