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Performer: Beaverton Community Band Presents: Music from Stage, Screen, & Page
Lisa joins the Beaverton Community Band & Martin Sobelman, director, for their winter concert as mezzo-soprano soloist on selections from Chicago, White Christmas, Brigadoon, and more!
Sunday, December 15, 2024, 3:00 pm Pacific
Taylor-Meade Performing Arts Center, Pacific University, Forest Grove, OR
Details
Lisa joins the Beaverton Community Band & Martin Sobelman, director, for their winter concert as mezzo-soprano soloist on selections from Chicago, White Christmas, Brigadoon, and more!
Sunday, December 15, 2024, 3:00 pm Pacific
Taylor-Meade Performing Arts Center, Pacific University, Forest Grove, OR
Details
Performer: Musica Universalis presents A Winter Celebration
Lisa joins Muisca Universalis, Portland's early music ensemble that shares music of medieval Europe, for A Winter Celebration.
December holds a special place in all our hearts no matter your beliefs. Come celebrate the season with Musica Universalis’ Esther Saulle, Paul Martin Beck, Elizabeth O’Connor, and Laura Kuhlman, as we journey through the season!
We will delight you with tales of the season, songs to warm your heart and energizing dance tunes performed on recorders, violins, vielle, cimbalom, viola da gamba, rebec, crumhorns, bagpipes, voice and percussion. We will even invite you, our audience, to sing and play along with us on a tune or two!
Friday, December 20, 2024, 7:30 pm Pacific (doors open at 7:00 pm)
Saturday, December 21, 2024, 7:30pm Pacific (doors open at 7:00 pm)
Sunday, December 22, 3:00 pm Pacific (doors open at 2:30 pm)
“The2509,” 2509 NE Clackamas St., Portland
Details & Tickets
Lisa joins Muisca Universalis, Portland's early music ensemble that shares music of medieval Europe, for A Winter Celebration.
December holds a special place in all our hearts no matter your beliefs. Come celebrate the season with Musica Universalis’ Esther Saulle, Paul Martin Beck, Elizabeth O’Connor, and Laura Kuhlman, as we journey through the season!
We will delight you with tales of the season, songs to warm your heart and energizing dance tunes performed on recorders, violins, vielle, cimbalom, viola da gamba, rebec, crumhorns, bagpipes, voice and percussion. We will even invite you, our audience, to sing and play along with us on a tune or two!
Friday, December 20, 2024, 7:30 pm Pacific (doors open at 7:00 pm)
Saturday, December 21, 2024, 7:30pm Pacific (doors open at 7:00 pm)
Sunday, December 22, 3:00 pm Pacific (doors open at 2:30 pm)
“The2509,” 2509 NE Clackamas St., Portland
Details & Tickets
2025 Events
Performer & Composer: Cycles of Life
Cycles of Life is a concert of music for voice and piano, together and in solos, exploring the experiences and emotions we encounter as we navigate the path of life. The music is lyrical, dramatic, funny, and poignant, with works exploring the sleepless excitement of your first crush and the night before your wedding, the loneliness of losing a loved one or moving away from home, the joy of feeling at home in your body, the search for gratitude in the face of struggle, the loving protection of parents for their children during a time of climate crisis, and more.
Cycles of Life is a unique concert in that performers Dianne Davies, piano, and Lisa Neher, mezzo-soprano are also the composers of the music you will hear. They bring their perspectives as composer-performers and their lens as women creators to this program.
Thursday, January 9, 2025, Noon
University of Portland Lincoln Hall
Cycles of Life is a concert of music for voice and piano, together and in solos, exploring the experiences and emotions we encounter as we navigate the path of life. The music is lyrical, dramatic, funny, and poignant, with works exploring the sleepless excitement of your first crush and the night before your wedding, the loneliness of losing a loved one or moving away from home, the joy of feeling at home in your body, the search for gratitude in the face of struggle, the loving protection of parents for their children during a time of climate crisis, and more.
Cycles of Life is a unique concert in that performers Dianne Davies, piano, and Lisa Neher, mezzo-soprano are also the composers of the music you will hear. They bring their perspectives as composer-performers and their lens as women creators to this program.
Thursday, January 9, 2025, Noon
University of Portland Lincoln Hall
Performer: Portland All Classical Radio Presents Thursdays @ Three
Lisa and fellow New Wave Opera artists perform excerpts from New Wave Opera's upcoming production Wags & Whiskers live on All Classical Radio's Thursdays @ Three, hosted by Christa Wessel.
Thursday, January 9, 2025, 3:00-4:00 pm
Live on All Classical Radio and streaming
Lisa and fellow New Wave Opera artists perform excerpts from New Wave Opera's upcoming production Wags & Whiskers live on All Classical Radio's Thursdays @ Three, hosted by Christa Wessel.
Thursday, January 9, 2025, 3:00-4:00 pm
Live on All Classical Radio and streaming
Performer: New Wave Opera at Mendelssohn's
Lisa and fellow New Wave Opera artists perform excerpts from New Wave Opera's upcoming production Wags & Whiskers at Mendelssohn's Classical Music Bar in the iconic Mississippi neighborhood of Portland! Catch this exclusive preview of New Wave Opera's all-ages show that celebrates found family, LGBTQ+ love, and the animals in our lives!
Saturday, January 11, 2025, 8-10 pm
Mendelssohn's Bar. 3955 N Mississippi Ave, Portland, OR 97227
$10 cover in support of the musicians
Lisa and fellow New Wave Opera artists perform excerpts from New Wave Opera's upcoming production Wags & Whiskers at Mendelssohn's Classical Music Bar in the iconic Mississippi neighborhood of Portland! Catch this exclusive preview of New Wave Opera's all-ages show that celebrates found family, LGBTQ+ love, and the animals in our lives!
Saturday, January 11, 2025, 8-10 pm
Mendelssohn's Bar. 3955 N Mississippi Ave, Portland, OR 97227
$10 cover in support of the musicians
Performer: New Wave Opera Presents Wags & Whiskers
Lisa performs as Angie in Pepito and the cat Chester in Meow and Forever in this family-friendly double bill presented by New Wave Opera. Generously supported by the Regional Arts & Culture Council (RACC), our spring double bill features two family-friendly operas that center on animals, found family, and love that lasts fur-ever! Pepito (commissioned by the Washington National Opera) and Meow and Forever (from which Summer Splash and Music in the Manor audiences will remember "The Bored Cat Duet") are both short operas, making this a purr-fect introduction to opera for listeners of any age.
Pepito by Nicolás Lell Benavides & Marella Martin Koch
Pepito, a lonely shelter dog, misses his old family and his old life. Camila and David, young married professionals, are searching for the perfect dog. As Camila and Pepito form an unshakeable bond, the cracks in Camila and David's marriage deepen, and Angie, the manager of the shelter, asks them the hard question: are they sure they are ready for this? (Runtime: ~25 minutes)
Meow and Forever by Jodi Goble & Basil Considine
Bailey is swept away in a whirlwind romance with Asha, neglecting her other obligations…and her best friend, Alex. This drama is looked upon with bemusement by Bailey’s cats - Chester and Nala - who have their own priorities, interjecting themselves into the scenes AND music! Events come to a head when Alex comes over to confront Bailey about her friend-abandonment, and the two affectionately make up just in time for Asha to misconstrue everything. And yes, yes, there is a trio with singing cats. Happy ending guaranteed! (Runtime: ~40 minutes)
Saturday, January 18, 2025, 7:30 pm
Sunday, January 19, 2025, 2:00 pm
University of Portland Mago Hunt Recital Hall, 5000 N Willamette Blvd, Portland, OR 97203
Details & Tickets
Lisa performs as Angie in Pepito and the cat Chester in Meow and Forever in this family-friendly double bill presented by New Wave Opera. Generously supported by the Regional Arts & Culture Council (RACC), our spring double bill features two family-friendly operas that center on animals, found family, and love that lasts fur-ever! Pepito (commissioned by the Washington National Opera) and Meow and Forever (from which Summer Splash and Music in the Manor audiences will remember "The Bored Cat Duet") are both short operas, making this a purr-fect introduction to opera for listeners of any age.
Pepito by Nicolás Lell Benavides & Marella Martin Koch
Pepito, a lonely shelter dog, misses his old family and his old life. Camila and David, young married professionals, are searching for the perfect dog. As Camila and Pepito form an unshakeable bond, the cracks in Camila and David's marriage deepen, and Angie, the manager of the shelter, asks them the hard question: are they sure they are ready for this? (Runtime: ~25 minutes)
Meow and Forever by Jodi Goble & Basil Considine
Bailey is swept away in a whirlwind romance with Asha, neglecting her other obligations…and her best friend, Alex. This drama is looked upon with bemusement by Bailey’s cats - Chester and Nala - who have their own priorities, interjecting themselves into the scenes AND music! Events come to a head when Alex comes over to confront Bailey about her friend-abandonment, and the two affectionately make up just in time for Asha to misconstrue everything. And yes, yes, there is a trio with singing cats. Happy ending guaranteed! (Runtime: ~40 minutes)
Saturday, January 18, 2025, 7:30 pm
Sunday, January 19, 2025, 2:00 pm
University of Portland Mago Hunt Recital Hall, 5000 N Willamette Blvd, Portland, OR 97203
Details & Tickets
Performer & Composer: Cycles of Life at the Cascade Song Festival Session 6: Women’s Voices I
Cycles of Life is a concert of music for voice and piano, together and in solos, exploring the experiences and emotions we encounter as we navigate the path of life. The music is lyrical, dramatic, funny, and poignant, with works exploring the sleepless excitement of your first crush and the night before your wedding, the loneliness of losing a loved one or moving away from home, the joy of feeling at home in your body, the search for gratitude in the face of struggle, the loving protection of parents for their children during a time of climate crisis, and more.
Cycles of Life is a unique concert in that performers Dianne Davies, piano, and Lisa Neher, mezzo-soprano are also the composers of the music you will hear. They bring their perspectives as composer-performers and their lens as women creators to this program.
Friday, January 24, 2025, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm Pacific
University of Oregon Tykeson Rehearsal Hall
Eugene, OR
Details
Cycles of Life is a concert of music for voice and piano, together and in solos, exploring the experiences and emotions we encounter as we navigate the path of life. The music is lyrical, dramatic, funny, and poignant, with works exploring the sleepless excitement of your first crush and the night before your wedding, the loneliness of losing a loved one or moving away from home, the joy of feeling at home in your body, the search for gratitude in the face of struggle, the loving protection of parents for their children during a time of climate crisis, and more.
Cycles of Life is a unique concert in that performers Dianne Davies, piano, and Lisa Neher, mezzo-soprano are also the composers of the music you will hear. They bring their perspectives as composer-performers and their lens as women creators to this program.
Friday, January 24, 2025, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm Pacific
University of Oregon Tykeson Rehearsal Hall
Eugene, OR
Details
Composer: Program 3: Scenes from Adolescense
FearNoMusic's third concert of their Locally Sourced Sounds season features the three talented composers of the exciting collective Raindrop New Music: Lisa Neher, Carolyn Quick, and YCP alum Drew Swatosh; Deena T. Grossman; and celebrates the 80th birthday of Portland new music icon David Schiff with a performance of his seminal work Scenes from Adolescence.
Reed College MainStage Concert
January 24, 2025, 7:30 pm Pacific
Eliot Chapel, Reed College
Portland, OR
De-Mystifying New Music at Reed College *HOSTED BY ROBERT MCBRIDE AND DAVID SCHIFF
January 26, 2025 at 11 am Pacific
Eliot Chapel, Reed College
Portland, OR
The Old Church MainStage Concert
January 27, 2025, at 7:30 pm
The Old Church Concert Hall
Portland, OR
Details & Tickets
FearNoMusic's third concert of their Locally Sourced Sounds season features the three talented composers of the exciting collective Raindrop New Music: Lisa Neher, Carolyn Quick, and YCP alum Drew Swatosh; Deena T. Grossman; and celebrates the 80th birthday of Portland new music icon David Schiff with a performance of his seminal work Scenes from Adolescence.
Reed College MainStage Concert
January 24, 2025, 7:30 pm Pacific
Eliot Chapel, Reed College
Portland, OR
De-Mystifying New Music at Reed College *HOSTED BY ROBERT MCBRIDE AND DAVID SCHIFF
January 26, 2025 at 11 am Pacific
Eliot Chapel, Reed College
Portland, OR
The Old Church MainStage Concert
January 27, 2025, at 7:30 pm
The Old Church Concert Hall
Portland, OR
Details & Tickets
Performer: Resonance Ensemble Presents: Choir GRRRL
Lisa performs with Resonance Ensemble on Choir GRRRL.
Resonance Ensemble’s treble singers join forces with the innovative talents of Ringdown—a group featuring Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Caroline Shaw and multi-instrumentalist and truth-teller Danni Lee (who Oregon ArtsWatch hails as “dynamite,” “a perfect compliment to Shaw” and “a definite ‘peanut butter and chocolate’ situation”)–for an evening of community music-making at the historic Aladdin Theatre.
Also featured, Resonance-favorite Cecille Elliott (known for her vocal work with Lyyra and recent instrumental appearance with Sleater Kinney), unveils a new Resonance-commissioned work in addition to sharing her own original compositions.
Saturday, February 8th, 2025 7:30pm
Aladdin Theater, Portland, OR
Info & Tickets
Lisa performs with Resonance Ensemble on Choir GRRRL.
Resonance Ensemble’s treble singers join forces with the innovative talents of Ringdown—a group featuring Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Caroline Shaw and multi-instrumentalist and truth-teller Danni Lee (who Oregon ArtsWatch hails as “dynamite,” “a perfect compliment to Shaw” and “a definite ‘peanut butter and chocolate’ situation”)–for an evening of community music-making at the historic Aladdin Theatre.
Also featured, Resonance-favorite Cecille Elliott (known for her vocal work with Lyyra and recent instrumental appearance with Sleater Kinney), unveils a new Resonance-commissioned work in addition to sharing her own original compositions.
Saturday, February 8th, 2025 7:30pm
Aladdin Theater, Portland, OR
Info & Tickets
Performer & Composer: Cycles of Life
Cycles of Life is a concert of music for voice and piano, together and in solos, exploring the experiences and emotions we encounter as we navigate the path of life. The music is lyrical, dramatic, funny, and poignant, with works exploring the sleepless excitement of your first crush and the night before your wedding, the loneliness of losing a loved one or moving away from home, the joy of feeling at home in your body, the search for gratitude in the face of struggle, the loving protection of parents for their children during a time of climate crisis, and more.
Cycles of Life is a unique concert in that performers Dianne Davies, piano, and Lisa Neher, mezzo-soprano are also the composers of the music you will hear. They bring their perspectives as composer-performers and their lens as women creators to this program.
Saturday, February 15, 2025, 7:00 pm
Home of Sylvia and Viktors Gray
Cycles of Life is a concert of music for voice and piano, together and in solos, exploring the experiences and emotions we encounter as we navigate the path of life. The music is lyrical, dramatic, funny, and poignant, with works exploring the sleepless excitement of your first crush and the night before your wedding, the loneliness of losing a loved one or moving away from home, the joy of feeling at home in your body, the search for gratitude in the face of struggle, the loving protection of parents for their children during a time of climate crisis, and more.
Cycles of Life is a unique concert in that performers Dianne Davies, piano, and Lisa Neher, mezzo-soprano are also the composers of the music you will hear. They bring their perspectives as composer-performers and their lens as women creators to this program.
Saturday, February 15, 2025, 7:00 pm
Home of Sylvia and Viktors Gray
Composer: The Rhapsody Series: Match Point
Game, set, match! Join PSU Faculty Dr. Margaret P. Fay, bassoon, and Dr. Timothy Shafer, piano, along with oboist Dr. Graham Mackenzie, for a program of sports-inspired music. This concert will feature works by Lisa Neher, Alexander Tcherepnin, João Guilherme Ripper, Mason Bynes, and the world premiere of Dr. Fay’s “Match Point,” for oboe, bassoon, piano, and ping pong table.
February 16, 2025 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm Eastern
Penn State School of Music Recital Hall
University Park, PA 16802
Details
Game, set, match! Join PSU Faculty Dr. Margaret P. Fay, bassoon, and Dr. Timothy Shafer, piano, along with oboist Dr. Graham Mackenzie, for a program of sports-inspired music. This concert will feature works by Lisa Neher, Alexander Tcherepnin, João Guilherme Ripper, Mason Bynes, and the world premiere of Dr. Fay’s “Match Point,” for oboe, bassoon, piano, and ping pong table.
February 16, 2025 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm Eastern
Penn State School of Music Recital Hall
University Park, PA 16802
Details
Presenter: The Sustainable Studio at the West Portland District OMTA Monthly Meeting
Lisa presents to the West Portland District OMTA on “The Sustainable Studio” at their April meeting. This presentation will offer best practices for designing studio policies to ensure stable finances, protect your time and energy, and provide clarity and professionalism to your students and studio families. Topics will include tuition models, billing and scheduling, software, studio contracts and policies, the ever present ‘makeup lesson’ question, healthy and joyful boundaries, and more, plus time for your questions. There will be a business meeting first and then the presentation starts at 10:30 am.
Wednesday, February 26, 2025, at 10 am - 12 pm Pacific
Christ United Methodist Church
Portland, OR
Details
Lisa presents to the West Portland District OMTA on “The Sustainable Studio” at their April meeting. This presentation will offer best practices for designing studio policies to ensure stable finances, protect your time and energy, and provide clarity and professionalism to your students and studio families. Topics will include tuition models, billing and scheduling, software, studio contracts and policies, the ever present ‘makeup lesson’ question, healthy and joyful boundaries, and more, plus time for your questions. There will be a business meeting first and then the presentation starts at 10:30 am.
Wednesday, February 26, 2025, at 10 am - 12 pm Pacific
Christ United Methodist Church
Portland, OR
Details
Educator & Performer: Lisa Neher Music Studio Spring Voice Recital
Lisa and her students perform a spring voice recital with Sequoia at the piano.
Saturday, March 1, 2025, 1:00 pm
The Old Madeleine Church, Portland, OR
Lisa and her students perform a spring voice recital with Sequoia at the piano.
Saturday, March 1, 2025, 1:00 pm
The Old Madeleine Church, Portland, OR
Composer: Sophie and Minnie (staged world premiere)
The staged premiere of Sophie and Minnie, a new opera by Lisa with a libretto by Kate Walat, based on "Sophia's Song," written by Sophia's granddaughter, award-winning author, Jill Kandel. The work is performed as part of SALT collaborative's A Mosaic of Mothers performance of micro-operas commissioned by SALT: Sylvia Stoner, Sharon O'Connell Campbell, Anne Jennifer Nash, Suna Gunther, and Young Kim.
March 27, 2025, Time: TBD
Concordia College, Moorhead, Minnesota
The staged premiere of Sophie and Minnie, a new opera by Lisa with a libretto by Kate Walat, based on "Sophia's Song," written by Sophia's granddaughter, award-winning author, Jill Kandel. The work is performed as part of SALT collaborative's A Mosaic of Mothers performance of micro-operas commissioned by SALT: Sylvia Stoner, Sharon O'Connell Campbell, Anne Jennifer Nash, Suna Gunther, and Young Kim.
March 27, 2025, Time: TBD
Concordia College, Moorhead, Minnesota
Composer: No One Saves the Earth From Us But Us at Cincinnati Song Initiative Fellowship of Song
The science is undeniable: our earth's climate is changing at alarming rates, and only we have the power to curb the effects it will have on our planet. Quinn Patrick Ankrum, mezzo soprano, and Elizabeth Avery, piano, present the world premiere of Lisa Neher's monumental cycle No One Saves the Earth From Us But Us, which confronts this stark reality. Also on the program is Ericsson Hatfield's award-winning cycle God's World celebrates the natural world that we must continue to cherish and protect. Tickets available starting February 1., 2025.
Friday, May 16, 2025, 2:30 pm 3:45 pm Eastern
College-Conservatory of Music, Werner Recital Hall
290 CCM Boulevard
Cincinnati, OH, 45219
Details & Tickets
The science is undeniable: our earth's climate is changing at alarming rates, and only we have the power to curb the effects it will have on our planet. Quinn Patrick Ankrum, mezzo soprano, and Elizabeth Avery, piano, present the world premiere of Lisa Neher's monumental cycle No One Saves the Earth From Us But Us, which confronts this stark reality. Also on the program is Ericsson Hatfield's award-winning cycle God's World celebrates the natural world that we must continue to cherish and protect. Tickets available starting February 1., 2025.
