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 which can be viewed at

www.larainespainting.com. 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 only art training was hours of drawing

for fun since an early age.

Laraine is currently a violinist in the Las Vegas Philharmonic and a free lance ‘strolling’ violinist.