MEET THE MUSICIAN
Laura Kutscher
Laura Kutscher is a professional musician with more than forty years of experience in performance, liturgical music, and music publishing. Based in the Chicago area for most of her career, she now serves as Director of Worship at Our Lady’s Immaculate Heart Church in Ankeny, Iowa.
Laura has held leadership roles with major music and educational publishers, where she was instrumental in developing liturgical and educational programs and supporting emerging composers. She has presented and performed at national conferences across the U.S.
An accomplished pianist, Laura earned advanced degrees in piano performance, pedagogy, and education from Western Illinois University and Concordia University. She has appeared as a soloist and accompanist with orchestra, vocal and instrumental ensembles, and distinguished artists nationwide.
As a composer her published works include piano and choral compositions, as well as recordings for liturgical and secular artists. Her original works and arrangements are available on iTunes and Spotify.
She has played for special events for heads of states, national politicians, celebrities, and national organizations. Her most important event is the one she is currently preparing for.
Passionate about teaching, Laura has also a faculty adjunct and private instructor, sharing her love of music with the next generation of musicians.
My music is crafted to create an unforgettable experience through live piano performance that elevates every event to an occasion to remember.
Song of the Day
Every morning, before my eyes even open, the music begins. Not from the radio, not from an alarm on my phone or another external device. No, the music begins from the quiet place inside my head where songs are always waiting, music never ends. My entire life when I have opened my eyes to a new day, my day begins with its own soundtrack—today’s choice, handed to me like a gift.
Sometimes it makes me laugh: why this tune, why now? One day it’s “Send in the Clowns,” the next—a galloping “Charge of the Light Brigade,” or a lilting first movement from a Mozart sonata. Other mornings it’s something I’ve written myself, or a melody I don’t even recognize but feels familiar, as if I’ve carried it from a dream.
There’s always music, always a score running in the background of my thoughts—even when I’m standing in conversation, even when the day asks me to be practical or demands sober attention, whimsy or fun . It’s a lovely way to live. It is a lovely life with the music of my very own soundtrack accompanying me.