Friday, May 16, 2025, 2:30 pm 3:45 pm Eastern
College-Conservatory of Music, Werner Recital Hall
290 CCM Boulevard
Cincinnati, OH, 45219
Details & Tickets
Performer & Composer: Friends of Chamber Music
Lisa Neher and Dianne Davies join Friends of Chamber Music for a Dinner with Friends event. Dive into a creative journey with Dianne Davies and Lisa Neher’s original Cycles of Life for voice and piano. The music pairs perfectly with this charming, artful, and imaginative home in SW Portland. Inspired appetizers and wines add to the memorable afternoon.
Sat June 7, 2025, 3 pm Pacific
Hosted by Lyn Morris
SW Portland
Tickets: $75
Details & Tickets
Lisa Neher and Dianne Davies join Friends of Chamber Music for a Dinner with Friends event. Dive into a creative journey with Dianne Davies and Lisa Neher’s original Cycles of Life for voice and piano. The music pairs perfectly with this charming, artful, and imaginative home in SW Portland. Inspired appetizers and wines add to the memorable afternoon.
Sat June 7, 2025, 3 pm Pacific
Hosted by Lyn Morris
SW Portland
Tickets: $75
Details & Tickets
Performer: Lisa Neher and Studio Concert
Join Dr. Lisa Neher, mezzo-soprano, and her advanced vocal students for a concert of classical vocal solos, duets and ensemble numbers at the Old Church.
Wednesday, June 18, 2025
Noon
The Old Church Recital Hall
Join Dr. Lisa Neher, mezzo-soprano, and her advanced vocal students for a concert of classical vocal solos, duets and ensemble numbers at the Old Church.
Wednesday, June 18, 2025
Noon
The Old Church Recital Hall
Past Events
Performer & Composer: Really Spicy Opera Workshop & Reading Sessions
Lisa joins Really Spicy Opera for a series of workshops and reading sessions of new operas in the making, including Kitchen/Wedding/Murder, Lisa's new opera with librettist Basil Considine.
Monday, November 25 -Wed November 27, 2024
Minneapolis, MN
Lisa joins Really Spicy Opera for a series of workshops and reading sessions of new operas in the making, including Kitchen/Wedding/Murder, Lisa's new opera with librettist Basil Considine.
Monday, November 25 -Wed November 27, 2024
Minneapolis, MN
Performer: Rella Musical Review
Lisa performs as the Board President & Ensemble in Rella, a new musical that retells the Cinderella story, centering a multi-ethnic heroine facing racism and gatekeeping within elite circus culture. An original musical by Bevin Victoria & Aaron Wheeler-Kay.
Saturday, November 23, 7:30 pm Pacific
Sunday, November 24, 3:00 pm Pacific
Echo Theatre, 1515 SE 37th Ave, Portland, OR
Lisa performs as the Board President & Ensemble in Rella, a new musical that retells the Cinderella story, centering a multi-ethnic heroine facing racism and gatekeeping within elite circus culture. An original musical by Bevin Victoria & Aaron Wheeler-Kay.
Saturday, November 23, 7:30 pm Pacific
Sunday, November 24, 3:00 pm Pacific
Echo Theatre, 1515 SE 37th Ave, Portland, OR
Composer: Cascadia Composers Fearless Lieder
Cascadia Composers member composers give voice to the fearless poetry of four Oregon Poets Laureate: Elizabeth Woody, Kim Stafford, Paulann Petersen, and Lawson Inada. Fearless Leider features the world premiere of Lisa's new art song, Haven, with poetry by Paulann Petersen. Haven will be performed by Allison Kim-Yok Knotts, mezzo-soprano, and Dianne Davies, piano,
Saturday, November 23, 2024 at 7:30 pm Pacific
The Old Madeleine Church,
3123 NE 24th Avenue
Portland, OR
Details and Tickets
Cascadia Composers member composers give voice to the fearless poetry of four Oregon Poets Laureate: Elizabeth Woody, Kim Stafford, Paulann Petersen, and Lawson Inada. Fearless Leider features the world premiere of Lisa's new art song, Haven, with poetry by Paulann Petersen. Haven will be performed by Allison Kim-Yok Knotts, mezzo-soprano, and Dianne Davies, piano,
Saturday, November 23, 2024 at 7:30 pm Pacific
The Old Madeleine Church,
3123 NE 24th Avenue
Portland, OR
Details and Tickets
Composer: Siren Songs Chicago Premiere
Lisa and Caitlin Vincent’s song cycle Honeyed Voices, commissioned by Cristina Gallo for the Siren Songs project, willbe performed in the Chicago Premiere with 5 other composers and librettists work. Siren Songs is a new project that will explore humankind’s relationship with nature, our water systems, and climate change. The project consists of newly-composed art song cycles for treble voice and piano by four up-and-coming women, BIPOC, and LGBTQ+ composers. Each piece toys with portrayals of “sirens” (e.g.: an unnamed voice calling out to her audience, with a message that is equal parts inviting as well as alarming– the water is rising, and nature is dying).
Sunday, November 17, 2024, 7pm Central
Epiphany Center for the Arts,
Chicago, IL
Details
Lisa and Caitlin Vincent’s song cycle Honeyed Voices, commissioned by Cristina Gallo for the Siren Songs project, willbe performed in the Chicago Premiere with 5 other composers and librettists work. Siren Songs is a new project that will explore humankind’s relationship with nature, our water systems, and climate change. The project consists of newly-composed art song cycles for treble voice and piano by four up-and-coming women, BIPOC, and LGBTQ+ composers. Each piece toys with portrayals of “sirens” (e.g.: an unnamed voice calling out to her audience, with a message that is equal parts inviting as well as alarming– the water is rising, and nature is dying).
Sunday, November 17, 2024, 7pm Central
Epiphany Center for the Arts,
Chicago, IL
Details
Composer: Cascadia Composers Fearless Lieder Preview
Cascadia Composers previews their upcoming concert, Fearless Leider, which features Lisa's new art song, Haven, with poetry by Paulann Petersen. Haven will be performed by Allison Kim-Yok Knotts, mezzo-soprano, and Dianne Davies, piano. Former Oregon Poet Laureate Paulann Petersen will make a special appearance, and gallery artists will also be in attendance to discuss their works.
Thursday, November 14, 2024 at 5:00 pm - 8:00pm Pacific
Concert at 6pm Pacific
WaterStone Gallery
124 Northwest 9th Avenue
Portland, OR, 97209
Free admission
Details
Cascadia Composers previews their upcoming concert, Fearless Leider, which features Lisa's new art song, Haven, with poetry by Paulann Petersen. Haven will be performed by Allison Kim-Yok Knotts, mezzo-soprano, and Dianne Davies, piano. Former Oregon Poet Laureate Paulann Petersen will make a special appearance, and gallery artists will also be in attendance to discuss their works.
Thursday, November 14, 2024 at 5:00 pm - 8:00pm Pacific
Concert at 6pm Pacific
WaterStone Gallery
124 Northwest 9th Avenue
Portland, OR, 97209
Free admission
Details
Composer: Oregon Repertory Singers Youth Choir
The Oregon Repertory Singers 3rd-5th grade Youth Choir performs The Ghost of the Wych Elm, a treble choir work by Lisa and Kendra Preston Leonard at a morning program for families as part of ORS's Homegrown concert weekend.
Sunday, October 27, 2024, 11 am Pacific Time
Patricia Reser Center for the Arts, Beaverton, OR
Info and Tickets
The Oregon Repertory Singers 3rd-5th grade Youth Choir performs The Ghost of the Wych Elm, a treble choir work by Lisa and Kendra Preston Leonard at a morning program for families as part of ORS's Homegrown concert weekend.
Sunday, October 27, 2024, 11 am Pacific Time
Patricia Reser Center for the Arts, Beaverton, OR
Info and Tickets
Performer and Composer: Night of the Living Opera
IT'S ALIVE! Night of the Living Opera is an evening of haunting & silly contemporary operas in English that are the perfect way to get in the mood for Spooky Season! Enter a world of witches, murderers, and artists gone mad in a nightlife venue with food and drinks.
Featuring:
Serial Killers and the City by Del’Shawn Taylor and Joanie Brittingham: in this parody of Sex and the City, a group of stylish gal pals get together to swap stories about their latest kills - but things get tense when FBI Agent Small unexpectedly joins them for brunch!
The Oval Portrait by Felix Jarrar: based on Edgar Allan Poe’s short stories, a painter slowly falls into a drug-induced madness.
Thump! by Portland composer Kimberly Osberg: based on Edgar Allan Poe’s Gothic classic The Tell-Tale Heart, this psychodrama explores the psyche of a multifaceted narrator. A chilling tale of resentment, loss, & guilt.
she conjures by Portland composer Lisa Neher and Bea Goodwin: in this feminist tale of witches, crows, curses, revenge, and redemption, Grissall, the Scottish daughter of the last witch burned, seeks justice with the help of her mother’s feathered familiar, Caraid. Scottish folk music infuses this mysterious and haunting story.
Monday, October 21 and Wednesday, October 23, 5 pm - midnight Pacific Time
Raven's Manor Haunted Bar, 235 SW 1st Ave Portland, OR
$10 Cover, Ages 21+
Details
IT'S ALIVE! Night of the Living Opera is an evening of haunting & silly contemporary operas in English that are the perfect way to get in the mood for Spooky Season! Enter a world of witches, murderers, and artists gone mad in a nightlife venue with food and drinks.
Featuring:
Serial Killers and the City by Del’Shawn Taylor and Joanie Brittingham: in this parody of Sex and the City, a group of stylish gal pals get together to swap stories about their latest kills - but things get tense when FBI Agent Small unexpectedly joins them for brunch!
The Oval Portrait by Felix Jarrar: based on Edgar Allan Poe’s short stories, a painter slowly falls into a drug-induced madness.
Thump! by Portland composer Kimberly Osberg: based on Edgar Allan Poe’s Gothic classic The Tell-Tale Heart, this psychodrama explores the psyche of a multifaceted narrator. A chilling tale of resentment, loss, & guilt.
she conjures by Portland composer Lisa Neher and Bea Goodwin: in this feminist tale of witches, crows, curses, revenge, and redemption, Grissall, the Scottish daughter of the last witch burned, seeks justice with the help of her mother’s feathered familiar, Caraid. Scottish folk music infuses this mysterious and haunting story.
Monday, October 21 and Wednesday, October 23, 5 pm - midnight Pacific Time
Raven's Manor Haunted Bar, 235 SW 1st Ave Portland, OR
$10 Cover, Ages 21+
Details
Composer: The Open Road (Long Version)
Lawrence University choirs, Shannon Gravelle, director, will perform the world premiere of The Open Road (long version) music by Lisa Neher, poetry by Walt Whitman.
Friday, October 11, 2024, 7:30 pm Central
Lawrence University Lawrence Memorial Chapel
711 E. Boldt Way
Appleton, WI 54911
Details
Lawrence University choirs, Shannon Gravelle, director, will perform the world premiere of The Open Road (long version) music by Lisa Neher, poetry by Walt Whitman.
Friday, October 11, 2024, 7:30 pm Central
Lawrence University Lawrence Memorial Chapel
711 E. Boldt Way
Appleton, WI 54911
Details
Composer: Sophie and Minnie workshop performance on SALT's A Mosaic of Mothers Micro-Operas
Hear a workshop performance of Sophie and Minnie, a new opera by Lisa with a libretto by Kate Walat, based on "Sophia's Song," written by Sophia's granddaughter, award-winning author, Jill Kandel. The work is performed as part of SALT collaborative's A Mosaic of Mothers performance of micro-operas commissioned by SALT: Sylvia Stoner, Sharon O'Connell Campbell, Anne Jennifer Nash, Suna Gunther, and Young Kim.,
Thursday, October 10, 2024, 7:30 pm Central, University of Nebraska at Kearney, Kearney, NE
Hear a workshop performance of Sophie and Minnie, a new opera by Lisa with a libretto by Kate Walat, based on "Sophia's Song," written by Sophia's granddaughter, award-winning author, Jill Kandel. The work is performed as part of SALT collaborative's A Mosaic of Mothers performance of micro-operas commissioned by SALT: Sylvia Stoner, Sharon O'Connell Campbell, Anne Jennifer Nash, Suna Gunther, and Young Kim.,
Thursday, October 10, 2024, 7:30 pm Central, University of Nebraska at Kearney, Kearney, NE
Performer & Composer: Scream Queens
An evening of voices in treble! Enjoy a pun-derful cocktail or simple wine alongside delectable bites as New Wave Opera treble vocalists accompany your evening with tuneful opera arias, duets, and and art songs from Mendelssohn's iconic high-rise stage!
With selections ranging from the gorgeously serene to the seriously silly, there will be plenty for long-time opera fans and first-time listeners to enjoy.
Featured selections include works by New Wave Opera composers Kimberly Osberg & Lisa Neher, plus selections by Melissa Dunphy & Nikita Gill, Jodi Goble & Basil Considine, Monica Chew & Sandra Flores-Strand, William Bolcom, Jake Heggie, Portland's own Dianne Davies, and more!
Saturday, October 5, 2024, 8 pm - 10 pm Pacific
Mendelssohn's Classical Music Bar, 955 N. Mississippi Ave, Portland, OR
$10 Cover, Ages 21+
Details
An evening of voices in treble! Enjoy a pun-derful cocktail or simple wine alongside delectable bites as New Wave Opera treble vocalists accompany your evening with tuneful opera arias, duets, and and art songs from Mendelssohn's iconic high-rise stage!
With selections ranging from the gorgeously serene to the seriously silly, there will be plenty for long-time opera fans and first-time listeners to enjoy.
Featured selections include works by New Wave Opera composers Kimberly Osberg & Lisa Neher, plus selections by Melissa Dunphy & Nikita Gill, Jodi Goble & Basil Considine, Monica Chew & Sandra Flores-Strand, William Bolcom, Jake Heggie, Portland's own Dianne Davies, and more!
Saturday, October 5, 2024, 8 pm - 10 pm Pacific
Mendelssohn's Classical Music Bar, 955 N. Mississippi Ave, Portland, OR
$10 Cover, Ages 21+
Details
Performer: Evergreen & Oak and Iowa Composer's Forum
Lisa's trio Evergreen and Oak, with flutist Rose Bishop and pianist Abbie Brewer, perform an Iowa concert tour of music by members of the Iowa Composer's Forum.
Friday, September 20, 2024, 7:30 pm Central, Kirkwood Community College Ballantyne Recital Hall, Cedar Rapids, IA
Saturday, September 21, 2024, 7:30 pm Central, University of Northern Iowa School of Music, Cedar Falls, IA
Sunday, September 22, 2024, 3:00 pm Central, St. Ambrose University Galvin Fine Arts Center, Davenport, IA
Lisa's trio Evergreen and Oak, with flutist Rose Bishop and pianist Abbie Brewer, perform an Iowa concert tour of music by members of the Iowa Composer's Forum.
Friday, September 20, 2024, 7:30 pm Central, Kirkwood Community College Ballantyne Recital Hall, Cedar Rapids, IA
Saturday, September 21, 2024, 7:30 pm Central, University of Northern Iowa School of Music, Cedar Falls, IA
Sunday, September 22, 2024, 3:00 pm Central, St. Ambrose University Galvin Fine Arts Center, Davenport, IA
Composer: Siren Songs Northeast Premiere
Lisa and Caitlin Vincent’s song cycle Honeyed Voices, commissioned by Cristina Gallo for the Siren Songs project, will premiere along with 5 other composers and librettists work. Siren Songs is a new project that will explore humankind’s relationship with nature, our water systems, and climate change. The project consists of newly-composed art song cycles for treble voice and piano by four up-and-coming women, BIPOC, and LGBTQ+ composers. Each piece toys with portrayals of “sirens” (e.g.: an unnamed voice calling out to her audience, with a message that is equal parts inviting as well as alarming– the water is rising, and nature is dying).
September 14, 2024, 7:30 pm Eastern
Fort Point Lyric Studio
15 Channel Center St #102
Boston, MA 02210
Details
Lisa and Caitlin Vincent’s song cycle Honeyed Voices, commissioned by Cristina Gallo for the Siren Songs project, will premiere along with 5 other composers and librettists work. Siren Songs is a new project that will explore humankind’s relationship with nature, our water systems, and climate change. The project consists of newly-composed art song cycles for treble voice and piano by four up-and-coming women, BIPOC, and LGBTQ+ composers. Each piece toys with portrayals of “sirens” (e.g.: an unnamed voice calling out to her audience, with a message that is equal parts inviting as well as alarming– the water is rising, and nature is dying).
September 14, 2024, 7:30 pm Eastern
Fort Point Lyric Studio
15 Channel Center St #102
Boston, MA 02210
Details
Composer: Reflections: María García in Concert
Come hear the fall 2024 Lacroute Composer Reading's Artist in Residence pianist María García perform piano works by living female composers, a few of them living amongst us here in Oregon! Maria performs Fissure by Lisa Neher, poetry by Trevor Allred as part of the program on her recital, Reflections.
September 12, 2024, 7:00 pm Pacific
Linfield University Vivian Bull Music Center
McMinnville, OR
$10 General Admission
Free to the Linfield Community with valid university ID
Detail & Tickets
Come hear the fall 2024 Lacroute Composer Reading's Artist in Residence pianist María García perform piano works by living female composers, a few of them living amongst us here in Oregon! Maria performs Fissure by Lisa Neher, poetry by Trevor Allred as part of the program on her recital, Reflections.
September 12, 2024, 7:00 pm Pacific
Linfield University Vivian Bull Music Center
McMinnville, OR
$10 General Admission
Free to the Linfield Community with valid university ID
Detail & Tickets
Composer: Sonnet at the Edge of the Reef
Anna DeGraff, Mezzo-Soprano, Kayla Wilkens, Soprano, and Kurt Knecht, Composer and Pianist, perform A Sonnet at the Edge of the Reef, music by Lisa Neher, poetry by Craig Santos Perez.
September 12, 2024, 7:30 pm Central
First Lutheran Church
Brookings, SD
Details
Anna DeGraff, Mezzo-Soprano, Kayla Wilkens, Soprano, and Kurt Knecht, Composer and Pianist, perform A Sonnet at the Edge of the Reef, music by Lisa Neher, poetry by Craig Santos Perez.
September 12, 2024, 7:30 pm Central
First Lutheran Church
Brookings, SD
Details
Presenter: Collaborating with Singers and Composers
Lisa teaches a workshop on Collaborating with Singers and Composers to Guerilla Opera's New Librettist course, taught by Kendra Preston Leonard.
Tuesday, August 20, 2024, 8-10 pm Eastern
Online
Lisa teaches a workshop on Collaborating with Singers and Composers to Guerilla Opera's New Librettist course, taught by Kendra Preston Leonard.
Tuesday, August 20, 2024, 8-10 pm Eastern
Online
Composer: Cult of Orpheus
Cult of Orpheus performs Lisa’s song cycle she conjures (libretto by Bea Goodwin) on a concert of composed-songs as part of Washougal Songcraft Festival.
Sunday, August 18, 2024, 2 pm Pacific
Washougal Community Center
Details
Cult of Orpheus performs Lisa’s song cycle she conjures (libretto by Bea Goodwin) on a concert of composed-songs as part of Washougal Songcraft Festival.
Sunday, August 18, 2024, 2 pm Pacific
Washougal Community Center
Details
Performer: New Wave Opera at Raven's Manor
New Wave Opera performs opera scenes, arias, and songs by living composers and librettists at Raven's Manor Haunted Bar! Enjoy a signature Raven's Manor cocktail while we perform tuneful opera arias, duets, and and art songs by living composers and librettists. And, get an exclusive preview of our spooktacular October show, Night of the Living Opera!
What are a pair of bored cats to do when their owner is distracted by newfound love? Can a raven familiar help a grieving daughter avenge her mother's death? And what's that strange, thumping sound? Could it be...a heartbeat?
Featuring soprano Lindsey Rae Johnson, mezzos Lisa Neher and Allison Kim-Yok Knotts, and Stephen Lewis on piano performing music of New Wave Opera composers Kimberly Osberg & Lisa Neher, plus selections by Melissa Dunphy & Nikita Gill, Jodi Goble & Basil Considine, Monica Chew & Sandra Flores-Strand, William Bolcom, Jake Heggie, Portland's own Dianne Davies, and more.
Monday, August 19, 2024, 6 pm - 11 pm Pacific
Raven's Manor Haunted Bar, 235 SW 1st Ave Portland, OR
$5 Cover, Ages 21+
New Wave Opera performs opera scenes, arias, and songs by living composers and librettists at Raven's Manor Haunted Bar! Enjoy a signature Raven's Manor cocktail while we perform tuneful opera arias, duets, and and art songs by living composers and librettists. And, get an exclusive preview of our spooktacular October show, Night of the Living Opera!
