Laura Grill Jaye
Lecturer, Music and Theater Arts Section; Director, MIT Vocal Jazz Ensemble
Laura Grill Jaye is the Director of the MIT Vocal Jazz Ensemble (VJE) and Lecturer in Music. Founded by MacArthur Fellowship and Pulitzer Prize winner John Harbison, the VJE torch was passed to Laura in 2017. Laura loves to work in all stages of music making. She is a multi-instrumentalist, composer, arranger, improviser, collaborator, performer, and teacher. Laura is half of the musical-writing duo “Grill and Chowder” with Shayok Misha Chowdhury. Their work has been seen or developed at Ars Nova, New York Theatre Workshop, SPACE on Ryder Farm, NYMF, HERE Arts Center, and Joe’s Pub at the Public Theatre. Their show “Artemis in the Parking Lot” was awarded “Best of Fest” at NYMF 2016. They are also winners of a 2021 Jonathan Larson Grant from the American Theatre Wing.
