Laraine was born in Peoria, IL. 

She earned her Bachelor, Master and Doctor of Music Degrees

in violin performance from Bradley University, Peoria, IL studying with Marcia Henry (1998);

Indiana University in Bloomington, IN studying with Mauricio Fuks (2000);

University of Cincinnati, OH studying with Kurt Sassmannshaus (2004) respectively. 

In 2004 she launched a visual arts career with her paintings.

She had some drawing lessons in high school (1994) with artist Carol Spengel, and an introduction to oils

class in 2004 at UC. Otherwise her art training was hours of drawing for fun since an early age.

Laraine is currently a violinist in the Las Vegas Philharmonic, free lance ‘strolling’ violinist, Chamber Music

Program Coordinator at the Nevada School of the Arts and part-time violin instructor at UNLV in Las

Vegas, NV.

Laraine's specialty is improvising in a wide variety of styles and creating "arrangements" on the spot for

recordings using multiple tracks. Recent projects for producer and musician 

Michael Krasner include the albums of Try Me Bicycle and Simon Joyner as well as the movie sound

tracks of Jean Claude Van-Damme's latest installment : "Universal Soldier 3, Next Generation," Braden King's

new film: "Here" and a new PBS documentary: "People of the Seal."