What are a pair of bored cats to do when their owner is distracted by newfound love? Can a raven familiar help a grieving daughter avenge her mother's death? And what's that strange, thumping sound? Could it be...a heartbeat?
Featuring soprano Lindsey Rae Johnson, mezzos Lisa Neher and Allison Kim-Yok Knotts, and Stephen Lewis on piano performing music of New Wave Opera composers Kimberly Osberg & Lisa Neher, plus selections by Melissa Dunphy & Nikita Gill, Jodi Goble & Basil Considine, Monica Chew & Sandra Flores-Strand, William Bolcom, Jake Heggie, Portland's own Dianne Davies, and more.
Monday, August 19, 2024, 6 pm - 11 pm Pacific
Raven's Manor Haunted Bar, 235 SW 1st Ave Portland, OR
$5 Cover, Ages 21+
Performer: Opera In the Park Portland: La Traviata
Lisa performs in the chorus for Opera In the Park Portland's concert production of Giuseppe Verdi's La Traviata. "Artistic Director Keith Clark has put together a stellar cast of internationally acclaimed singers, and full chorus and orchestra under the baton of Nicholas Fox, featuring soprano Aubry Ballarò, singing the iconic role of “Violetta,” tenor César Delgado, as her naive lover “Alfredo,” and baritone Luis Ledesma, as his domineering father “Giorgio Germont.” Other principal artists include OPERA IN THE PARK Portland veterans, bass-baritone DeAndre Simmons and soprano Jocelyn Claire Thomas, and making his debut, tenor Brandon Michael."
August 4, 2024, 6 -8 pm Pacific Time
Peninsula Park700 N Rosa Parks Way
Portland, OR 97217
Free and open to the public
Details
Lisa performs in the chorus for Opera In the Park Portland's concert production of Giuseppe Verdi's La Traviata. "Artistic Director Keith Clark has put together a stellar cast of internationally acclaimed singers, and full chorus and orchestra under the baton of Nicholas Fox, featuring soprano Aubry Ballarò, singing the iconic role of “Violetta,” tenor César Delgado, as her naive lover “Alfredo,” and baritone Luis Ledesma, as his domineering father “Giorgio Germont.” Other principal artists include OPERA IN THE PARK Portland veterans, bass-baritone DeAndre Simmons and soprano Jocelyn Claire Thomas, and making his debut, tenor Brandon Michael."
August 4, 2024, 6 -8 pm Pacific Time
Peninsula Park700 N Rosa Parks Way
Portland, OR 97217
Free and open to the public
Details
Composer: Exhibitor Showcase: Flute Specialists, Inc.—Expanding the Range: Unique Flute Duos
Heather Neuenschwander and Callie Green Brewer demonstrate piccolo, G treble, E-flat, B-flat, alto and bass flutes with exciting premieres by composers Tyler Mazone, Lisa Neher, and Arturo Rodriguez. Try the instruments at the Flute Specialists booth afterwards! Heather and Callie will premiere Lisa's new duet for alto and bass flute, The Hag of Beara, commissioned by Flute Specialists, Inc., for the NFA Conference. The piece is also available in versions for 2 alto flutes and 2 bass flutes.
August 3, 2024, 12:45 -1:10 pm Central Time
Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center, room 211
900 East Market Street
San Antonio, TX 78205
Details
Heather Neuenschwander and Callie Green Brewer demonstrate piccolo, G treble, E-flat, B-flat, alto and bass flutes with exciting premieres by composers Tyler Mazone, Lisa Neher, and Arturo Rodriguez. Try the instruments at the Flute Specialists booth afterwards! Heather and Callie will premiere Lisa's new duet for alto and bass flute, The Hag of Beara, commissioned by Flute Specialists, Inc., for the NFA Conference. The piece is also available in versions for 2 alto flutes and 2 bass flutes.
August 3, 2024, 12:45 -1:10 pm Central Time
Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center, room 211
900 East Market Street
San Antonio, TX 78205
Details
Performer: New Wave Opera Presents Summer Splash
Join Susan McBerry's Periwinkle Studios for New Wave Opera's company launch and fundraiser: Summer Splash.
This all-ages backyard concert features tuneful opera arias, duets, and art songs by living composers, some of whom live in your own backyard! How can a cook win a baking competition when she's lost her sense of smell? Will wedding preparations ever be perfect for the ultimate Bridezilla? And just what are all those squirrels in your backyard up to? Find out at Summer Splash! Plus, hear the world premiere of Kimberly Osberg's comic and pun-filled opera trio, "If you cheese."
Enjoy the talents of soprano Lindsey Rae Johnson, mezzos Lisa Neher and Allison Kim-Yok Knotts, and Stephen Lewis on piano performing music of Melissa Dunphy & Nikita Gill, Gabriela Lena Frank's setting of Andean folk poetry, Monica Chew & Sandra Flores-Strand, William Bolcom, Jake Heggie, Portland's own Dianne Davies & Lisa Neher, and more.
Saturday, July 27, 2024, 3:30 pm
Westmoreland Neighborhood, Portland, Oregon
$20 suggested donation at the door.
RSVP to hold your seat
Details
Join Susan McBerry's Periwinkle Studios for New Wave Opera's company launch and fundraiser: Summer Splash.
This all-ages backyard concert features tuneful opera arias, duets, and art songs by living composers, some of whom live in your own backyard! How can a cook win a baking competition when she's lost her sense of smell? Will wedding preparations ever be perfect for the ultimate Bridezilla? And just what are all those squirrels in your backyard up to? Find out at Summer Splash! Plus, hear the world premiere of Kimberly Osberg's comic and pun-filled opera trio, "If you cheese."
Enjoy the talents of soprano Lindsey Rae Johnson, mezzos Lisa Neher and Allison Kim-Yok Knotts, and Stephen Lewis on piano performing music of Melissa Dunphy & Nikita Gill, Gabriela Lena Frank's setting of Andean folk poetry, Monica Chew & Sandra Flores-Strand, William Bolcom, Jake Heggie, Portland's own Dianne Davies & Lisa Neher, and more.
Saturday, July 27, 2024, 3:30 pm
Westmoreland Neighborhood, Portland, Oregon
$20 suggested donation at the door.
RSVP to hold your seat
Details
Composer: 53rd Annual International Double Reed Society Confrence
The Reed Minders Duo premieres Ping Pong, a new duet for oboe and bassoon commissioned by a consortium of performers, led by Margaret Fay and Graham Mackenzie of the Reed Minders Duo.
July 22, 2024, 1:45 pm Mountain
Northern Arizona University Kitt School of Music Studio Theatre
Flagstaff, AZ
Details
Martin Van Klompenberg, bassoonist, performs a recital at IDRS entitled "Aquaria: A Look at Life below the Water," featuring music written by himself, Lisa, and Sagita Alisya.
July 25, 2024, 1:45 pm Mountain
Northern Arizona University Kitt School of Music Kitt Recital Hall
Flagstaff, AZ
Details
The Reed Minders Duo premieres Ping Pong, a new duet for oboe and bassoon commissioned by a consortium of performers, led by Margaret Fay and Graham Mackenzie of the Reed Minders Duo.
July 22, 2024, 1:45 pm Mountain
Northern Arizona University Kitt School of Music Studio Theatre
Flagstaff, AZ
Details
Martin Van Klompenberg, bassoonist, performs a recital at IDRS entitled "Aquaria: A Look at Life below the Water," featuring music written by himself, Lisa, and Sagita Alisya.
July 25, 2024, 1:45 pm Mountain
Northern Arizona University Kitt School of Music Kitt Recital Hall
Flagstaff, AZ
Details
Performer: Oregon Bach Festival
Lisa joins Resonance Ensemble and Oregon Bach Festival performing Beethoven's Ninth Symphony and Gabriela Lena Frank's Pachamama Meets an Ode with Ken-David Masur, conductor.
From Oregon Bach Festival:
"The festival reaches its grand conclusion with one of the greatest compositions of all time. Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony is made even more remarkable by the fact that, at its premiere in 1824, Beethoven was completely deaf. The triumphant work culminates with the iconic, transformative finale - the famous Ode to Joy chorus."
Hult Center for the Performing Arts, Eugene, OR
Sunday, July 14, 2:30 pm Pacific
Information and Tickets
Lisa joins Resonance Ensemble and Oregon Bach Festival performing Beethoven's Ninth Symphony and Gabriela Lena Frank's Pachamama Meets an Ode with Ken-David Masur, conductor.
From Oregon Bach Festival:
"The festival reaches its grand conclusion with one of the greatest compositions of all time. Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony is made even more remarkable by the fact that, at its premiere in 1824, Beethoven was completely deaf. The triumphant work culminates with the iconic, transformative finale - the famous Ode to Joy chorus."
Hult Center for the Performing Arts, Eugene, OR
Sunday, July 14, 2:30 pm Pacific
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Performer: Really Spicy Opera's Aria Institute
Lisa and fellow New Wave Opera singers and pianists perform readings of new arias from Really Spicy Opera's Aria Institute.
July 13, 2024, Online
Lisa and fellow New Wave Opera singers and pianists perform readings of new arias from Really Spicy Opera's Aria Institute.
July 13, 2024, Online
Performer & Composer: She Became Fire
Join Lisa with pianist Nacho Ojeda and flutist Emily Duncan for a program of contemporary songs about social justice, feminism, loss, and love. What is the American dream, and who is it for? Danielle Olana Jagelski's gichi-mookomaan-aki ("United States") delves into these questions by setting interviews with citizens of the tribal nations to music. Drew Swatosh's unaccompanied song "Riots" (poetry of Carolyn Quick) faces violent police responses to protest, while in Lisa Neher and Bea Goodwin's Scottish-folksong-infused she conjures, a young woman seeks justice after her mother is burned at the stake but questions whether justice or revenge was truly done.
Gabriela Lena Frank's Cuatro Canciones Andinas (Four Andean Songs) explore themes of departure, loss, and magic, setting traditional Peruvian poetry translated into Spanish by José María Arguedas. A woman explores the magic of self-healing and growth after trauma in Melissa Dunphy and Nikita Gill's song cycle Four Poems of Nikita Gill. Volume (a world premiere on this program), words and music by Carolyn Quick evokes the freedom and joy of hair and through that, the self. And Gilbert Galindo's ¡Víctor, Catarina!, which sets the words of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, a 17th-Century Mexican nun, boldly celebrates feminism and challenges the patriarchy of Church and society.
Friday, July 5, 2024, 7:00 pm Eastern
St. John's in the Village Episcopal Church
218 W 11th St., New York, NY 10014
Tickets
Join Lisa with pianist Nacho Ojeda and flutist Emily Duncan for a program of contemporary songs about social justice, feminism, loss, and love. What is the American dream, and who is it for? Danielle Olana Jagelski's gichi-mookomaan-aki ("United States") delves into these questions by setting interviews with citizens of the tribal nations to music. Drew Swatosh's unaccompanied song "Riots" (poetry of Carolyn Quick) faces violent police responses to protest, while in Lisa Neher and Bea Goodwin's Scottish-folksong-infused she conjures, a young woman seeks justice after her mother is burned at the stake but questions whether justice or revenge was truly done.
Gabriela Lena Frank's Cuatro Canciones Andinas (Four Andean Songs) explore themes of departure, loss, and magic, setting traditional Peruvian poetry translated into Spanish by José María Arguedas. A woman explores the magic of self-healing and growth after trauma in Melissa Dunphy and Nikita Gill's song cycle Four Poems of Nikita Gill. Volume (a world premiere on this program), words and music by Carolyn Quick evokes the freedom and joy of hair and through that, the self. And Gilbert Galindo's ¡Víctor, Catarina!, which sets the words of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, a 17th-Century Mexican nun, boldly celebrates feminism and challenges the patriarchy of Church and society.
Friday, July 5, 2024, 7:00 pm Eastern
St. John's in the Village Episcopal Church
218 W 11th St., New York, NY 10014
Tickets
Performer: Experiments in Opera presents Five Ways to Die
Lisa performs in multiple roles in four new operas developed by Experiments in Opera. EiO writes: "Five Ways to Die is a world premiere opera written and composed by artists in Experiments in Opera’s critically-acclaimed Writers’ Room, a regularly-occurring program for composers and librettists that Experiments in Opera began in 2019. The Writers’ Room challenges the precedent of single authorship and embraces a model where multiple composers and librettists create a large-scale work that embodies the spirit of an inclusive and collaborative community. Prior Writers’ Room works include Sisyphus (2017), Aqua Net & Funyuns (2020) and Everything For Dawn (2022). Five Ways will feature a chamber ensemble of five musicians, a cast of six singers and maximalist aesthetics to investigate poison, plague, and magical portals, and of course, death."
Thursday, June 27, 2024 at 7 pm Eastern
Friday June 28, 2024 at 7 pm Eastern
Saturday June 29, 2024 at 7 pm Eastern
Sunday June 30, 2024 at 1:30 pm Eastern
HERE Arts Center, 145 6th Ave, New York, NY 10013
Tickets & more information
Lisa performs in multiple roles in four new operas developed by Experiments in Opera. EiO writes: "Five Ways to Die is a world premiere opera written and composed by artists in Experiments in Opera’s critically-acclaimed Writers’ Room, a regularly-occurring program for composers and librettists that Experiments in Opera began in 2019. The Writers’ Room challenges the precedent of single authorship and embraces a model where multiple composers and librettists create a large-scale work that embodies the spirit of an inclusive and collaborative community. Prior Writers’ Room works include Sisyphus (2017), Aqua Net & Funyuns (2020) and Everything For Dawn (2022). Five Ways will feature a chamber ensemble of five musicians, a cast of six singers and maximalist aesthetics to investigate poison, plague, and magical portals, and of course, death."
Thursday, June 27, 2024 at 7 pm Eastern
Friday June 28, 2024 at 7 pm Eastern
Saturday June 29, 2024 at 7 pm Eastern
Sunday June 30, 2024 at 1:30 pm Eastern
HERE Arts Center, 145 6th Ave, New York, NY 10013
Tickets & more information
Composer: Imitations
Composer's Concordance premieres first winter rain, a new guitar quartet by Lisa. This concert features composers writing new fugues, canons, Inventions and other imitative compositions by Lisa and composers: Seth Boustead, Dan Cooper, Denise Koncelik, Daniel Palkowski, David Post, Gene Pritsker, Anton Rovner, Bill Schimmel, Aleksandra Vrebalov. Performers include: Daniel Palkowski, piano, Bill Schimmel, accordion and the CompCord Guitar Quartet: Oren Fader, Greg Baker, Adam Negrin, and Jay Sorce.
June 27th, 2024, at 7 pm Eastern
Greenwich House, 46 Barrow St, NYC
Details and tickets
Composer's Concordance premieres first winter rain, a new guitar quartet by Lisa. This concert features composers writing new fugues, canons, Inventions and other imitative compositions by Lisa and composers: Seth Boustead, Dan Cooper, Denise Koncelik, Daniel Palkowski, David Post, Gene Pritsker, Anton Rovner, Bill Schimmel, Aleksandra Vrebalov. Performers include: Daniel Palkowski, piano, Bill Schimmel, accordion and the CompCord Guitar Quartet: Oren Fader, Greg Baker, Adam Negrin, and Jay Sorce.
June 27th, 2024, at 7 pm Eastern
Greenwich House, 46 Barrow St, NYC
Details and tickets
Composer: Ploen Sopitpongstorn and The Graphite Project: Butterfly Effect
Ploen Sopitpongstorn and their chamber music group The Graphite Project performs Lisa's I Want Tt Be Soft.
Saturday, June 22, 2024, at 7 pm Indochina
Safebox Artspace
Bangkok, Thailand
Ploen Sopitpongstorn and their chamber music group The Graphite Project performs Lisa's I Want Tt Be Soft.
Saturday, June 22, 2024, at 7 pm Indochina
Safebox Artspace
Bangkok, Thailand
Composer: Ploen Sopitpongstorn at Silpakorn International Conference on Sound and Music (SICSAM)
Ploen Sopitpongstorn performs the Thailand premiere of Lisa's I Want to Be Soft at the Silpakorn International Conference on Sound and Music, hosted by Silpakorn University Faculty of Music and co-host institutions from 7 countries including the Royal Musical Association.
Friday, June 7, 2024 at 7:20 pm Indochina
Bangkok Art and Culture Centre
Bangkok, Thailand
Ploen Sopitpongstorn performs the Thailand premiere of Lisa's I Want to Be Soft at the Silpakorn International Conference on Sound and Music, hosted by Silpakorn University Faculty of Music and co-host institutions from 7 countries including the Royal Musical Association.
Friday, June 7, 2024 at 7:20 pm Indochina
Bangkok Art and Culture Centre
Bangkok, Thailand
Presenter: Composing for Singers
Lisa presents comprehensive need-to-know details about composing effectively for singers, including: range vs. tessitura, artistic and intelligible text setting, harmonic and pitch support, and select extended techniques for Iowa Composer's Forum.
Tuesday, June 4, 2024, 7 pm Central
Online via Zoom
Lisa presents comprehensive need-to-know details about composing effectively for singers, including: range vs. tessitura, artistic and intelligible text setting, harmonic and pitch support, and select extended techniques for Iowa Composer's Forum.
Tuesday, June 4, 2024, 7 pm Central
Online via Zoom
Composer: Siren Songs Workshop
Lisa and Caitlin Vincent’s song cycle Honeyed Voices, commissioned by Cristina Gallo for the Siren Songs project, will be workshopped along with 5 other composers and librettists work. Siren Songs is a new project that will explore humankind’s relationship with nature, our water systems, and climate change. The project consists of newly-composed art song cycles for treble voice and piano by four up-and-coming women, BIPOC, and LGBTQ+ composers. Each piece toys with portrayals of “sirens” (e.g.: an unnamed voice calling out to her audience, with a message that is equal parts inviting as well as alarming– the water is rising, and nature is dying).
Saturday, June 1, 2024, 7:00 pm Eastern
Grace Episcopal Church, Newton, MA
Free admission, registration requested
Details
Lisa and Caitlin Vincent’s song cycle Honeyed Voices, commissioned by Cristina Gallo for the Siren Songs project, will be workshopped along with 5 other composers and librettists work. Siren Songs is a new project that will explore humankind’s relationship with nature, our water systems, and climate change. The project consists of newly-composed art song cycles for treble voice and piano by four up-and-coming women, BIPOC, and LGBTQ+ composers. Each piece toys with portrayals of “sirens” (e.g.: an unnamed voice calling out to her audience, with a message that is equal parts inviting as well as alarming– the water is rising, and nature is dying).
Saturday, June 1, 2024, 7:00 pm Eastern
Grace Episcopal Church, Newton, MA
Free admission, registration requested
Details
Composer: LunART Festival
Lisa joins LunART Festival as a featured composer and winner of the 2024 LunART Call for Scores Competition. Lisa's song cycle she conjures with libretto by Bea Goodwin, will be performed by soprano Emily Birsan on the LunART Chamber Music Concert.
LunART Chamber Music Concert
Friday, May 31, 7:30 pm Central
Hamel Music Center, UW Madison Campus, Madison, WI
Information
Lisa joins LunART Festival as a featured composer and winner of the 2024 LunART Call for Scores Competition. Lisa's song cycle she conjures with libretto by Bea Goodwin, will be performed by soprano Emily Birsan on the LunART Chamber Music Concert.
LunART Chamber Music Concert
Friday, May 31, 7:30 pm Central
Hamel Music Center, UW Madison Campus, Madison, WI
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Composer: Fuse Collaborations in Song
Fuse Collaborations in Song presents the world premiere of Wherever You Are by Lisa and poet Marlanda Dekine, written for Addison Pattillo, soprano, and Brendon Shapiro, pianist, and was commissioned by Catalyst New Music and Boston Singer’s Resource.
Friday, May 31, 2024 at 7pm Eastern
Pickman Hall at the Longy School of Music, Cambridge, MA
Livestream Tickets available
Details and Tickets
Fuse Collaborations in Song presents the world premiere of Wherever You Are by Lisa and poet Marlanda Dekine, written for Addison Pattillo, soprano, and Brendon Shapiro, pianist, and was commissioned by Catalyst New Music and Boston Singer’s Resource.
Friday, May 31, 2024 at 7pm Eastern
Pickman Hall at the Longy School of Music, Cambridge, MA
Livestream Tickets available
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Composer: XXXIX Festival Internacional de Flautistas
Rose Bishop, flute, performs as a guest artist and concerto soloist at the XXXIX Festival Internacional de Flautistas in Lima, Perú. Her performances include the South American premiere of Lisa's flute solo Reach Out.
