Lara is a violinist and composer/orchestrator for visual media. She was offered a scholarship to study at Berklee College of Music, Valencia where she graduated in the masters program of Scoring for Film, TV and Video Games in 2023. Lara previously studied at Paul McCartney’s school ‘The Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts’. She has worked with artists including; Nile Rodgers & CHIC, Clean Bandit, Rudimental, Olly Murs, The Wombats, Sweet Female Attitude, Circa Waves, Ray Quinn, Clare Teal, Gregory Porter, China Crisis, ZUZU, BC Camplight, Kay Young & many more, in studios and venues from Abbey Road Studios, to Caribbean Cruise Ships, to BBC Television Studios.
As a composer/orchestrator/arranger Lara has worked on a multitude of exciting and varied projects. Most recently she has assisted Marius De Vries (La La Land, Moulin Rouge, CODA). She has also worked as an orchestrator for film & TV composer Olly Gorman for four TV series (La doc et le véto, Hortense, Les Meutres en pay d’Oleron & Cambreusse) all aired on France 3 to an audience of over 4 million. Lara has done orchestrations for ‘The London Musical Theatre Orchestra’ as well as the ‘Arden School of Theatre’. Lara also worked as an assistant arranger for various shows performed in Valencia in 2023; ‘The Kiss’ a Berklee Les Artes show performed at the Aula Magistral, Palau de les Arts and ‘De Norte a Sur, de Este a Oeste’ a collaboration of students from Berklee Valencia and Escuela Reina Sofía conservatoire.
Lara has appeared as a backing violinist on BBC1 show ‘I Can See Your Voice’. She has freelanced with ensembles including; Symphonic Ibiza, Storm Strings, Gatecrasher Orchestra, Garage Classical, Ignition Orchestra, The ELO Show, Ian Prowse & Amsterdam, Incredible 11 Hip Hop Orchestra, The Gatsby Band, Northern Session Collective, String Infusion, Bollywood Strings and many more.
In terms of musical theatre productions, Lara has performed in shows including; Keep The Change (Edinburgh Fringe Festival), The Last 5 years (Epstein Theatre), Brothers Beyond by Tread Productions (Epstein Theatre) & The Silence Between Us (Unity Theatre).
As a string arranger specifically, Lara’s work can be heard on countless recordings and live shows. Some of which include; China Crisis (performance at Liverpool Philharmonic Hall), The ELO Show (critically acclaimed Electric Light Orchestra tribute show for UK & European Tours), The Incredible 11 Hip-Hop Orchestra , The Christians’ album ‘Sings & Strings’, private commissions for Carnival Cruise Line and Echo Strings (a string ensemble founded by Lara whilst studying at LIPA who have appeared on Hollyoaks and OK Magazine).
Born in the small town of Ilkley in West Yorkshire, Lara now currently resides in central London working as a freelance composer, orchestrator, and violinist.