Aurora Nealand became one of the most prominent artists on the music scene in New Orleans, where she first arrived in 2004. Combining ‘formal education’ (a degree in music composition from the Oberlin Conservatory and training at the Jacques Lecoq School of Physical Theatre in Paris) with the ‘informal experience’ of playing music in the streets and clubs of Nova Orleans, Nealand became an innovative, sensitive and daring musical creator and performer.