May 20-24, 2024. Lima, Perú
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Rose Bishop, flute, performs as a guest artist and concerto soloist at the XXXIX Festival Internacional de Flautistas in Lima, Perú. Her performances include the South American premiere of Lisa's flute solo Reach Out.
May 20-24, 2024. Lima, Perú
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Composer: Celebris Ensemble
Celebris Ensemble performs Lisa and Caitlin Vincent’s I Dug Up a Rose for SATB choir and piano, runner-up for their 2024 Composer Competition. Celebrate the Earth & Sky with Celebris Ensemble! 8 captivating voices bring you music inspired by nature's beauty & majesty. Featuring Brahms, Lauridsen & more! Discover new voices: Hear the 2024-2025 winning compositions by Levent Altuntas, Lisa Neher & Caitlin Vincent! Joined by the Plainwell High School Honors Choir. Free entry; Donations most welcome. Sponsored in part by the Michigan Arts & Culture Council.
May 19, 2024, 4:00 pm Eastern
First Congregational Church, 345 West Michigan Avenue, Kalamazoo, MI 49007
Free to attend, donations accepted
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Celebris Ensemble performs Lisa and Caitlin Vincent’s I Dug Up a Rose for SATB choir and piano, runner-up for their 2024 Composer Competition. Celebrate the Earth & Sky with Celebris Ensemble! 8 captivating voices bring you music inspired by nature's beauty & majesty. Featuring Brahms, Lauridsen & more! Discover new voices: Hear the 2024-2025 winning compositions by Levent Altuntas, Lisa Neher & Caitlin Vincent! Joined by the Plainwell High School Honors Choir. Free entry; Donations most welcome. Sponsored in part by the Michigan Arts & Culture Council.
May 19, 2024, 4:00 pm Eastern
First Congregational Church, 345 West Michigan Avenue, Kalamazoo, MI 49007
Free to attend, donations accepted
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Performer: Cascadia Chamber Opera Presents Pint-Sized Opera
Lisa performs favorite opera arias with Cascadia Chamber Opera at this Mother's Day event in beautiful Astoria, Oregon.
Sunday, May 12, 2024, 4:00 pm
Pacifick Distillery, 55-4th St., Astoria, OR, United States, Oregon
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Lisa performs favorite opera arias with Cascadia Chamber Opera at this Mother's Day event in beautiful Astoria, Oregon.
Sunday, May 12, 2024, 4:00 pm
Pacifick Distillery, 55-4th St., Astoria, OR, United States, Oregon
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Performer: Portland Opera Presents Puccini in Concert
Lisa performs in Portland Opera's Puccini in Concert program.
Saturday, May 11, 2024, at 7:30 pm Pacific
Keller Auditorium, Portland, OR
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Lisa performs in Portland Opera's Puccini in Concert program.
Saturday, May 11, 2024, at 7:30 pm Pacific
Keller Auditorium, Portland, OR
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*POSTPONED* Performer: John Quincy Adams and the Subterraneans (world premiere)
Lisa creates the role of Andrew Jackson in this concert-style world premiere of Wes Flinn's opera John Quincy Adams and the Subterraneans.
University of Minnesota Morris, Morris, MN
POSTPONED
Lisa creates the role of Andrew Jackson in this concert-style world premiere of Wes Flinn's opera John Quincy Adams and the Subterraneans.
University of Minnesota Morris, Morris, MN
POSTPONED
Performer: Portland Opera Open Rehearsal for Puccini in Concert
Join the Portland Opera Chorus for an open rehearsal of music for our upcoming Puccini in Concert program. Linger as long as you like and enjoy the day at Tilikum Crossing.
Sunday, May 5, 2024 at 2:00 pm Pacific
Hampton Opera Center (outdoor patio), Portland, OR
Join the Portland Opera Chorus for an open rehearsal of music for our upcoming Puccini in Concert program. Linger as long as you like and enjoy the day at Tilikum Crossing.
Sunday, May 5, 2024 at 2:00 pm Pacific
Hampton Opera Center (outdoor patio), Portland, OR
*POSTPONED* Composer: Cincinnati Song Initiative: To the Woods
Cincinnati Song Initiative presents To the Woods, an Earth Day concert on the theme of climate change that features the in-person premiere of Lisa's song cycle, No One Saves the Earth From Us But Us, by mezzo soprano Quinn Patrick Ankrum and pianist Elizabeth Avery. No One Saves the Earth From Us But Us sets poetry by Felicia Zamora and Craig Santos Perez.
Church of Our Savior, Cincinnati, OH
POSTPONED
Cincinnati Song Initiative presents To the Woods, an Earth Day concert on the theme of climate change that features the in-person premiere of Lisa's song cycle, No One Saves the Earth From Us But Us, by mezzo soprano Quinn Patrick Ankrum and pianist Elizabeth Avery. No One Saves the Earth From Us But Us sets poetry by Felicia Zamora and Craig Santos Perez.
Church of Our Savior, Cincinnati, OH
POSTPONED
Presenter: Incorporating Composing into Your Studio Teaching at the West Portland District OMTA Monthly Meeting
Lisa joins West Portland District of the Oregon Music Teachers Association to present a workshop on Incorporating Composing into Your Studio Teaching. In this workshop, learn methods for incorporating composing in your studio lessons. We will discuss existing resources for teachers and ways to create your own composition assignments and prompts, as well as how to break down the process of composing a piece into small pieces that can be achieved using just a few minutes of lesson time each week.
Tuesday, April 16, 2024, at 10 am - 12 pm Pacific
Christ United Methodist Church in Cedar Mill
12755 NW Dogwood St, Portland, OR
Lisa joins West Portland District of the Oregon Music Teachers Association to present a workshop on Incorporating Composing into Your Studio Teaching. In this workshop, learn methods for incorporating composing in your studio lessons. We will discuss existing resources for teachers and ways to create your own composition assignments and prompts, as well as how to break down the process of composing a piece into small pieces that can be achieved using just a few minutes of lesson time each week.
Tuesday, April 16, 2024, at 10 am - 12 pm Pacific
Christ United Methodist Church in Cedar Mill
12755 NW Dogwood St, Portland, OR
Composer: International Low Flutes Festival
Elizabeth Robinson, flute, and Anna DeGraff, mezzo soprano, perform Lisa’s Listen to All Things Burning.
April 14, 2024, at 11:15 am - 12:15 pm Eastern
Hilton Washington Dulles, Ballroom Belmont 1&2
Washington D.C.
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Elizabeth Robinson, flute, and Anna DeGraff, mezzo soprano, perform Lisa’s Listen to All Things Burning.
April 14, 2024, at 11:15 am - 12:15 pm Eastern
Hilton Washington Dulles, Ballroom Belmont 1&2
Washington D.C.
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Composer: Chehalem Cultural Center Presents: Chelsea Janzen Williams & Leigh Brown: Hemel en Aarde (Heaven and Earth)
Leigh Brown, harp and Chelsea Janzen Williams, soprano present Hemel en Aarde - Heaven and Earth: a concert of harp and vocal music, featuring classical, jazz, and contemporary genres and a special premiere of a newly-commissioned work by Lisa Neher and Kendra Preston Leonard: The Rose is an Ally of the Vine. This piece was sponsored by the American Harp Society. Enjoy wines by Leigh Brown's winery, Lolati Wines, at this event.
Friday April 12, 7:00 pm (doors open at 6:30 pm)
$30 general admission, $15 students
Chehalem Cultural Center, 415 E Sheridan St, Newberg, OR 97132
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Leigh Brown, harp and Chelsea Janzen Williams, soprano present Hemel en Aarde - Heaven and Earth: a concert of harp and vocal music, featuring classical, jazz, and contemporary genres and a special premiere of a newly-commissioned work by Lisa Neher and Kendra Preston Leonard: The Rose is an Ally of the Vine. This piece was sponsored by the American Harp Society. Enjoy wines by Leigh Brown's winery, Lolati Wines, at this event.
Friday April 12, 7:00 pm (doors open at 6:30 pm)
$30 general admission, $15 students
Chehalem Cultural Center, 415 E Sheridan St, Newberg, OR 97132
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Presenter: The Sustainable Studio at the Hillsboro Area District OMTA Monthly Meeting
Lisa presents to the Hillsboro Area District OMTA on “The Sustainable Studio” at their April meeting. This presentation will offer best practices for designing studio policies to ensure stable finances, protect your time and energy, and provide clarity and professionalism to your students and studio families. Topics will include tuition models, billing and scheduling, software, studio contracts and policies, the ever present ‘makeup lesson’ question, healthy and joyful boundaries, and more, plus time for your questions. There will be a business meeting first and then the presentation starts at 10:30 am.
Wednesday, April 10, 2024, at 10 am - 12 pm Pacific
Brookwood Library Community Room
2850 NE Brookwood Parkway
Hillsboro, OR
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Lisa presents to the Hillsboro Area District OMTA on “The Sustainable Studio” at their April meeting. This presentation will offer best practices for designing studio policies to ensure stable finances, protect your time and energy, and provide clarity and professionalism to your students and studio families. Topics will include tuition models, billing and scheduling, software, studio contracts and policies, the ever present ‘makeup lesson’ question, healthy and joyful boundaries, and more, plus time for your questions. There will be a business meeting first and then the presentation starts at 10:30 am.
Wednesday, April 10, 2024, at 10 am - 12 pm Pacific
Brookwood Library Community Room
2850 NE Brookwood Parkway
Hillsboro, OR
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Presenter: University of Idaho Composition Studio
Lisa gives an online presentation to the University of Idaho Composition Studio.
Friday, March 29, 2024
Lionel Hampton School of Music at the University of Idaho
Online/Moscow, ID
Lisa gives an online presentation to the University of Idaho Composition Studio.
Friday, March 29, 2024
Lionel Hampton School of Music at the University of Idaho
Online/Moscow, ID
Composer: Stars & Dreams
Mezzo soprano Phoebe Gildea and pianist Paul Floyd will be presenting "Stars and Dreams," a recital of music celebrating nighttime as part of the Old Church Lunchtime Concert Series. Works performed will include: Les nuits d'été by Hector Berlioz, Bright Star, Steadfast by J. Berend Gildea, and Lisa's By Candlelight. The recital is free and open to the public.
Wednesday March 20, 2024 at 12pm
The Old Church
Portland, OR
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Mezzo soprano Phoebe Gildea and pianist Paul Floyd will be presenting "Stars and Dreams," a recital of music celebrating nighttime as part of the Old Church Lunchtime Concert Series. Works performed will include: Les nuits d'été by Hector Berlioz, Bright Star, Steadfast by J. Berend Gildea, and Lisa's By Candlelight. The recital is free and open to the public.
Wednesday March 20, 2024 at 12pm
The Old Church
Portland, OR
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Performer & Composer: Artist in Residence, Hochschule für Musik und Theater, München
Lisa joins Really Spicy Opera for an intensive Aria Institute at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater (University of Music and Theatre) in München (Munich), Germany. She will provide feedback for composers and librettists on their works in progress, premiere the new arias created during the workshop in a showcase concert, and perform an additional concert of arias and art songs with fellow faculty members.
Showcase Concerts: March 14, March 15, Time TBD
Free and open to the public
Hochschule für Musik und Theater
Arcisstraße 12, 80333 München, Germany
Lisa joins Really Spicy Opera for an intensive Aria Institute at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater (University of Music and Theatre) in München (Munich), Germany. She will provide feedback for composers and librettists on their works in progress, premiere the new arias created during the workshop in a showcase concert, and perform an additional concert of arias and art songs with fellow faculty members.
Showcase Concerts: March 14, March 15, Time TBD
Free and open to the public
Hochschule für Musik und Theater
Arcisstraße 12, 80333 München, Germany
Composer: From the Vault: I’ve Got a Secret
Vocalist Drew Swatosh performs Lisa"s art song I Want to Be Soft with collaborative pianist Claire Forstman as part of Portland Symphonic Choir‘s new recital series From the Vault. The first recital is on the theme I’ve Got a Secret and is curated by PSC soprano Abby Krawson.
Sunday, February 25, 2024, at 6pm Pacific
Bank of Expensify, Portland, OR
Free Admission
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Vocalist Drew Swatosh performs Lisa"s art song I Want to Be Soft with collaborative pianist Claire Forstman as part of Portland Symphonic Choir‘s new recital series From the Vault. The first recital is on the theme I’ve Got a Secret and is curated by PSC soprano Abby Krawson.
Sunday, February 25, 2024, at 6pm Pacific
Bank of Expensify, Portland, OR
Free Admission
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Presenter: NATS Presents: Cultivating Song Literature for Children & Youth
Join us in our upcoming round-table discussion, hosted by The NATS Affinity Group: Voice Teachers for Children and Youth, as we delve into key aspects of vocal education for children and youth, specifically focusing on vocal literature. Our conversation will encompass understanding the distinctive needs of young voices, exploring the unique perspectives of composers and teachers, and addressing themes like student-led learning, diverse repertoire, and nurturing young voices to discover their individuality. Lisa Neher (Mezzo-Soprano & Composer), Kymberly Stewart (Singer Songwriter), and Nicky Phillips (Composer & Lyricist)
Sunday, February 25, 2024
8:00 pm Eastern
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Join us in our upcoming round-table discussion, hosted by The NATS Affinity Group: Voice Teachers for Children and Youth, as we delve into key aspects of vocal education for children and youth, specifically focusing on vocal literature. Our conversation will encompass understanding the distinctive needs of young voices, exploring the unique perspectives of composers and teachers, and addressing themes like student-led learning, diverse repertoire, and nurturing young voices to discover their individuality. Lisa Neher (Mezzo-Soprano & Composer), Kymberly Stewart (Singer Songwriter), and Nicky Phillips (Composer & Lyricist)
Sunday, February 25, 2024
8:00 pm Eastern
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Adjudicator & Workshop Teacher: National Federation of Music Clubs Junior Composer Contest
Lisa adjudicates works for the Oregon chapter of the National Federation of Music Clubs Junior Composer Contest and hosts a workshop for student composers.
February 25, 2024, via Zoom
Lisa adjudicates works for the Oregon chapter of the National Federation of Music Clubs Junior Composer Contest and hosts a workshop for student composers.
February 25, 2024, via Zoom
Performer & Composer: Cascadia Composers presents Cycles of Life
Cycles of Life is a concert of music for voice and piano, together and in solos, exploring the experiences and emotions we encounter as we navigate the path of life. The music is lyrical, dramatic, funny, and poignant, with works exploring the sleepless excitement of your first crush and the night before your wedding, the loneliness of losing a loved one or moving away from home, the joy of feeling at home in your body, the search for gratitude in the face of struggle, the loving protection of parents for their children during a time of climate crisis, and more.
Cycles of Life is a unique concert in that performers Dianne Davies, piano, and Lisa Neher, mezzo-soprano are also the composers of the music you will hear. They bring their perspectives as composer-performers and their lens as women creators to this program. Soprano Lindsey Rae Johnson joins them for several vocal duets and Kaleb Davies joins on percussion. Experience Cycles of Life in an intimate house concert venue in West Linn, Oregon, while enjoying appetizers and wine, and get to know the artists after the concert.
Saturday, February 10, 2024, 7pm Pacific
Sunday, Feb 11, 2024, 3 pm Pacific
West Linn, OR
Tickets: $30 General, $20 Cascadia Members & Senors, $15 Students. Tickets include wine and appetizers.
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Cycles of Life is a concert of music for voice and piano, together and in solos, exploring the experiences and emotions we encounter as we navigate the path of life. The music is lyrical, dramatic, funny, and poignant, with works exploring the sleepless excitement of your first crush and the night before your wedding, the loneliness of losing a loved one or moving away from home, the joy of feeling at home in your body, the search for gratitude in the face of struggle, the loving protection of parents for their children during a time of climate crisis, and more.
Cycles of Life is a unique concert in that performers Dianne Davies, piano, and Lisa Neher, mezzo-soprano are also the composers of the music you will hear. They bring their perspectives as composer-performers and their lens as women creators to this program. Soprano Lindsey Rae Johnson joins them for several vocal duets and Kaleb Davies joins on percussion. Experience Cycles of Life in an intimate house concert venue in West Linn, Oregon, while enjoying appetizers and wine, and get to know the artists after the concert.
Saturday, February 10, 2024, 7pm Pacific
Sunday, Feb 11, 2024, 3 pm Pacific
West Linn, OR
Tickets: $30 General, $20 Cascadia Members & Senors, $15 Students. Tickets include wine and appetizers.
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Composer: Elizabeth Robinson, Faculty Recital
Elizabeth Robinson, Flute performs a faculty recital, including Lisa's Listen to All Things Burning with mezzo-soprano Anna DeGraff.
Thursday, February 1, 2024, 7:30 pm Central
South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD
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Elizabeth Robinson, Flute performs a faculty recital, including Lisa's Listen to All Things Burning with mezzo-soprano Anna DeGraff.
Thursday, February 1, 2024, 7:30 pm Central
South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD
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Performer & Composer: Thursdays@Three on Portland All Classical Radio
Lisa and Dianne Davies join All Classical Radio's Christa Wessel on Thursdays@Three to preview their Cycles of Life concert. They will perform several selections from their upcoming concert.
Thursday, February 1, 2024, 3:00 pm Pacific
On the Radio at 89.9 or Streaming On All Classical
Lisa and Dianne Davies join All Classical Radio's Christa Wessel on Thursdays@Three to preview their Cycles of Life concert. They will perform several selections from their upcoming concert.
Thursday, February 1, 2024, 3:00 pm Pacific
On the Radio at 89.9 or Streaming On All Classical
Composer: National Association of College Wind and Percussion Instructors (NACWPI) Annual Conference
Elizabeth Robinson, flute, and Anna DeGraff, mezzo soprano, perform Lisa’s Listen to All Things Burning.
Sunday, January 14, 2024, at 3:00pm Eastern
Frost School of Music Clarke Recital Hall at University of Miami
Coral Gables, Florida
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Elizabeth Robinson, flute, and Anna DeGraff, mezzo soprano, perform Lisa’s Listen to All Things Burning.
Sunday, January 14, 2024, at 3:00pm Eastern
Frost School of Music Clarke Recital Hall at University of Miami
Coral Gables, Florida
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Presenter: Incorporating Composing into Your Studio Teaching
Lisa joins the Linn-Benton District of the Oregon Music Teachers Association to present a workshop on Incorporating Composing into Your Studio Teaching. In this workshop, learn methods for incorporating composing in your studio lessons. We will discuss existing resources for teachers and ways to create your own composition assignments and prompts, as well as how to break down the process of composing a piece into small pieces that can be achieved using just a few minutes of lesson time each week.
Tuesday, January 9, 2024, 10:15-11:45 am Pacific Time
Studio of Ginny Redfield: 975 NW Conifer Blvd, Corvallis, OR, 97330
No pre-registration, membership or fee is required.
Lisa joins the Linn-Benton District of the Oregon Music Teachers Association to present a workshop on Incorporating Composing into Your Studio Teaching. In this workshop, learn methods for incorporating composing in your studio lessons. We will discuss existing resources for teachers and ways to create your own composition assignments and prompts, as well as how to break down the process of composing a piece into small pieces that can be achieved using just a few minutes of lesson time each week.
Tuesday, January 9, 2024, 10:15-11:45 am Pacific Time
Studio of Ginny Redfield: 975 NW Conifer Blvd, Corvallis, OR, 97330
No pre-registration, membership or fee is required.
Composer: Celebris Ensemble
Celebris Ensemble performs Lisa’s First Winter Rain from Three Basho Haiku for SATB choir, runner-up for their 2023 Composer Competition. Join us a wonderful night of choral music featuring the music of Lassus, Victoria, Jane Kozhevnikova, and two runners-up from the 2023 Composition Competition, Lisa Neher and Joan Johnson Drewes! We will perform music of many different styles, so there is something for everyone. The Concert Choir of the West Michigan Homeschool Fine Arts will also join us for a beautiful evening of music. Come beat the winter chill!
There is no charge for attendance, but donations will be most gratefully accepted. This concert is sponsored in part by the Michigan Arts and Culture Council.
January 6, 2024, 7:00 pm Eastern
First Congregational Church, 345 West Michigan Avenue, Kalamazoo, MI 49007
Free to attend, donations accepted
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Celebris Ensemble performs Lisa’s First Winter Rain from Three Basho Haiku for SATB choir, runner-up for their 2023 Composer Competition. Join us a wonderful night of choral music featuring the music of Lassus, Victoria, Jane Kozhevnikova, and two runners-up from the 2023 Composition Competition, Lisa Neher and Joan Johnson Drewes! We will perform music of many different styles, so there is something for everyone. The Concert Choir of the West Michigan Homeschool Fine Arts will also join us for a beautiful evening of music. Come beat the winter chill!
