Laura Chu Stokes

Laura Chu Stokes has been a pianist and music educator for forty years.  A graduate of Indiana University Jacobs School of Music in piano performance, Laura has taught hundreds of students in her private studio and as the director and an instructor at Appalachian State University’s Community Music School (CMS). 

As a performer, Laura has been a staff accompanist at ASU and collaborative artist with her husband, trumpeter Jimmy Stokes.  She has also performed with the Columbus and Cincinnati Symphony Orchestras.  

Laura also conducts hands-on workshops and clinics for E-Z Notes, a full line of music learning tools developed by her mother, Lucy Chu. Laura has been a featured clinician for professional music teacher associations and music dealers/retailers nationally.

In her downtime, Laura enjoys keeping up with her three children, traveling, reading, crafting and collecting dice!