www.LauraPearson.org
Laura at one of her favorite places on earth,
along the Fox River in Geneva.
The wedding reception for Mark and Laura
was held in the building right behind her.
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Laura at one of her favorite places on earth, along the Fox River in Geneva. The wedding reception for Mark and Laura was held in the building right behind her. |
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Laura was ushered into Glory on October 2, 2018.
While driving home on an LA expressway from a
recording session she experienced cardiac issues.
She had always been in extremely good health.
The paramedics rushed her into ER at 7:10 PM (Pacific Time)
Even though her last pulse was at 7:45 PM,
the ER team continued trying valiantly for another hour.
At 8:50 PM the doctor determined that she had passed.
We all dearly miss her. Those who accepted Jesus will see her again some day.
The very beautiful music performed by the LA Viola Society starts right at 1-hour.
Eleven of the twelve members are on stage. Laura would have been the twelfth.
The Southern California Viola Society created a scholarship in Laura's name LINK
Laura performed in countless venues,
such as with the LA Philharmonic,
Andrea Bocelli, and was in the orchestras
for several hundred movies.
Youtube Links to her music:
Professionally:
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(In the back row are four cellos, two harps, a grand piano, and a trombonist. Laura is immediately in front of the Trombonist) |
| Hollywood Bowl (over 17,000 in the audience) with Andrea Bocelli: |
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(Many bow techniques applied in this piece. At the end, Laura looks directly and Dan and Mark with a beautiful smile) |
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At 1:16 Laura can be seen just to the right of the conductor's clock. |
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This 360 degree youtube needs to be run on firefox or chrome. Important! Hold the left mouse button down to swivel the photo around. Laura is wearing a red striped shirt in the front row |
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Earlier in the day (October 2, 2018) that she passed, Laura was in the studios recording the sound track for this Transformers movie |
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| At Wheaton Bible Church with Marsha Foxgrover |
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Fast forward to 6:40 to see that viola dance. |
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While shopping for bows, a Chicago violin dealer asked Laura to hold two Stradivarius violins. Each was valued at $2 Million at that time. |
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Laura with her viola. It was built by William Whedbee in Chicago. She purchased it from the Ken Stein Violin Shop in downtown Elmhurst, IL. Her Viola has appraised for more than double the purchase price. |
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Laura frequently performed under the direction of John Williams when he visited LA. He composed movie themes for Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Superman, etc. etc. |
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Laura with Peter Slowik, professor of Viola at Oberlin College, after her Senior Recital |
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This is the last photo
of Laura that her dad took. Laura is just outside Riverside Banquets on the Fox River at 8:15 PM on June 16, 2018. Laura and her daughter flew back to LA a few days later. |
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(Black dress, just left of center in Front Row)
(Black dress, front row, front row)
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