Instructor of Music
Music Division Coordinator
Dr. Laura Artesani

Dr. Laura Artesani is the Music Coordinator for the School of Performing Arts at the University of Maine, where she also teaches courses in the areas of music history, music education, keyboard musicianship, and Women's Studies. She currently serves as the piano accompanist for three choral ensembles at the School of Performing Arts: the University Singers, the Oratorio Society and the Athena Consort. She also performs frequently at faculty and student recitals. 

Dr. Artesani graduated summa cum laude from Barrington College in Rhode Island with a degree in music education, and received an M.M. in piano performance from the University of Maine. She earned a D.M.A. in piano performance from West Virginia University, where she was the recipient of the Swiger Teaching Fellowship for four years. In 1998, Dr. Artesani received a curriculum grant from the Women's Studies department at the University of Maine to develop a course entitled Women and Music. In 2001 she received a Diversity Across the Curriculum grant to support further research for this course. 

In addition to her duties at the University of Maine, Dr. Artesani is also the Music Director at the Old Town United Methodist Church. She has taught at The Lincoln School in Providence, RI; North Orrington and Center Drive Schools in Orrington, ME; and the Stillwater Montessori School.

laura.artesani@umit.maine.edu