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BROOKLYN's LAURA ORTMAN (White Mountain Apache, b. Whiteriver, AZ 1973) HAS LIVED TO TELL ABOUT RECORDING AND PERFORMING WITH STARS LIKE FLEAS, THE DUST DIVE AND COMPOSES MUSIC FOR FILM AND ART INSTALLATIONS IN THE FORM OF THE DUST DIVE FLASH/LAURA ORTMAN. SHE CURRENTLY PLAYS WITH FAMILY DYNAMICS WITH 3 MEMBERS OF STARS LIKE FLEAS. PLAYS VIOLIN, ELECTRIC GUITARS (ERNIE BALL + REUBEN COX), HELPINSTILL PIANO, APACHE VIOLIN, MEGAPHONE, CASIO, PEDAL STEEL GUITAR, PINE BRANCHES, SAMPLERS, BELLS, ALUMINUM FOIL, HOT WOOD AND MUSICAL SAW IN 2008 SHE FOUNDED THE FIRST ALL-NATIVE AMERICAN ORCHESTRA CALLED THE COAST ORCHESTRA. MEMBERS COME FROM ALASKA, ARIZONA, D.C. AND NEW YORK AND PREMIERED TO SOLD-OUT AUDIENCES AT THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART IN WASHINGTON, D.C. AND OPENING NIGHT OF THE MARGARET MEAD FILM FESTIVAL IN NYC AT THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY. SHE HAS TOURED THE U.S., CANADA AND WESTERN EUROPE. PROUDLY NEW YORK'S FREE103POINT9 RADIO TRANSMISSION ARTS OF ACRA, NEW YORK HAS INCLUDED HER DEBUT SOLO ALBUM "TENS OF THOUSANDS" AS PART OF THEIR ARTIST'S TRANSMISSION DISPATCHES. IT'S AVAILABLE ONLINE AT THEIR WEBSITE LAURA ORTMAN'S SECOND SOLO ALBUM "SOMEDAY WE'LL BE TOGETHER" (SELF-RELEASED, RECORDED BY MARTIN BISI.) IT IS ALSO RELEASED ON RAVEN CHACON'S "LIGHTNING SPEAK" SERIES ON CASSETTE TAPE. IT FEATURES NEW TRIPPED OUT, LATE NIGHT MUSIC FOR VIOLIN, ELECTRIC GUITAR, PIANO, APACHE VIOLIN MEGAPHONE AND PINE TREE BRANCHES.... LAURA ORTMAN HAS COLLABORATED WITH: TH