There is no charge for attendance, but donations will be most gratefully accepted. This concert is sponsored in part by the Michigan Arts and Culture Council.
January 6, 2024, 7:00 pm Eastern
First Congregational Church, 345 West Michigan Avenue, Kalamazoo, MI 49007
Free to attend, donations accepted
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Presenter: Goal Setting and Year in Review Workshop
Lisa's wildly popular Goal Setting and Year in Review Workshop returns. As the year comes to a close, there's a natural desire to reflect back on all that has happened: the good and the bad, the struggles and the successes.
This workshop offers a space to come together in community and will lead you through a structure to:
Via Zoom
Free to attend, registration required
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Lisa's wildly popular Goal Setting and Year in Review Workshop returns. As the year comes to a close, there's a natural desire to reflect back on all that has happened: the good and the bad, the struggles and the successes.
This workshop offers a space to come together in community and will lead you through a structure to:
- Celebrate your wins
- Acknowledge the tough stuff
- Identify what you want to bring with you into 2024 and what you want to release
- Set a course for the new year with clarity and focus
- Identify what will best serve your artistic, career, and personal dreams in 2024 and beyond!
Via Zoom
Free to attend, registration required
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Guest Speaker: Lewis & Clark College Composition Seminar
Lisa joins Lewis & Clark College music department’s Composition Seminar class to discuss building a portfolio career as an musician in the 21st century.
Friday, December 1, 3:00 pm Pacific
Lewis & Clark College, Portland, OR
Lisa joins Lewis & Clark College music department’s Composition Seminar class to discuss building a portfolio career as an musician in the 21st century.
Friday, December 1, 3:00 pm Pacific
Lewis & Clark College, Portland, OR
New Music Mosaic Presents: Timbre Volume 3 Watch Party
Saxophonist Giovanna Gioscia premieres Lisa’s Arachnophobia, a new piece for alto saxophone, as part of New Music Mosaic’s Timbre Volume 3 Project. Timbre is a "first meeting" style collaborative event where composers and performers of diverse backgrounds and experiences are paired to create newly composed miniatures. These miniatures are premiered in recorded online concerts on YouTube.
November 24, 2023, 7pm Central/8pm Eastern
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Saxophonist Giovanna Gioscia premieres Lisa’s Arachnophobia, a new piece for alto saxophone, as part of New Music Mosaic’s Timbre Volume 3 Project. Timbre is a "first meeting" style collaborative event where composers and performers of diverse backgrounds and experiences are paired to create newly composed miniatures. These miniatures are premiered in recorded online concerts on YouTube.
November 24, 2023, 7pm Central/8pm Eastern
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Composer: Celebrating Local Composers Recital Series
Soprano Lindsey Rae Johnson curates a recital series featuring works by local, living composers based in the Portland metro area: Lisa Neher, Carolyn Quick, and Drew Swatosh of Raindrop New Music. The November 18th recital features vocalists Gregory Brumfield, Katherine Goforth, Lindsey Rae Johnson with pianist Sequoia and the November 25th recital features vocalists Phoebe Gildea, Lindsey Rae Johnson, Allison Knotts and pianist Sequoia. The programs are in the Sanctuary at First Congregational United Church of Christ, an ADA accessible venue, and these recitals are funded in part by a grant from the Regional Arts and Culture Council (RACC).
Nov 18: By Candlelight (poem by Geoffrey Bache Smith) and Silent Ice (words and music by Lisa) from White Horizon
Nov 25: she conjures (libretto by Bea Goodwin), Sense of Self and Woman Waits With Sword (libretti by Kendra Preston Leonard), Snapshots (texts from the University Daily Kansan)
Saturday November 18, 2023, at 4pm Pacific
Saturday November 25, 2023, at 4pm Pacific
First Congregational United Church of Christ 1126 SW Park Ave, Portland, OR and livestreamed
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Soprano Lindsey Rae Johnson curates a recital series featuring works by local, living composers based in the Portland metro area: Lisa Neher, Carolyn Quick, and Drew Swatosh of Raindrop New Music. The November 18th recital features vocalists Gregory Brumfield, Katherine Goforth, Lindsey Rae Johnson with pianist Sequoia and the November 25th recital features vocalists Phoebe Gildea, Lindsey Rae Johnson, Allison Knotts and pianist Sequoia. The programs are in the Sanctuary at First Congregational United Church of Christ, an ADA accessible venue, and these recitals are funded in part by a grant from the Regional Arts and Culture Council (RACC).
Nov 18: By Candlelight (poem by Geoffrey Bache Smith) and Silent Ice (words and music by Lisa) from White Horizon
Nov 25: she conjures (libretto by Bea Goodwin), Sense of Self and Woman Waits With Sword (libretti by Kendra Preston Leonard), Snapshots (texts from the University Daily Kansan)
Saturday November 18, 2023, at 4pm Pacific
Saturday November 25, 2023, at 4pm Pacific
First Congregational United Church of Christ 1126 SW Park Ave, Portland, OR and livestreamed
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Composer: Renegade Opera presents She Loves You Back
She Loves You Back is a fresh and surprising collection of works by Renegade Opera exploring the role of Earth as mother – a feminine body that is exalted and exploited. What befalls a feminine body befalls the planet. The collection of staged works includes Ashi Day’s For Whom the Dog Tolls, Shruthi Rajasekar’s The Letter, Robert Schumann’s Frauenliebe und Leben, and two works by Lisa Neher: excerpts from No One Saves the Earth from Us But Us and Sonnet at the Edge of the Reef.
Saturday, November 18, 3pm Pacific
Sunday, November 19, 2023, 7pm Pacific
Historic Alberta House, Portland, OR
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She Loves You Back is a fresh and surprising collection of works by Renegade Opera exploring the role of Earth as mother – a feminine body that is exalted and exploited. What befalls a feminine body befalls the planet. The collection of staged works includes Ashi Day’s For Whom the Dog Tolls, Shruthi Rajasekar’s The Letter, Robert Schumann’s Frauenliebe und Leben, and two works by Lisa Neher: excerpts from No One Saves the Earth from Us But Us and Sonnet at the Edge of the Reef.
Saturday, November 18, 3pm Pacific
Sunday, November 19, 2023, 7pm Pacific
Historic Alberta House, Portland, OR
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Performer: Experiments in Opera: Five Ways to Die workshop of five new operas
Lisa returns to New York for the second workshop of Five Ways to Die, five new operas in process by Experiments in Opera. Experiments in Opera presents an orchestral workshop performance of the five operas that together tell a story about 'five ways to die.' These works have been developed in the EiO Writers' Room project and will be premiered in spring 2024. This performance will include singers and a chamber ensemble in full readings of the works following two days of rehearsals at the Harlem School of the Arts.
Family Heirloom | Libretto Melisa Tien| Composition Anthony Gatto
Water Prayer | Libretto Marcella Murray | Composition Seong Ae Kim
Valhalla Valley Mall | Libretto & Composition Jason Cady
MISCHIEF (or RATHATTAN) | Libretto Britt Hewitt | Composition Jesse Gelaznik
Serial Killers and The City | Libretto Joanie Brittingham | Composition Del’Shawn Taylor
Vocals: Melisa Bonetti Luna, Seth Gilman, Lisa Neher, Abigail Raiford, Alize Rozsnyai, Kannan Vasudevan
Musicians: Clarinet/bass clarinet: Christa Van Alstine, Electric guitar: James Moore, Acoustic/Electric bass: Tristan Kastin-Krause, Vibraphone/Percussion: Joe Bergen, Drumset: Robbie Bowen
Thursday, November 9, 2023: private workshop
Friday, November 10, 2023: 7:00 pm Eastern
Harlem School of the Arts, New York, NY
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Lisa returns to New York for the second workshop of Five Ways to Die, five new operas in process by Experiments in Opera. Experiments in Opera presents an orchestral workshop performance of the five operas that together tell a story about 'five ways to die.' These works have been developed in the EiO Writers' Room project and will be premiered in spring 2024. This performance will include singers and a chamber ensemble in full readings of the works following two days of rehearsals at the Harlem School of the Arts.
Family Heirloom | Libretto Melisa Tien| Composition Anthony Gatto
Water Prayer | Libretto Marcella Murray | Composition Seong Ae Kim
Valhalla Valley Mall | Libretto & Composition Jason Cady
MISCHIEF (or RATHATTAN) | Libretto Britt Hewitt | Composition Jesse Gelaznik
Serial Killers and The City | Libretto Joanie Brittingham | Composition Del’Shawn Taylor
Vocals: Melisa Bonetti Luna, Seth Gilman, Lisa Neher, Abigail Raiford, Alize Rozsnyai, Kannan Vasudevan
Musicians: Clarinet/bass clarinet: Christa Van Alstine, Electric guitar: James Moore, Acoustic/Electric bass: Tristan Kastin-Krause, Vibraphone/Percussion: Joe Bergen, Drumset: Robbie Bowen
Thursday, November 9, 2023: private workshop
Friday, November 10, 2023: 7:00 pm Eastern
Harlem School of the Arts, New York, NY
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Composer and Performer: Community Music Workshop with Dianne Davies
Lisa and Dianne perform on a community music workshop, which includes selections from Lisa’s Snapshots (1. Crocodiles, 3. Sneaky Squirrels, and 7. Spoiler Alert), and Dianne’s Grateful Prayers (3. Graces of Allah, 4. Meditation Mantra, and 5. The View).
Thursday November 2nd, 2023 at 10:30 am Pacific
Portland Community Music Center, Portland, OR
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Lisa and Dianne perform on a community music workshop, which includes selections from Lisa’s Snapshots (1. Crocodiles, 3. Sneaky Squirrels, and 7. Spoiler Alert), and Dianne’s Grateful Prayers (3. Graces of Allah, 4. Meditation Mantra, and 5. The View).
Thursday November 2nd, 2023 at 10:30 am Pacific
Portland Community Music Center, Portland, OR
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Composer: Michelle Fletcher DMA Recital 1
Bassoonist Michelle Fletcher performs Lisa’s Sunflower Sea Star Bassoon Sonata on her first DMA recital at Arizona State.
Friday, October 27, 2023, at 7:30 pm Mountain and Livestreamed
Arizona State University Katzin Concert Hall, Tempe, AZ
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Bassoonist Michelle Fletcher performs Lisa’s Sunflower Sea Star Bassoon Sonata on her first DMA recital at Arizona State.
Friday, October 27, 2023, at 7:30 pm Mountain and Livestreamed
Arizona State University Katzin Concert Hall, Tempe, AZ
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Livestream
Composer: Margaret Fay Faculty Recital
Bassoonist Margaret Fay performs Lisa’s Sunflower Sea Star Bassoon Sonata on her solo faculty recital at Penn State.
Friday, October 27, 2023, at 7:30 pm Eastern and Livestreamed
Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
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Livestream
Bassoonist Margaret Fay performs Lisa’s Sunflower Sea Star Bassoon Sonata on her solo faculty recital at Penn State.
Friday, October 27, 2023, at 7:30 pm Eastern and Livestreamed
Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
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Livestream
Performer and Composer: Recital Tour with Rose Bishop, Flute, and Abbie Brewer, Piano
Evergreen & Oak Trio consists of Rose Bishop, flutist, Abbie Brewer, piano, and Lisa Neher, mezzo-soprano and composer. The ensemble is dedicated to sharing the music of living composers, particularly women, with audiences in engaging, intimate, and memorable performances. The program for this tour is a combination of trios, duets, and solos, including: Bentley Roses (Jennifer Higdon), Theme for Young Love (Sabrina Pena Young), Stations of Angels (Leslie Uyeda), Rhythms from the North Country (Gwyneth Walker), and Neher's own cycle She Conjures (text by Bea Goodwin).
Friday, October 13, 2023, 7:30 pm Pacific Lady Hill Winery, St. Paul, OR, Tickets Here ($25 general, $20 Wine Club Members, $15 students)
Saturday, October 14, 2023, 3:00 pm Pacific, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA, Free and Open to the Public
followed by 4:30 pm Composing for Singers Masterclass for WWU Students
Sunday, October 15, 2023, 2:00 pm Pacific, Canadian Music Center Murray Adaskin Salon, Vancouver, BC, Tickets Here ($20 general, $15 students)
Evergreen & Oak Trio consists of Rose Bishop, flutist, Abbie Brewer, piano, and Lisa Neher, mezzo-soprano and composer. The ensemble is dedicated to sharing the music of living composers, particularly women, with audiences in engaging, intimate, and memorable performances. The program for this tour is a combination of trios, duets, and solos, including: Bentley Roses (Jennifer Higdon), Theme for Young Love (Sabrina Pena Young), Stations of Angels (Leslie Uyeda), Rhythms from the North Country (Gwyneth Walker), and Neher's own cycle She Conjures (text by Bea Goodwin).
Friday, October 13, 2023, 7:30 pm Pacific Lady Hill Winery, St. Paul, OR, Tickets Here ($25 general, $20 Wine Club Members, $15 students)
Saturday, October 14, 2023, 3:00 pm Pacific, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA, Free and Open to the Public
followed by 4:30 pm Composing for Singers Masterclass for WWU Students
Sunday, October 15, 2023, 2:00 pm Pacific, Canadian Music Center Murray Adaskin Salon, Vancouver, BC, Tickets Here ($20 general, $15 students)
Presenter: Composing for Singers at Cascadia Composers Monthly Presentation
Lisa presents comprehensive need-to-know details about composing effectively for singers, including: range vs. tessitura, artistic and intelligible text setting, harmonic and pitch support, and select extended techniques for Cascadia Composers monthly presentation series.
Tuesday, October 10, 2023
Social time: 7:15 pm – 7:30 pm Pacific
Presentation: 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm Pacific
Zoom
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Lisa presents comprehensive need-to-know details about composing effectively for singers, including: range vs. tessitura, artistic and intelligible text setting, harmonic and pitch support, and select extended techniques for Cascadia Composers monthly presentation series.
Tuesday, October 10, 2023
Social time: 7:15 pm – 7:30 pm Pacific
Presentation: 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm Pacific
Zoom
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Composer: Thursdays @ Three preview for Celebrating Local Composers Recital Series
Soprano Lindsey Rae Johnson performs Lisa's song cycle, Snapshots, on All Classical Radio's Thursdays @ Three as part of the preview for Lindsey's Celebrating Local Composers Recital Series in November, which features the music of Raindrop New Music co-founders Lisa Neher, Carolyn Quick, and Drew Swatosh.
Thursday October 5, 2023, 3 pm Pacific at 89.9 FM in Portland, OR, or livestream
Details and Replay (availible until October 19th, 2023)
Soprano Lindsey Rae Johnson performs Lisa's song cycle, Snapshots, on All Classical Radio's Thursdays @ Three as part of the preview for Lindsey's Celebrating Local Composers Recital Series in November, which features the music of Raindrop New Music co-founders Lisa Neher, Carolyn Quick, and Drew Swatosh.
Thursday October 5, 2023, 3 pm Pacific at 89.9 FM in Portland, OR, or livestream
Details and Replay (availible until October 19th, 2023)
Presenter: Iowa State University
Lisa visits Professor Natalie Kauffman’s Film Music class at Iowa State University to discuss the process of composing narrative music.
Monday October 9, 2023 9:55 am Central, via zoom
Lisa visits Professor Natalie Kauffman’s Film Music class at Iowa State University to discuss the process of composing narrative music.
Monday October 9, 2023 9:55 am Central, via zoom
Performer: Big Mouth Society Queer and Dear
Lisa performs with Big Mouth Society in their Queer and Dear concert, which features the premiere of studio member Drew Swatosh's choral work, Bloom.
Saturday, September 30, 2023, at 2 pm and 7 pm Pacific
Portland Center Stage's Ellen Bye Studio, Portland, OR
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Lisa performs with Big Mouth Society in their Queer and Dear concert, which features the premiere of studio member Drew Swatosh's choral work, Bloom.
Saturday, September 30, 2023, at 2 pm and 7 pm Pacific
Portland Center Stage's Ellen Bye Studio, Portland, OR
Detiails and Tickets
Composer: Catalyst New Music Launch Concert
Mezzo-soprano Claire McCahan and pianist Brendon Shapiro perform Bea Goodwin and Lisa's song cycle she conjures on Catalyst New Music's launch concert.
Somerville Armory, 191 Highland Ave #1c, Somerville, MA
Friday, September 29, 2023, at 7:30 pm - 9:30pm Eastern
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Mezzo-soprano Claire McCahan and pianist Brendon Shapiro perform Bea Goodwin and Lisa's song cycle she conjures on Catalyst New Music's launch concert.
Somerville Armory, 191 Highland Ave #1c, Somerville, MA
Friday, September 29, 2023, at 7:30 pm - 9:30pm Eastern
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Composer: Dr. Allison Nicotera Faculty Recital
Dr. Allison Nicotera performs Lisa's Sunflower Sea Star bassoon sonata on this faculty recital at the University of Kentucky.
John Jacob Niles Gallery on the University of Kentucky Campus and livestreamed
Tuesday, September 26, 2023, at 7:00 pm Eastern
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Livestream
Dr. Allison Nicotera performs Lisa's Sunflower Sea Star bassoon sonata on this faculty recital at the University of Kentucky.
John Jacob Niles Gallery on the University of Kentucky Campus and livestreamed
Tuesday, September 26, 2023, at 7:00 pm Eastern
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Livestream
Presenter: The Sustainable Studio at the Tualatin Valley District OMTA Monthly Meeting
Lisa presents to the Tualatin Valley District OMTA on “The Sustainable Studio” at their September meeting. This presentation will offer best practices for designing studio policies to ensure stable finances, protect your time and energy, and provide clarity and professionalism to your students and studio families. Topics will include tuition models, billing and scheduling, software, studio contracts and policies, the ever present ‘makeup lesson’ question, healthy and joyful boundaries, and more, plus time for your questions.
Friday, September 8, 2023, 9 am - 11 am Pacific
Rise Church, Tigard, OR
10445 SW Canterbury Lane
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Lisa presents to the Tualatin Valley District OMTA on “The Sustainable Studio” at their September meeting. This presentation will offer best practices for designing studio policies to ensure stable finances, protect your time and energy, and provide clarity and professionalism to your students and studio families. Topics will include tuition models, billing and scheduling, software, studio contracts and policies, the ever present ‘makeup lesson’ question, healthy and joyful boundaries, and more, plus time for your questions.
Friday, September 8, 2023, 9 am - 11 am Pacific
Rise Church, Tigard, OR
10445 SW Canterbury Lane
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Performer: Renegade Opera presents Adam's Run
Lisa stars as Dana Daring in Renegade Opera's production of Adam’s Run, a new operatic dark comedy by composer Ruby Fulton and librettist Baynard Woods. Set in a near-future America in the throes of climate collapse, "Existentialist Weather Woman" Julie Shore and "Environmentalist Evangelist" Reverend Billy Noble vie for America’s viewership. Despite ideological differences, Billy and Julie choose to work together, but not without retaliation from Billy's fervent followers. Television producer Dana Daring tells their story as a series of flashbacks.
Thursday, September 7th - Saturday September 9th, 2023, at 7:30 pm Pacific
Sunday, September 10, 2023, at 3:30 pm Pacific
Shaking the Tree Theatre, Portland, OR
Details and Tickets
Lisa stars as Dana Daring in Renegade Opera's production of Adam’s Run, a new operatic dark comedy by composer Ruby Fulton and librettist Baynard Woods. Set in a near-future America in the throes of climate collapse, "Existentialist Weather Woman" Julie Shore and "Environmentalist Evangelist" Reverend Billy Noble vie for America’s viewership. Despite ideological differences, Billy and Julie choose to work together, but not without retaliation from Billy's fervent followers. Television producer Dana Daring tells their story as a series of flashbacks.
Thursday, September 7th - Saturday September 9th, 2023, at 7:30 pm Pacific
Sunday, September 10, 2023, at 3:30 pm Pacific
Shaking the Tree Theatre, Portland, OR
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Composer: Luna Nova Ensemble
Luna Nova Ensemble, in collaboration with Iowa Composer’s Forum, performs Lisa’s piece Palouse, inspired by the unique landscapes of rolling, fertile hills in southeast Washington State. These hills, known as loess (“LOH-es”), are created by wind-blown dust and silt, which blows in from the southwest, forming hills shaped like giant sand dunes. In modern times, they are covered by wheat fields. The music captures the rolling shapes of the land under wide open skies. The performance features Michelle Vigneau, oboe, Perry Mears, piano, and Robert Patterson, horn.
