Laurel has taught workshops and masterclasses on old time fiddle, clawhammer banjo, voice, and traditional music internationally.

Augusta Heritage Center (Elkins, WV)
Royal College of Music (Stockholm, Sweden)
Academy of Music (Odense, Denmark)
Haapavesi Folk Music Camp (Finland)
Umefolk Festival (Umeå, Sweden)
Winnipeg Folk School (Winnipeg, Manitoba)
Glenbuchat Music Hall (Glenbuchat, Scotland)
Wheatland Traditional Arts Weekend (Remus, MI)

Old Town School of Folks Music (Chicago, IL)
St. Louis Folk School (St. Louis, MO)
Summit School (Montpelier, Vermont)
Fiddle Club of the World (Chicago, IL)
Swedish Council of American (Minneapolis, MN)
Folk College (Juniata College, Pennsylvania)
Earful of Fiddle, Music and Dance Camp (MI)
Champaign Urbana Folk & Roots Festival (IL)


In addition to private and group workshops that share techniques through traditional repertoire, Laurel offers lessons in several paths of artistic development, from the minimal improvisation in the act of playing old time music, to more somatic connections with expression as featured in the Drone House series.