Laura Anstee graduated from the Royal Academy of Music in 2002 where she studied classical cello with Mats Lidstrom and Philip Sheppard. She has a passion for chamber music and has a passion for ensembles such as the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra's Kokoro Contemporary Ensemble, the Opera Group, New London Soloist and and She'Koyokh Klezmer Ensemble. Laura is currently learning the tambourim in the London-based samba band "Rhythms of the City".