Friday, September 8, 2023 at 5 pm Central, Casual Classics series at Saint Ambrose University in Davenport, Iowa
Saturday, September 9, 2023 at 7 pm Central, at the Porter House Museum in Decorah, Iowa
Sunday, September 10, 2023, at 3 pm Central, the Frank Lloyd Wright Cedar Rock House in Quasqueton, Iowa
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Luna Nova Ensemble, in collaboration with Iowa Composer’s Forum, performs Lisa’s piece Palouse, inspired by the unique landscapes of rolling, fertile hills in southeast Washington State. These hills, known as loess (“LOH-es”), are created by wind-blown dust and silt, which blows in from the southwest, forming hills shaped like giant sand dunes. In modern times, they are covered by wheat fields. The music captures the rolling shapes of the land under wide open skies. The performance features Michelle Vigneau, oboe, Perry Mears, piano, and Robert Patterson, horn.
Friday, September 8, 2023 at 5 pm Central, Casual Classics series at Saint Ambrose University in Davenport, Iowa
Saturday, September 9, 2023 at 7 pm Central, at the Porter House Museum in Decorah, Iowa
Sunday, September 10, 2023, at 3 pm Central, the Frank Lloyd Wright Cedar Rock House in Quasqueton, Iowa
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Composer: Queer Opera
Studio member Drew Swatosh performs Lisa's art song I Want to Be Soft as part of the cast of this year’s Queer Opera workshop, which presents a program of staged art songs. "Queer Opera is dedicated to providing a safe stage for LGBTQIA singers and allies to tell queer stories through the traditional genre of opera. Using unconventional casting methods, roles are matched with individuals based on how they identify, rather than the gender of the role or their voice type, [and] believes that everyone's story belongs on a stage." (Queer Opera)
Saturday September 2, 2023, at 7 pm Pacific
Sunday September 3, 2023, at 3 pm Pacific
Portland State University Lincoln Hall, Portland, OR
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Studio member Drew Swatosh performs Lisa's art song I Want to Be Soft as part of the cast of this year’s Queer Opera workshop, which presents a program of staged art songs. "Queer Opera is dedicated to providing a safe stage for LGBTQIA singers and allies to tell queer stories through the traditional genre of opera. Using unconventional casting methods, roles are matched with individuals based on how they identify, rather than the gender of the role or their voice type, [and] believes that everyone's story belongs on a stage." (Queer Opera)
Saturday September 2, 2023, at 7 pm Pacific
Sunday September 3, 2023, at 3 pm Pacific
Portland State University Lincoln Hall, Portland, OR
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Composer: Anna DeGraff Faculty Recital
Mezzo-soprano Anna DeGraff performs Lisa's piece Goddess Cycle with clarinetist Michael Walsh, as part of her faculty recital at South Dakota State University. Goddess Cycle features poetry by Minta White, and Anna's performance is the world premiere of the final 2 movements.
Monday, August 28, 2023, at 7:30 pm Central
Founders Recital Hall on the South Dakota State University Campus
Brookings, SD
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Mezzo-soprano Anna DeGraff performs Lisa's piece Goddess Cycle with clarinetist Michael Walsh, as part of her faculty recital at South Dakota State University. Goddess Cycle features poetry by Minta White, and Anna's performance is the world premiere of the final 2 movements.
Monday, August 28, 2023, at 7:30 pm Central
Founders Recital Hall on the South Dakota State University Campus
Brookings, SD
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Composer: The Future is Now: Flute Pieces Since 2020
Francesca Arnone performs Lisa's flute work, Reach Out at the 2023 National Flute Association Convention in Phoenix, Arizona.
Sunday, August 6, 2023, at 12 pm - 1:15 pm Arizona
221 AB, Phoenix Convection Center, Phoenix, AZ
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Francesca Arnone performs Lisa's flute work, Reach Out at the 2023 National Flute Association Convention in Phoenix, Arizona.
Sunday, August 6, 2023, at 12 pm - 1:15 pm Arizona
221 AB, Phoenix Convection Center, Phoenix, AZ
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Performer & Composer: MOSAICfest 2023
Lisa’s performance of Space Station 189, a sci-fi micro-opera, by JL Marlor and Aiden Feltkamp, will be shared on this online festival of new music, hosted by New Music Mosaic. In addition, Martin Van Klompenberg’s performance of Sunflower Sea Star, Lisa’s bassoon sonata, will be shared. Martin is the lead commissioner of this piece.
Saturday, August 5, 2023, 6 pm - 7:30 pm & 8 pm - 9:30 pm
Watch on YouTube
Lisa’s performance of Space Station 189, a sci-fi micro-opera, by JL Marlor and Aiden Feltkamp, will be shared on this online festival of new music, hosted by New Music Mosaic. In addition, Martin Van Klompenberg’s performance of Sunflower Sea Star, Lisa’s bassoon sonata, will be shared. Martin is the lead commissioner of this piece.
Saturday, August 5, 2023, 6 pm - 7:30 pm & 8 pm - 9:30 pm
Watch on YouTube
Composer: Of Ireland, Celtic Mythology and Community
Rose Bishop performs Lisa's alto flute work, Seal Mother, at the 2023 National Flute Association Convention in Phoenix, Arizona.
Saturday, August 5, 2023, at 4:30 pm - 5 pm Arizona
228 AB, Phoenix Convection Center, Phoenix, AZ
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Rose Bishop performs Lisa's alto flute work, Seal Mother, at the 2023 National Flute Association Convention in Phoenix, Arizona.
Saturday, August 5, 2023, at 4:30 pm - 5 pm Arizona
228 AB, Phoenix Convection Center, Phoenix, AZ
Details & Registration
Performer: Big Mouth Society Common Opus
Lisa performs as a featured artist with Big Mouth Society in this large-scale collaborative art project: The Common Opus, which "draws inspiration from nine expressive workshops involving 95 diverse Oregonians held during the summer of 2022" (Big Mouth Society). "Since March 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic, political upheaval, an ongoing social justice movement, and intensifying effects of climate change have deeply challenged us, individually and collectively. Some have coped in physical and emotional isolation; all have lost ties to “the commons”, a shared cultural and natural space. How can we use an innovative artistic collaborative approach to process this experience and reclaim the commons from a socially-conscious, historically-informed perspective?"
Sunday, July 30, 2023, at 6:00 pm Pacific
Winningstad Theatre, Portland, OR
Tickets & Details
Lisa performs as a featured artist with Big Mouth Society in this large-scale collaborative art project: The Common Opus, which "draws inspiration from nine expressive workshops involving 95 diverse Oregonians held during the summer of 2022" (Big Mouth Society). "Since March 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic, political upheaval, an ongoing social justice movement, and intensifying effects of climate change have deeply challenged us, individually and collectively. Some have coped in physical and emotional isolation; all have lost ties to “the commons”, a shared cultural and natural space. How can we use an innovative artistic collaborative approach to process this experience and reclaim the commons from a socially-conscious, historically-informed perspective?"
Sunday, July 30, 2023, at 6:00 pm Pacific
Winningstad Theatre, Portland, OR
Tickets & Details
Composer: Cascadia Composers In Good Hands Concert
This collaborative concert between piano students and composers features performances of Lisa's solo piano works Oilliphéist (world premiere) written for Arjun Ramaswamy, student of Liz Willis; Dungeness Crab by a student of Betsy Parker; and Stars Over Yellowstone by a student of Wilma Hawkins.
Saturday, July 15, 2023, 4pm Pacific
Lincoln Hall Room 75 on the Portland State University Campus
1620 SW Park Ave, Portland, OR
This collaborative concert between piano students and composers features performances of Lisa's solo piano works Oilliphéist (world premiere) written for Arjun Ramaswamy, student of Liz Willis; Dungeness Crab by a student of Betsy Parker; and Stars Over Yellowstone by a student of Wilma Hawkins.
Saturday, July 15, 2023, 4pm Pacific
Lincoln Hall Room 75 on the Portland State University Campus
1620 SW Park Ave, Portland, OR
Composer: Under the Sea: A Music and Art Collaboration
Flutist Corinne Mona will perform Seal Mother in a joint recital with flute students, and display prints by her dad, the printmaking professor.
Friday, June 30, at 7:00 pm Eastern
Cade Center for Fine Arts Room 224
Anne Arundel Community College
101 College Pkwy, Arnold, Maryland
Flutist Corinne Mona will perform Seal Mother in a joint recital with flute students, and display prints by her dad, the printmaking professor.
Friday, June 30, at 7:00 pm Eastern
Cade Center for Fine Arts Room 224
Anne Arundel Community College
101 College Pkwy, Arnold, Maryland
Composer: Composers Concordance Ensemble at the Howland Cultural Center
The Composers Concordance premieres a saxophone duo version of Lisa’s piece seedling, branches, at this concert at the Howland Cultural Center and livestreamed featuring performers Lois Hicks-Wozniak on soprano saxophone and Brad Hubbard on baritone saxophone.
June 24, 2023, at 6 pm Eastern
Howland Cultural Center, Beacon, New York
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The Composers Concordance premieres a saxophone duo version of Lisa’s piece seedling, branches, at this concert at the Howland Cultural Center and livestreamed featuring performers Lois Hicks-Wozniak on soprano saxophone and Brad Hubbard on baritone saxophone.
June 24, 2023, at 6 pm Eastern
Howland Cultural Center, Beacon, New York
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Composer: Sense of Self at New Music Gathering
Opera Elect presents Sense of Self, Lisa's opera written with Kendra Preston Leonard. Triathlete Maya’s hopes for the coming race season come to a sudden halt when she is diagnosed with breast cancer and must decide between surgical options. Her coach, Naomi, is ready to tackle recovery and reconditioning with a positive attitude and the latest wellness trends, but Maya isn’t ready for those yet. She has to consider how her choice impacts her entire future—as an athlete and as a whole person.
Sense of Self gives voice to the power and joy of female athleticism, the strength of women’s friendships, and to the challenging decisions women must make when confronted with breast cancer. The opera explores the impact of cancer on women’s sense of empowerment, plans for the future, family obligations, and self-image, and offers a vision of strength and hope for reinvention and renewal.
June 24, 2023, at 2 pm Pacific
Lincoln Hall Acting Studio Room 327 on the Portland State University Campus
1620 SW Park Ave, Portland, OR
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Opera Elect presents Sense of Self, Lisa's opera written with Kendra Preston Leonard. Triathlete Maya’s hopes for the coming race season come to a sudden halt when she is diagnosed with breast cancer and must decide between surgical options. Her coach, Naomi, is ready to tackle recovery and reconditioning with a positive attitude and the latest wellness trends, but Maya isn’t ready for those yet. She has to consider how her choice impacts her entire future—as an athlete and as a whole person.
Sense of Self gives voice to the power and joy of female athleticism, the strength of women’s friendships, and to the challenging decisions women must make when confronted with breast cancer. The opera explores the impact of cancer on women’s sense of empowerment, plans for the future, family obligations, and self-image, and offers a vision of strength and hope for reinvention and renewal.
June 24, 2023, at 2 pm Pacific
Lincoln Hall Acting Studio Room 327 on the Portland State University Campus
1620 SW Park Ave, Portland, OR
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Composer: Really Spicy Opera
Really Spicy Opera perform Lisa's quartet Too Many Cooks in the Kitchen, libretto by Basil Considine, on this free concert in the park. The quartet was commissioned by Really Spicy Opera.
June 18, 2023, at 5:30 pm Central
Lake Harriet Bandshell Park
Minneapolis, MN,
Free and open to the public.
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Really Spicy Opera perform Lisa's quartet Too Many Cooks in the Kitchen, libretto by Basil Considine, on this free concert in the park. The quartet was commissioned by Really Spicy Opera.
June 18, 2023, at 5:30 pm Central
Lake Harriet Bandshell Park
Minneapolis, MN,
Free and open to the public.
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Performer: Lark Opera’s A Flight of Opera
There’s sure to be something for everyone in this diverse evening of entertainment. A Flight of Opera includes excerpts from beloved favorites like Carmen, The Magic Flute, and Cenerentola – along with the dramatic death of the famed lovers, Romeo and Juliette, and achingly beautiful music from Dvořák's fairytale opera, Rusalka ...and other favorite composers, including Mozart, Bellini, Donizetti, Purcell, Rossini, Strauss, and Verdi. Lisa performs as Dido from Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas and directs a scene from Die Fledermaus.
Saturday, June 17, 2023, at 7:00 pm Pacific
Sunday, June 18, 2023, at 7:00 pm Pacific
Lady Hill Winery, St Paul, OR
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There’s sure to be something for everyone in this diverse evening of entertainment. A Flight of Opera includes excerpts from beloved favorites like Carmen, The Magic Flute, and Cenerentola – along with the dramatic death of the famed lovers, Romeo and Juliette, and achingly beautiful music from Dvořák's fairytale opera, Rusalka ...and other favorite composers, including Mozart, Bellini, Donizetti, Purcell, Rossini, Strauss, and Verdi. Lisa performs as Dido from Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas and directs a scene from Die Fledermaus.
Saturday, June 17, 2023, at 7:00 pm Pacific
Sunday, June 18, 2023, at 7:00 pm Pacific
Lady Hill Winery, St Paul, OR
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Composer: London Recital Tour Rose Bishop and Abbie Brewer
Rose Bishop, flute, and Abbie Brewer, piano, perform Lisa's solo flute works as well as works by living female American composers Adrienne Albert, Amanda Harberg, Leanna Keith, Brianna Ware, and Judith Lang Zaimont on a London recital tour.
Wednesday, June 14, 2023, at 7:30 pm British
Church of St. Mary and St. John, Oxford, UK
Rose Bishop, flute, and Abbie Brewer, piano, perform Lisa's solo flute works as well as works by living female American composers Adrienne Albert, Amanda Harberg, Leanna Keith, Brianna Ware, and Judith Lang Zaimont on a London recital tour.
Wednesday, June 14, 2023, at 7:30 pm British
Church of St. Mary and St. John, Oxford, UK
Composer: London Recital Tour Rose Bishop and Abbie Brewer
Rose Bishop, flute, and Abbie Brewer, piano, perform Lisa's solo flute works as well as works by living female American composers Adrienne Albert, Amanda Harberg, Leanna Keith, Brianna Ware, and Judith Lang Zaimont on a London recital tour.
Wednesday, June 14, 2023, at 1:30 pm British
St. Michael's Church, Highgate, UK
Rose Bishop, flute, and Abbie Brewer, piano, perform Lisa's solo flute works as well as works by living female American composers Adrienne Albert, Amanda Harberg, Leanna Keith, Brianna Ware, and Judith Lang Zaimont on a London recital tour.
Wednesday, June 14, 2023, at 1:30 pm British
St. Michael's Church, Highgate, UK
Composer: London Recital Tour Rose Bishop and Abbie Brewer
Rose Bishop, flute, and Abbie Brewer, piano, perform Lisa's solo flute works as well as works by living female American composers Adrienne Albert, Amanda Harberg, Leanna Keith, Brianna Ware, and Judith Lang Zaimont on a London recital tour.
Ascension with All Saints, Chelmsford, UK
Monday, June 12, 2023, at 7 pm British
Rose Bishop, flute, and Abbie Brewer, piano, perform Lisa's solo flute works as well as works by living female American composers Adrienne Albert, Amanda Harberg, Leanna Keith, Brianna Ware, and Judith Lang Zaimont on a London recital tour.
Ascension with All Saints, Chelmsford, UK
Monday, June 12, 2023, at 7 pm British
Performer: Community Music Workshop Performance with Dianne Davis, Piano
Lisa and Dianne will perform selections of their own art songs for piano and voice as well as opera arias from modern and classical operas.
Community Music Center, SE Francis St, Portland, OR
Monday June 12, 2023, Noon Pacific
Suggested $5 donation
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Lisa and Dianne will perform selections of their own art songs for piano and voice as well as opera arias from modern and classical operas.
Community Music Center, SE Francis St, Portland, OR
Monday June 12, 2023, Noon Pacific
Suggested $5 donation
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Presenter: Beyond the Hustle Online Summit
Lisa presents a workshop on Pitching Projects as a part of this online summit designed to help musicians overcome the "starving artist" stereotype. Pitching projects might mean pitching yourself a a teacher to potential students, as a performer to get gives, or as a composer to get your work commissioned and performed. During the event, you’ll have the opportunity to learn strategies from successful musician entrepreneurs that will help you navigate the challenges of creating a thriving business. Across the 3 days of the summit, video presentations will be released which can then be watched at any time for the next week (or longer with a paid VIP option). Watch to the end of Lisa's presentation for a link to a free gift from Lisa.
Thursday, June 8 - Saturday June 11, 2023
Online
Free registration here
Lisa presents a workshop on Pitching Projects as a part of this online summit designed to help musicians overcome the "starving artist" stereotype. Pitching projects might mean pitching yourself a a teacher to potential students, as a performer to get gives, or as a composer to get your work commissioned and performed. During the event, you’ll have the opportunity to learn strategies from successful musician entrepreneurs that will help you navigate the challenges of creating a thriving business. Across the 3 days of the summit, video presentations will be released which can then be watched at any time for the next week (or longer with a paid VIP option). Watch to the end of Lisa's presentation for a link to a free gift from Lisa.
Thursday, June 8 - Saturday June 11, 2023
Online
Free registration here
Composer: Iowa All Stars Concert at Iowa Music Teachers Association Conference
Dr. Jessica Saunders, soprano, performs Bye for Now, the song cycle she commissioned from Lisa, with Christina Gentzsch, cello, and Abbie Brewer, piano, at the Iowa Music Teachers Association Conference at Coe College.
June 4, 2023, at 7 pm Central
Sinclair Auditorium at Coe College, Cedar Rapids, IA
Details & Conference Registration
Dr. Jessica Saunders, soprano, performs Bye for Now, the song cycle she commissioned from Lisa, with Christina Gentzsch, cello, and Abbie Brewer, piano, at the Iowa Music Teachers Association Conference at Coe College.
June 4, 2023, at 7 pm Central
Sinclair Auditorium at Coe College, Cedar Rapids, IA
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Composer: Composer's Voice
Andrew White, baritone, performs Lisa's American Waters on this broadcast of Composer's Voice on Facebook, YouTube, and New York City cable access television on this program of contemporary art songs. Composer’s Voice airs its half-hour show Saturdays at 2:00 PM EDT (UTC-4) every 2 weeks on NYC cable access TV with Manhattan Neighborhood’s Network Channel 2.
Saturday, May 27, 2023, at 2 pm Eastern
Watch on Facebook
Watch on YouTube
Watch on Manhattan Neighborhood's Network Channel 2.
Andrew White, baritone, performs Lisa's American Waters on this broadcast of Composer's Voice on Facebook, YouTube, and New York City cable access television on this program of contemporary art songs. Composer’s Voice airs its half-hour show Saturdays at 2:00 PM EDT (UTC-4) every 2 weeks on NYC cable access TV with Manhattan Neighborhood’s Network Channel 2.
Saturday, May 27, 2023, at 2 pm Eastern
Watch on Facebook
Watch on YouTube
Watch on Manhattan Neighborhood's Network Channel 2.
Composer: Madison Youth Choirs
Madison Youth Choirs performs Gilgamesh Weeps, music by Lisa and lyrics by Kendra Preston Leonard, under the direction of Michael Ross, on this concert featuring their Cantilena, Ragazzi, and Cantabile choirs.
Sunday, May 14, 2023, at 7:30 pm
Verona Area High School PAC and livestreamed on YouTube
234 Wildcat Way, Verona, WI
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Madison Youth Choirs performs Gilgamesh Weeps, music by Lisa and lyrics by Kendra Preston Leonard, under the direction of Michael Ross, on this concert featuring their Cantilena, Ragazzi, and Cantabile choirs.
Sunday, May 14, 2023, at 7:30 pm
Verona Area High School PAC and livestreamed on YouTube
234 Wildcat Way, Verona, WI
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Composer: Mirror Visions Ensemble presents The Arithmetic of Alternation
Mirror Visions Ensemble returns to Merkin Hall with a new program The Arithmetic of Alternation, including the world premiere of Lisa's duet for soprano & mezzo-soprano, A Sonnet at the Edge of the Reef, setting a poem by Craig Santos Perez. The first half of the night will feature premieres by recent winners of MVE’s Young Composers Competition (Alex Burtzos, Griffin Candey, Cheng Jin Koh, and Lisa Neher), as well as works by B.E. Boykin, Randall Eng, and John Glover. The evening will conclude with a performance of Tom Cipullo’s song cycle Secrets, set to poetry by Linda Pastan.
