Solo
As a solo improviser Laura works primarily with clarinet, feedback, objects, voice and place.
She also writes and performs songs with voice and guitar, and occasional other elements.
Laura’s compositional practice includes writing and arranging for ensembles, as well as crafting and collating exploratory audio works.
These practices are sometimes distinct from each other, and sometimes find themselves blurring and informing each other.
Holy Trinity is Laura’s first solo CD release
Relative Pitch Records (2025)
clarinet, speakers, tapes, tins, voice, small collected objects
Reviews
“Sitting between electronic processing and acoustic improvisation was Sydney clarinettist Laura Altman, who records her wistful, lightly muted sounds on small microphones placed beneath cans and other resonant objects, signal from which is then fed into cassette tapes whose playback is picked up again. Lovingly manipulating these devices with her feet while cupping her clarinet’s mouth against her thigh, this was a wonderfully corporeal work of gentle feedback, metallic buzzes and stop-start, warbling, acoustic noises.”
Review from Audible Edge Festival, Perth 2019 - Limelight Magazine