Meet the Musician
Chief Musician Laura D. Grantier,
Bb Clarinet
Chief Musician Laura Grantier, from Natchez, Miss., And Denham Springs, La., joined the Navy Band in 1995. She earned a Bachelor of Music from the University of Alabama in 1993 and is currently assistant principal clarinet. Prior to her appointment with the Navy Band she was pursuing a Master of Music at the Eastman School of Music.
As an undergraduate, Grantier won the University Concerto Competition and traveled to Guatemala and Costa Rica to perform recitals and teach masterclasses. She has performed at the Morges Music Festival in Morges, Switzerland, and with the Rochester Chamber Orchestra, Annapolis, Arlington, McLean, New World, and Tuscaloosa Symphonies. She was principal clarinet of the American-Russian Youth Orchestra in 1995 and was a semi-finalist in the 1992 Ciudad de Dos Hermanas competition in Seville, Spain and the 1996 International Clarinet Association Young Artists Competition in Paris, France. She has appeared as a soloist with the Navy Band and the Alabama Symphony and was also a featured soloist with the Fayetteville High School Wind Ensemble in Georgia and at the 23rd annual Alabama Honor Band Festival in Tuscaloosa, Ala. Grantier is a member of the Harbor Winds clarinet quartet, and is also pursuing a Doctor of Musical Arts at the Catholic University of America. Her teachers include Eugene Mondie, Kenneth Grant, and Scott Bridges.
In addition to her music degrees, Grantier also holds an Master of Business Administration from Averett University. She serves as the medical liaison and as an assistant command fitness leader. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with family, running, and mountain biking in Moab, Utah.