Monday, May 1, 2023, at 7:30 pm Eastern
Merkin Hall, New York City, NY
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Mirror Visions Ensemble returns to Merkin Hall with a new program The Arithmetic of Alternation, including the world premiere of Lisa's duet for soprano & mezzo-soprano, A Sonnet at the Edge of the Reef, setting a poem by Craig Santos Perez. The first half of the night will feature premieres by recent winners of MVE’s Young Composers Competition (Alex Burtzos, Griffin Candey, Cheng Jin Koh, and Lisa Neher), as well as works by B.E. Boykin, Randall Eng, and John Glover. The evening will conclude with a performance of Tom Cipullo’s song cycle Secrets, set to poetry by Linda Pastan.
Monday, May 1, 2023, at 7:30 pm Eastern
Merkin Hall, New York City, NY
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Performer: Portland Opera Presents Rusalka
Lisa performs with Portland Opera Chorus in Dvořák's Rusalka.
Saturday April 22, 2023, at 7:30 pm Pacific
Friday April 28, 2023, at 7:30 pm Pacific
Sunday April 30, 2023, at 2:00 pm Pacific
Keller Auditorium, Portland, Oregon
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Lisa performs with Portland Opera Chorus in Dvořák's Rusalka.
Saturday April 22, 2023, at 7:30 pm Pacific
Friday April 28, 2023, at 7:30 pm Pacific
Sunday April 30, 2023, at 2:00 pm Pacific
Keller Auditorium, Portland, Oregon
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Composer: James Scott, bassoon recital
James Scott performs Lisa's Sunflower Sea Star bassoon sonata in this recital at Colorado State University.
Organ Recital Hall on the Colorado State University Campus and livestreamed
Friday, April 28, 2023, at 8:00 pm Mountain
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James Scott performs Lisa's Sunflower Sea Star bassoon sonata in this recital at Colorado State University.
Organ Recital Hall on the Colorado State University Campus and livestreamed
Friday, April 28, 2023, at 8:00 pm Mountain
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Composer: Ich habe Genug (I've Had Enough) - Ian Schipper's Masters Recital
Ian Schipper performs Lisa's By Candlelight on this master recital at UCLA.
UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music and livestreamed
445 Charles E. Young Drive, Los Angeles, CA
Saturday, April 15th, 2023, at 7:30 pm Pacific
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Ian Schipper performs Lisa's By Candlelight on this master recital at UCLA.
UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music and livestreamed
445 Charles E. Young Drive, Los Angeles, CA
Saturday, April 15th, 2023, at 7:30 pm Pacific
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Composer: Haley Houk DMA Recital 1
Haley Houk performs Lisa's Sunflower Sea Star on this DMA recital at the University of Houston.
Dudley Recital Hall on the University of Houston campus and livestreamed
Monday, April 10th, 2023, at 6:30 pm Central
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Haley Houk performs Lisa's Sunflower Sea Star on this DMA recital at the University of Houston.
Dudley Recital Hall on the University of Houston campus and livestreamed
Monday, April 10th, 2023, at 6:30 pm Central
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Composer: Faculty Recital: Dr. Miriam Webber
Dr. Miriam Webber performs a premiere of Lisa's Sunflower Sea Star bassoon sonata on this faculty recital at Bemidji State University.
Bemedji State University and livestreamed
Saturday, April 8th, 2023, at 3:00 pm Central
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Dr. Miriam Webber performs a premiere of Lisa's Sunflower Sea Star bassoon sonata on this faculty recital at Bemidji State University.
Bemedji State University and livestreamed
Saturday, April 8th, 2023, at 3:00 pm Central
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Educator: Really Spicy Opera Aria Institute
Lisa coaches composers and librettists on drafts of new opera arias created for Really Spicy Opera's Aria Institute.
March-April 2023
Lisa coaches composers and librettists on drafts of new opera arias created for Really Spicy Opera's Aria Institute.
March-April 2023
Guest Composer Residency Porter Gaud School
Lisa visits Porter Gaud school to workshop a new commission for their combined choirs, Digging up a Rose, with poetry by Caitlin Vincent. Porter Gaud school choir director Amanda Castellone directs.
Porter Gaud School, Charleston, SC
Saturday, March 25- Sunday, 26, 2023
Lisa visits Porter Gaud school to workshop a new commission for their combined choirs, Digging up a Rose, with poetry by Caitlin Vincent. Porter Gaud school choir director Amanda Castellone directs.
Porter Gaud School, Charleston, SC
Saturday, March 25- Sunday, 26, 2023
Composer: Cascadia Composers presents Songs and Sonatas
David Jones performs Lisa's American Waters on this concert featuring works for voice and horn.
Saturday, March 25. 2023, 7:30pm Pacific
Lincoln Recital Hall (Room 75) at Portland State University, Portland, OR
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David Jones performs Lisa's American Waters on this concert featuring works for voice and horn.
Saturday, March 25. 2023, 7:30pm Pacific
Lincoln Recital Hall (Room 75) at Portland State University, Portland, OR
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Composer: Women Composers Festival of Hartford
Martin Van Klompenberg performs Lisa's bassoon sonata, Sunflower Sea Star, at the Women Composers Festival of Hartford. Martin is the lead commissioner for the sonata.
Saturday March 18, 2023, 3:30 pm Eastern
Trinity College Gruss Music Center, Hartford, CT
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Martin Van Klompenberg performs Lisa's bassoon sonata, Sunflower Sea Star, at the Women Composers Festival of Hartford. Martin is the lead commissioner for the sonata.
Saturday March 18, 2023, 3:30 pm Eastern
Trinity College Gruss Music Center, Hartford, CT
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Composer: SHE: Festival of Women in Music
Rose Bishop performs flute music by Lisa at the SHE: Festival of Women in Music.
Saturday March 11-Sunday March 12, 2023
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR
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Rose Bishop performs flute music by Lisa at the SHE: Festival of Women in Music.
Saturday March 11-Sunday March 12, 2023
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR
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Composer: College Music Society Great Lakes Regional Conference
Martin Van Klompenberg performs Lisa's bassoon sonata, Sunflower Sea Star, at the College Music Society Great Lakes Regional Conference. Martin is the lead commissioner for the sonata.
Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH
Friday March 10-Saturday March 11, 2023, Time TBD
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Martin Van Klompenberg performs Lisa's bassoon sonata, Sunflower Sea Star, at the College Music Society Great Lakes Regional Conference. Martin is the lead commissioner for the sonata.
Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH
Friday March 10-Saturday March 11, 2023, Time TBD
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Educator: Women Composer Weekend Symposium 2023
Lisa presents on her music to the Women Composer Weekend Symposium, hosted by Perempuan Komponis in Indonesia.
Friday, March 10. 2023, 5:00 am Pacific
Lisa presents on her music to the Women Composer Weekend Symposium, hosted by Perempuan Komponis in Indonesia.
Friday, March 10. 2023, 5:00 am Pacific
Composer: Martin Van Klompenberg, bassoon, solo recital
Martin Van Klompenberg performs Lisa's bassoon sonata, Sunflower Sea Star, on a solo recital Martin is the lead commissioner for the sonata.
Thursday, March 9, 2023, 7:30 pm Eastern
Freedom Village, Holland, MI
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Martin Van Klompenberg performs Lisa's bassoon sonata, Sunflower Sea Star, on a solo recital Martin is the lead commissioner for the sonata.
Thursday, March 9, 2023, 7:30 pm Eastern
Freedom Village, Holland, MI
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Composer: Music by Women Festival
Martin Van Klompenberg performs Lisa's bassoon sonata, Sunflower Sea Star, at the Music by Women Festival. Martin is the lead commissioner for the sonata.
Mississippi University for Women, Columbus, MS
March 2-4, 2023
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Martin Van Klompenberg performs Lisa's bassoon sonata, Sunflower Sea Star, at the Music by Women Festival. Martin is the lead commissioner for the sonata.
Mississippi University for Women, Columbus, MS
March 2-4, 2023
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Educator: Colorado State University Bassoon Studio
Lisa teaches a Composition Workshop to the Colorado State University Bassoon Studio.
March 1, 2023, 11:00 am Mountain Time
Online
Lisa teaches a Composition Workshop to the Colorado State University Bassoon Studio.
March 1, 2023, 11:00 am Mountain Time
Online
Performer: Sam Houston State University Art Song Festival
If I Were a Bird recital
Lisa performs a recital, If I Were a Bird, with pianist Stephanie Thompson, as part of Sam Houston State University's Art Song Festival. The recital explores the human condition through the lens of birds and takes listeners on a journey through freedom, captivity, love, death, ghosts, and hope.
Sunday, February 26, 2023, 1:30 pm Central
Livestreamed
Free festival registration
If I Were a Bird recital
Lisa performs a recital, If I Were a Bird, with pianist Stephanie Thompson, as part of Sam Houston State University's Art Song Festival. The recital explores the human condition through the lens of birds and takes listeners on a journey through freedom, captivity, love, death, ghosts, and hope.
Sunday, February 26, 2023, 1:30 pm Central
Livestreamed
Free festival registration
Educator: National Federation of Music Clubs Junior Composer Competition
Lisa adjudicates student compositions for the National Federation of Music Clubs Junior Composer Competition and leads a workshop for composers.
Sunday February 5, 2023
Online
Lisa adjudicates student compositions for the National Federation of Music Clubs Junior Composer Competition and leads a workshop for composers.
Sunday February 5, 2023
Online
Composer: World Premiere of she conjures song cycle
Catalyst New Music presents Fuse Collaborations in Song
Claire McCahan, mezzo-soprano and Brendon Shapiro, piano perform the world premiere of a new song cycle, she conjures, with music by Lisa Neher, libretto by Bea Goodwin. The cycle follows the daughter of the last woman burned for witchcraft in Scotland in the 1600s as she seeks justice for her mother and a path forward. she conjures was commissioned and developed by Catalyst New Music's Fuse: Collaborations in Song program.
Saturday, February 11, 7:30 pm Eastern
Edward M. Pickman Hall, Longy School of Music, 27 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA
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Catalyst New Music presents Fuse Collaborations in Song
Claire McCahan, mezzo-soprano and Brendon Shapiro, piano perform the world premiere of a new song cycle, she conjures, with music by Lisa Neher, libretto by Bea Goodwin. The cycle follows the daughter of the last woman burned for witchcraft in Scotland in the 1600s as she seeks justice for her mother and a path forward. she conjures was commissioned and developed by Catalyst New Music's Fuse: Collaborations in Song program.
Saturday, February 11, 7:30 pm Eastern
Edward M. Pickman Hall, Longy School of Music, 27 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA
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Performer & Composer: Really Spicy Opera
Lisa performs as Stef in a recording session of two new operatic quartets produced by Really Spicy Opera, including a setting composed by Lisa herself. Libretto by Basil Considine.
Sunday, February 19, 2023
Lisa performs as Stef in a recording session of two new operatic quartets produced by Really Spicy Opera, including a setting composed by Lisa herself. Libretto by Basil Considine.
Sunday, February 19, 2023
Composer: World Premiere of Sunflower Sea Star bassoon sonata
Martin Van Klompenberg performs the world premiere of Lisa's bassoon sonata, Sunflower Sea Star, as part of a guest recital at Grand Valley State University. Van Klompenberg is the lead commissioner for the sonata.
Wednesday, February 15, 2023, 4:30 pm Eastern
Sherman van Solkema Recital Hall, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI
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Martin Van Klompenberg performs the world premiere of Lisa's bassoon sonata, Sunflower Sea Star, as part of a guest recital at Grand Valley State University. Van Klompenberg is the lead commissioner for the sonata.
Wednesday, February 15, 2023, 4:30 pm Eastern
Sherman van Solkema Recital Hall, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI
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Educator: NATS Cascade Classical Festival
Lisa adjudicates singers in the NATS Cascade Classical Festival auditions.
Saturday February 11-Sunday February 12, 2023
Portland State University, Portland, Oregon
Lisa adjudicates singers in the NATS Cascade Classical Festival auditions.
Saturday February 11-Sunday February 12, 2023
Portland State University, Portland, Oregon
Performer: Portland Opera Presents Carmen
Lisa performs with Portland Opera Chorus in Bizet's Carmen.
Saturday November 5 at 7:30 pm Pacific
Friday November 11 at 7:30 pm Pacific
Sunday November 13 at 2:00 pm Pacific
Keller Auditorium, Portland, Oregon
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Lisa performs with Portland Opera Chorus in Bizet's Carmen.
Saturday November 5 at 7:30 pm Pacific
Friday November 11 at 7:30 pm Pacific
Sunday November 13 at 2:00 pm Pacific
Keller Auditorium, Portland, Oregon
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Composer: VoxNovus presents Composer's Voice
Andrew White, baritone, performs an encore of his May concert of contemporary music, including Lisa's American Waters.
Monday, November 7, 2022
Online
Andrew White, baritone, performs an encore of his May concert of contemporary music, including Lisa's American Waters.
Monday, November 7, 2022
Online
Composer: Carrie RavenStem, clarinet recital
Clarinetist Carrie RavenStem performs Lisa’s solo Gulper, about a deepwater fish with an enormous mouth and long whip-like tail, on her guest recital at the University of Tennessee at Martin.
Monday, October 24, 7:30 pm Central
University of Tennessee at Martin
Educator: Dr. Lisa Neher Studio Backyard Recital
Lisa’s vocal students perform a recital of classical, musical theatre, and popular songs with pianist Stephanie Thompson in this outdoor event.
Saturday, October 22, 2 pm, Portland, OR
Composer: Iowa Composer’s Forum Presents Licorice Stick
Rob Miller, clarinet, performs Lisa’s solo Gulper, about a deepwater fish with an enormous mouth and long whip-like tail, on this concert of music for piano and clarinet produced by Iowa Composer’s Forum and Music at St. Pete’s.
Sunday, October 16, 2 pm Central
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, Bettendorf, IA
Performer & Presenter: Music at Midweek
Lisa performs her own solo unaccompanied vocal compositions for Music at Midweek at University of Portland and leads a workshop on getting started in composing as a performer.
Wednesday, October 12
University of Portland, Portland, OR
Guest Speaker: Greater Portland Flute Society
Lisa and flutist Rose Bishop join Greater Portland Flute Society for a discussion of their collaborations together as featured on Rose’s debut album, Diversions.
Tuesday October 4, 7:00 pm Pacific
Online
Performer: If I Were a Bird Livestreamed Concert
Lisa Neher and Stephanie Thompson perform a concert of art songs exploring the human condition through the lens of birds. Part of The Old Church PDX's Lunchtime Concert Series.
Wednesday, September 28, Noon Pacific
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Composer: Lawrence Opera Theatre presents White Horizon
Lawrence Opera Theatre presents Lisa's chamber opera White Horizon, about a late 1800's arctic expedition gone wrong.
Saturday, August 13, 7:30 pm Central, Lawrence, KS
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Composer: Silent Voices Project at the International Double Reed Society Conference
Lisa's trio brook will be performed by Silent Voices at the International Double Reed Society Conference.
Saturday, July 30, 11 am MST, Boulder, CO
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Composer: Cascadia Composers presents In Good Hands
This concert of works for local student performers includes the world premieres of two piano solos by Lisa: Yggdrasil and Stars Over Yellowstone. These works were composed in collaboration with the students and local piano teachers Wilma Hawkins and Nancy Stone.
Saturday, July 9, 4:00 pm PST, Lincoln Hall, Portland, OR
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Composer: Cincinnati Song Initiative presents Let it Be New
Cincinnati Song Initiative presents Let it Be New, a livestreamed concert of new works commissioned by the National Association of Teachers of Singing and Cincinnati Song Initiative, including Lisa's new song If starlight be, setting poetry by Felicia Zamora. n
Sunday June 26, 4 pm EST, livestreamed
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Soloist: Beaverton Community Band
Lisa joins the Beaverton Community Band performing songs in honor of the National pastime.
Sunday June 26, 3 pm PST, Beaverton, OR
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Composer: Fridays at the Clock Series
Lisa's trio Palouse will be performed by Albert and Sarah Miller on Washington State University's Fridays at the Clock series.
Friday June 24, 6:30 pm PST, Pullman, WA
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Composer: American Festival of the Arts
Lisa's orchestra piece Twister, inspired by the natural beauty and power of tornadoes, will be performed by the American Festival of the Arts orchestra under the direction of Dr. Michelle Perrin Blair.
Wednesday June 22, 7:00 pm Central, Moores Opera House, Houston, TX
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Clarinetist Carrie RavenStem performs Lisa’s solo Gulper, about a deepwater fish with an enormous mouth and long whip-like tail, on her guest recital at the University of Tennessee at Martin.
Monday, October 24, 7:30 pm Central
University of Tennessee at Martin
Educator: Dr. Lisa Neher Studio Backyard Recital
Lisa’s vocal students perform a recital of classical, musical theatre, and popular songs with pianist Stephanie Thompson in this outdoor event.
Saturday, October 22, 2 pm, Portland, OR
Composer: Iowa Composer’s Forum Presents Licorice Stick
Rob Miller, clarinet, performs Lisa’s solo Gulper, about a deepwater fish with an enormous mouth and long whip-like tail, on this concert of music for piano and clarinet produced by Iowa Composer’s Forum and Music at St. Pete’s.
Sunday, October 16, 2 pm Central
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, Bettendorf, IA
Performer & Presenter: Music at Midweek
Lisa performs her own solo unaccompanied vocal compositions for Music at Midweek at University of Portland and leads a workshop on getting started in composing as a performer.
Wednesday, October 12
University of Portland, Portland, OR
Guest Speaker: Greater Portland Flute Society
Lisa and flutist Rose Bishop join Greater Portland Flute Society for a discussion of their collaborations together as featured on Rose’s debut album, Diversions.
Tuesday October 4, 7:00 pm Pacific
Online
Performer: If I Were a Bird Livestreamed Concert
Lisa Neher and Stephanie Thompson perform a concert of art songs exploring the human condition through the lens of birds. Part of The Old Church PDX's Lunchtime Concert Series.
Wednesday, September 28, Noon Pacific
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Composer: Lawrence Opera Theatre presents White Horizon
Lawrence Opera Theatre presents Lisa's chamber opera White Horizon, about a late 1800's arctic expedition gone wrong.
Saturday, August 13, 7:30 pm Central, Lawrence, KS
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Composer: Silent Voices Project at the International Double Reed Society Conference
Lisa's trio brook will be performed by Silent Voices at the International Double Reed Society Conference.
Saturday, July 30, 11 am MST, Boulder, CO
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Composer: Cascadia Composers presents In Good Hands
This concert of works for local student performers includes the world premieres of two piano solos by Lisa: Yggdrasil and Stars Over Yellowstone. These works were composed in collaboration with the students and local piano teachers Wilma Hawkins and Nancy Stone.
Saturday, July 9, 4:00 pm PST, Lincoln Hall, Portland, OR
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Composer: Cincinnati Song Initiative presents Let it Be New
Cincinnati Song Initiative presents Let it Be New, a livestreamed concert of new works commissioned by the National Association of Teachers of Singing and Cincinnati Song Initiative, including Lisa's new song If starlight be, setting poetry by Felicia Zamora. n
Sunday June 26, 4 pm EST, livestreamed
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Soloist: Beaverton Community Band
Lisa joins the Beaverton Community Band performing songs in honor of the National pastime.
Sunday June 26, 3 pm PST, Beaverton, OR
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Composer: Fridays at the Clock Series
Lisa's trio Palouse will be performed by Albert and Sarah Miller on Washington State University's Fridays at the Clock series.
Friday June 24, 6:30 pm PST, Pullman, WA
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Composer: American Festival of the Arts
Lisa's orchestra piece Twister, inspired by the natural beauty and power of tornadoes, will be performed by the American Festival of the Arts orchestra under the direction of Dr. Michelle Perrin Blair.
Wednesday June 22, 7:00 pm Central, Moores Opera House, Houston, TX
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Composer & Presenter: International Alliance of Women in Music Conference
Excerpts from Lisa's major song cycle about climate change, No One Saves the Earth from Us But Us, will be featured in the online listening room.
Lisa and Kendra Preston Leonard present Feminist Hopepunk Opera: a Workshop
Thursday, June 2 - Saturday June 4
Online and in person at Oregon State University in Corvallis, Oregon
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Composer: World Premiere of His Fate is Sealed
Brittany Walker, mezzo-soprano, performs the world premire of His Fate is Sealed, a new feminist art song commissioned by Walker that humanizes the Greek mythological character Clytemnestra.
Thursday, May 26, 2022
Presenter: Toolbox Sessions
Lisa presents on composing for singers and shares a panel discussion on running commissioning consortiums in this 3-day virtual workshop designed to give composers, orchestrators, and arrangers the tools they need to write effectively for singers and instruments, network with performers, and get their music performed.
Thursday May 19-Saturday May 21
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Excerpts from Lisa's major song cycle about climate change, No One Saves the Earth from Us But Us, will be featured in the online listening room.
Lisa and Kendra Preston Leonard present Feminist Hopepunk Opera: a Workshop
Thursday, June 2 - Saturday June 4
Online and in person at Oregon State University in Corvallis, Oregon
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Composer: World Premiere of His Fate is Sealed
Brittany Walker, mezzo-soprano, performs the world premire of His Fate is Sealed, a new feminist art song commissioned by Walker that humanizes the Greek mythological character Clytemnestra.
Thursday, May 26, 2022
Presenter: Toolbox Sessions
Lisa presents on composing for singers and shares a panel discussion on running commissioning consortiums in this 3-day virtual workshop designed to give composers, orchestrators, and arrangers the tools they need to write effectively for singers and instruments, network with performers, and get their music performed.
Thursday May 19-Saturday May 21
Register now and use code lisaneher22 for $10 off
Composer: Cascadia Composers presents Re/Emergence
Lisa's setting of Crickets by Danusha Lameris will be premiered on this chamber music concert.
Saturday May 14 at 7:30 pm Pacific
Livestreamed and in person at Lincoln Recital Hall at Portland State University, Portland, Oregon
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Composer: VoxNovus presents Composer's Voice
Andrew White, baritone, performs Lisa's American Waters on this virtual concert of contemporary music for baritone, presented by VoxNovus.
Saturday, May 14, 2:00 pm Eastern
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Performer: Portland Opera presents George & Friends Concert
Lisa performs with Portland Opera Chorus on their George & Friends concert.
Friday, May 13 at 7:30 pm Pacific
Keller Auditorium, Portland, Oregon
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Composer: World Premiere of Gilgamesh Weeps
UW Oshkosh Tenor/Bass Choir, under the direction of Dr. Shannon Gravelle, premiere Gilgamesh Weeps, a new choral work about vulernability and friendship, told through the lens of the epic of Gilgamesh, with music by Lisa and poetry by Kendra Preston Leonard.
Livestreamed or in person at Music Hall, University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh, Oshkosh, Wisconsin
Composer: No One Saves the Earth from Us But Us, Earth Day call to action concert & discussion
Release of a professionally filmed multimedia performance of No One Saves the Earth from Us But Us, Lisa's major climate change song cycle, commissioned by Elizabeth Avery, pianist, and Quinn Patrick Anrkum, mezzo-soprano, followed by a discussion on zoom with the artistic team.
Friday, April 22, 5:00 pm Pacific, online
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Composer: Earth Day Art Model
No One Saves the Earth from Us But Us, Lisa's major climate change song cycle, commissioned by Elizabeth Avery, pianist, and Quinn Patrick Anrkum, mezzo-soprano, is featured on this online festival of artists advocating for action to address the climate change crisis.
Thursday, April 21 - Friday April 22, Online
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Composer: World Premiere of Palouse
World premiere of Lisa's chamber work Palouse, commissioned by Albert and Sarah Miller, for tenor trombone, euphonium, and piano. The piece takes inspration from the rolling hils and wheat fields of Eastern Washington.
Thursday, April 7, 2022, University of Kansas School of Music
Lisa's setting of Crickets by Danusha Lameris will be premiered on this chamber music concert.
Saturday May 14 at 7:30 pm Pacific
Livestreamed and in person at Lincoln Recital Hall at Portland State University, Portland, Oregon
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Composer: VoxNovus presents Composer's Voice
Andrew White, baritone, performs Lisa's American Waters on this virtual concert of contemporary music for baritone, presented by VoxNovus.
Saturday, May 14, 2:00 pm Eastern
Online
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Performer: Portland Opera presents George & Friends Concert
Lisa performs with Portland Opera Chorus on their George & Friends concert.
Friday, May 13 at 7:30 pm Pacific
Keller Auditorium, Portland, Oregon
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Composer: World Premiere of Gilgamesh Weeps
UW Oshkosh Tenor/Bass Choir, under the direction of Dr. Shannon Gravelle, premiere Gilgamesh Weeps, a new choral work about vulernability and friendship, told through the lens of the epic of Gilgamesh, with music by Lisa and poetry by Kendra Preston Leonard.
Livestreamed or in person at Music Hall, University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh, Oshkosh, Wisconsin
Composer: No One Saves the Earth from Us But Us, Earth Day call to action concert & discussion
Release of a professionally filmed multimedia performance of No One Saves the Earth from Us But Us, Lisa's major climate change song cycle, commissioned by Elizabeth Avery, pianist, and Quinn Patrick Anrkum, mezzo-soprano, followed by a discussion on zoom with the artistic team.
Friday, April 22, 5:00 pm Pacific, online
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Composer: Earth Day Art Model
No One Saves the Earth from Us But Us, Lisa's major climate change song cycle, commissioned by Elizabeth Avery, pianist, and Quinn Patrick Anrkum, mezzo-soprano, is featured on this online festival of artists advocating for action to address the climate change crisis.
Thursday, April 21 - Friday April 22, Online
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Composer: World Premiere of Palouse
World premiere of Lisa's chamber work Palouse, commissioned by Albert and Sarah Miller, for tenor trombone, euphonium, and piano. The piece takes inspration from the rolling hils and wheat fields of Eastern Washington.
Thursday, April 7, 2022, University of Kansas School of Music
Composer: World Premiere of Bye for Now song cycle
Commissioned by Jessica Saunders, soprano
Dr. Jessica Saunders, soprano, Joseph McKinley, piano, and Christina Gentzsch, cello, perform the world premiere of Lisa's song cycle Bye for Now. Unlike traditional art song, which sets poetry, the words of Bye for Now are drawn from saved voicemails from soprano Jessica Saunders's mother Kari Saunders, and grandfather Jerry Miller, who died in 2017 and 2019. Using the rhythm and cadence of these recordings to inspire musical settings, the cycle expresses familial love in day-to-day interactions using our modern phones. This performance is part of a faculty recital of art songs performed by Saunders.
March 29, 2022, 7 pm Central
Ballantyne Auditorium, Kirkwood Community College, Cedar Rapids, IA
Free Admission
Commissioned by Jessica Saunders, soprano
Dr. Jessica Saunders, soprano, Joseph McKinley, piano, and Christina Gentzsch, cello, perform the world premiere of Lisa's song cycle Bye for Now. Unlike traditional art song, which sets poetry, the words of Bye for Now are drawn from saved voicemails from soprano Jessica Saunders's mother Kari Saunders, and grandfather Jerry Miller, who died in 2017 and 2019. Using the rhythm and cadence of these recordings to inspire musical settings, the cycle expresses familial love in day-to-day interactions using our modern phones. This performance is part of a faculty recital of art songs performed by Saunders.
March 29, 2022, 7 pm Central
Ballantyne Auditorium, Kirkwood Community College, Cedar Rapids, IA
Free Admission
Presenter: The Ultimate Music Business Summit
Lisa teaches her signature workshop: "Small Projects, Big Impacts" and "Creating Your Own Residency" (with composers Arthur Breur and Garrett Hope) at the Ultimate Music Business Summit, a virutal conference of actionable strategies to transform your musical artistry and career.
January 6-8
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Presenter: Cascadia Composers
Lisa presents on Designing Collaborative Processes and her Neher Method of Collaboration to Cascadia Composers.
On the surface, collaboration seems ubiquitous in classical music. After all, it is an art form that involves many artists (composers, singers, instrumentalists, conductors) coming together to create a musical whole. But if we dig a little deeper how collaborative, ARE our processes of working together? How do we communicate our artistic visions and desires, and how do we respond to the needs of others? All too often, our art form leaves little time or space for true collaboration. Rather, each musician becomes responsible for their highly specialized area of creation and then must “stay in their lane.” The result: good but not great performances, professional but frustrated performers, new works that get premiered and then sit on the shelf for years without a second performance. In this workshop, we’ll talk about how to use the Neher Method to design collaborative processes that serve the artistic needs of all parties, fostering co-ownership of projects and equal “buy-in” from composers and performers alike.
Monday, January 10, 7:30-9:00 pm PST (virtually)
Free and open to the public
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Guest Presenter: Mu Phi Epsilon Portland
Lisa joins the Portland chapter of Mu Phi Epsilon to present on her work as a composer and performer.
Wednesday, January 12, 7:00-8:30 pm PST
Composer: Dream Within a Dream
Opera Theatre Oregon
Winter 2022 (date TBD)
Composer: Blue Whale
Lisa's Blue Whale, for intermediate piano, will be performed on a special Iowa Composers Forum concert featuring pedagogical works for piano.
Sunday, January 30, 2022, 3:00 pm CST
Saint Peter's Episcopal Church, Bettendorf, Iowa
Guest Presenter: Iowa Women's Music Collective
Lisa joins the Iowa Women's Music Collective for a discussion and Q&A about her career as a composer, singer, and educator.
Sunday, February 27, 2022, 6:00 pm CST
Composer: Par for the Course on New Opera West's Pop-Up Festival
New Opera West
New Opera West returns to in-person performances with its annual Pop-Up Festival, featuring seven newly composed opera vignettes by composers and librettists from all around the world, including Par for the Course, Lisa and Kendra Preston Leonard's opera about legendary athlete Babe Didrikson Zaharias's bid to compete in the U.S. Open Golf Tournament.
Saturday March 5, 2022, at 7:30 pm PST
Sunday March 6, 2022, at 2 pm PST
Broadway Mainstage, Los Angelas, CA
Composer and Performer: Women Composers Festival of Hartford
Lisa performs Now Available, her opera with librettist Kendra Preston Leonard, on the Women Composers Festival of Hartford Virtual Music Marathon
March 11-13, 2022
Hartford, Connecticut, and Online
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Composer: FearNoMusic Presents Locally Sourced Sounds
Lisa's marimba solo about comets, Icy Celestial Bodies, is performed on FearNoMusic's Locally Sourced Sounds concert.
Monday March 21 at 7:30 pm Pacific
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Lisa teaches her signature workshop: "Small Projects, Big Impacts" and "Creating Your Own Residency" (with composers Arthur Breur and Garrett Hope) at the Ultimate Music Business Summit, a virutal conference of actionable strategies to transform your musical artistry and career.
January 6-8
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Presenter: Cascadia Composers
Lisa presents on Designing Collaborative Processes and her Neher Method of Collaboration to Cascadia Composers.
On the surface, collaboration seems ubiquitous in classical music. After all, it is an art form that involves many artists (composers, singers, instrumentalists, conductors) coming together to create a musical whole. But if we dig a little deeper how collaborative, ARE our processes of working together? How do we communicate our artistic visions and desires, and how do we respond to the needs of others? All too often, our art form leaves little time or space for true collaboration. Rather, each musician becomes responsible for their highly specialized area of creation and then must “stay in their lane.” The result: good but not great performances, professional but frustrated performers, new works that get premiered and then sit on the shelf for years without a second performance. In this workshop, we’ll talk about how to use the Neher Method to design collaborative processes that serve the artistic needs of all parties, fostering co-ownership of projects and equal “buy-in” from composers and performers alike.
Monday, January 10, 7:30-9:00 pm PST (virtually)
Free and open to the public
Zoom Meeting Info
Guest Presenter: Mu Phi Epsilon Portland
Lisa joins the Portland chapter of Mu Phi Epsilon to present on her work as a composer and performer.
Wednesday, January 12, 7:00-8:30 pm PST
Composer: Dream Within a Dream
Opera Theatre Oregon
Winter 2022 (date TBD)
Composer: Blue Whale
Lisa's Blue Whale, for intermediate piano, will be performed on a special Iowa Composers Forum concert featuring pedagogical works for piano.
Sunday, January 30, 2022, 3:00 pm CST
Saint Peter's Episcopal Church, Bettendorf, Iowa
Guest Presenter: Iowa Women's Music Collective
Lisa joins the Iowa Women's Music Collective for a discussion and Q&A about her career as a composer, singer, and educator.
Sunday, February 27, 2022, 6:00 pm CST
Composer: Par for the Course on New Opera West's Pop-Up Festival
New Opera West
New Opera West returns to in-person performances with its annual Pop-Up Festival, featuring seven newly composed opera vignettes by composers and librettists from all around the world, including Par for the Course, Lisa and Kendra Preston Leonard's opera about legendary athlete Babe Didrikson Zaharias's bid to compete in the U.S. Open Golf Tournament.
Saturday March 5, 2022, at 7:30 pm PST
Sunday March 6, 2022, at 2 pm PST
Broadway Mainstage, Los Angelas, CA
Composer and Performer: Women Composers Festival of Hartford
Lisa performs Now Available, her opera with librettist Kendra Preston Leonard, on the Women Composers Festival of Hartford Virtual Music Marathon
March 11-13, 2022
Hartford, Connecticut, and Online
Details
Composer: FearNoMusic Presents Locally Sourced Sounds
Lisa's marimba solo about comets, Icy Celestial Bodies, is performed on FearNoMusic's Locally Sourced Sounds concert.
Monday March 21 at 7:30 pm Pacific
Tickets
Composer: eddy by Lisa Neher
performed by Danielle Kuntz, harp
presented by Aepex Contemporary Performance
Fri Sept 24, 7:30 pm EDT, Ziggy's, Ypsilanti, MI
Composer and Performer: Something About Isolation recital, performed by Lisa Neher
works by Monica Chew, Nicole Murphy, Lisa Neher & Kendra Preston Leonard, Kimberly Osberg, Drew Swatosh, & Catalina von Wrangell
Darkwater Womxn in Music Festival, Virtually
Fri-Sat, Sept 24-25, $5-$20 sliding scale registration
Composer: Night Song for Moths & Reach Out by Lisa Neher
performed by Rose Bishop, Flute and Piccolo
Southeast Iowa Symphony Orchestra Artist in Residence Recital Series
Sun, Oct 3 at 3 pm CDT at First Presbyterian Church, Ottumwa, IA
Sun, Oct 10 at 3 pm CDT at Iowa Wesleyan Chapel Auditorium, Ottumwa, IA
Wed, Oct 13 at 12:15 pm CDT at First United Methodist Church, Burlington, IA
Composer: No One Saves the Earth From Us But Us (World Premiere)
music by Lisa Neher, poetry by Craig Santos Perez and Felicia Zamora; performed by Quinn Patrick Ankrum, mezzo-soprano, Elizabeth Avery, piano, Jonah Elrod, digital process creator
Livestreamed on the Our House is On Fire concert (free)
In person at University of Oklahoma Pitman Recital Hall, Norman, OK (free admission)
Simulcast to the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music Watson Recital Hall, Cincinnati, OH (free admission)
Thurs Oct 7, 7:30 pm CDT
Performer: William Walton's Façade – An Entertainment, Lisa Neher & Robert McBride, reciters
Portland Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Virtually
Sat, Oct 16, 7:30 pm PDT, $20 tickets include 2 weeks of viewing
Composer: Upon a Broken World by Lisa Neher
Poetry by Danusha Lameris, Amy Lowell, & Maggie Smith
Red Vespa Duo: Marian Wilson-Kimber & Natalie Landowski
University of Iowa School of Music, Iowa City, IA and Livestreamed
Sunday Oct 24, 7:30 pm CDT
Read about the piece in this article in the Women's Song Forum
Composer: Upon a Broken World by Lisa Neher
Poetry by Danusha Lameris, Amy Lowell, & Maggie Smith
Red Vespa Duo: Marian Wilson-Kimber & Natalie Landowski
Western Illinois University, COFAC Recital Hall, Malcomb, IL
Saturday, October 30, 5:00 pm CDT
Read about the piece in this article in the Women's Song Forum
Composer: Baba Yaga and Vasilisa the Brave (World Premiere)
music by Lisa Neher, libretto & storytelling by Doria Hughes
Dinosaur Annex, Boston, MA
December 4, 2021
10:30 am Eastern at the Old West Church, Cambridge St, Boston, MA
2:00 pm Eastern at University Lutheran Church, Winthrop St, Cambridge, MA
Free Admission, Family Friendly
Composer: Blue Whale
Lisa's Blue Whale, for intermediate piano, will be featured on Piano Music She Wrote's YouTube channel as part of their project featuring music by living women composers. The piece will be performed by Erica Sipes, pianist. Blue Whale paints a picture of a huge, powerful whale swimming up from the depths, breaching the surface, and diving back down into the dark, unknown depths.
Wednesday, December 1, 2021, 9 am EST
Composer and Performer: New Music Gathering
Lisa's work as a composer and performer of new opera are on display on this streaming concert, part of New Music Gathering.
Rhymes With Opera shares a performance of Lisa's opera with Kendra Leonard, Par for the Course, about legendary athlete Babe Didrikson Zaharias's bid to compete in the U.S. Open Golf Tournament, which at the time was restricted to men only.
Lisa and Portland Percussion Group present a filmed world premiere of Space Station 189, a sci-fi opera for Instagram, written for them by JL Marlor and Aiden Feltkamp. Space Station 189 envisions a protagonist forced to work a 300-day solo assignment doing manual labor on an industrial space station. Exhausted, isolated, and ignored by indifferent superiors on Earth, they begin to hear terrifying noises that they cannot explain. Reinventing the operatic form to fit into Instagram reels, the story unfolds over seven 1-minute episodes.
Tuesday, August 17, 11 am PDT / 1 pm CDT, virtually
Free admission, registration required (click here for details)
performed by Danielle Kuntz, harp
presented by Aepex Contemporary Performance
Fri Sept 24, 7:30 pm EDT, Ziggy's, Ypsilanti, MI
Composer and Performer: Something About Isolation recital, performed by Lisa Neher
works by Monica Chew, Nicole Murphy, Lisa Neher & Kendra Preston Leonard, Kimberly Osberg, Drew Swatosh, & Catalina von Wrangell
Darkwater Womxn in Music Festival, Virtually
Fri-Sat, Sept 24-25, $5-$20 sliding scale registration
Composer: Night Song for Moths & Reach Out by Lisa Neher
performed by Rose Bishop, Flute and Piccolo
Southeast Iowa Symphony Orchestra Artist in Residence Recital Series
Sun, Oct 3 at 3 pm CDT at First Presbyterian Church, Ottumwa, IA
Sun, Oct 10 at 3 pm CDT at Iowa Wesleyan Chapel Auditorium, Ottumwa, IA
Wed, Oct 13 at 12:15 pm CDT at First United Methodist Church, Burlington, IA
Composer: No One Saves the Earth From Us But Us (World Premiere)
music by Lisa Neher, poetry by Craig Santos Perez and Felicia Zamora; performed by Quinn Patrick Ankrum, mezzo-soprano, Elizabeth Avery, piano, Jonah Elrod, digital process creator
Livestreamed on the Our House is On Fire concert (free)
In person at University of Oklahoma Pitman Recital Hall, Norman, OK (free admission)
Simulcast to the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music Watson Recital Hall, Cincinnati, OH (free admission)
Thurs Oct 7, 7:30 pm CDT
Performer: William Walton's Façade – An Entertainment, Lisa Neher & Robert McBride, reciters
Portland Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Virtually
Sat, Oct 16, 7:30 pm PDT, $20 tickets include 2 weeks of viewing
Composer: Upon a Broken World by Lisa Neher
Poetry by Danusha Lameris, Amy Lowell, & Maggie Smith
Red Vespa Duo: Marian Wilson-Kimber & Natalie Landowski
University of Iowa School of Music, Iowa City, IA and Livestreamed
Sunday Oct 24, 7:30 pm CDT
Read about the piece in this article in the Women's Song Forum
Composer: Upon a Broken World by Lisa Neher
Poetry by Danusha Lameris, Amy Lowell, & Maggie Smith
Red Vespa Duo: Marian Wilson-Kimber & Natalie Landowski
Western Illinois University, COFAC Recital Hall, Malcomb, IL
Saturday, October 30, 5:00 pm CDT
Read about the piece in this article in the Women's Song Forum
Composer: Baba Yaga and Vasilisa the Brave (World Premiere)
music by Lisa Neher, libretto & storytelling by Doria Hughes
Dinosaur Annex, Boston, MA
December 4, 2021
10:30 am Eastern at the Old West Church, Cambridge St, Boston, MA
2:00 pm Eastern at University Lutheran Church, Winthrop St, Cambridge, MA
Free Admission, Family Friendly
Composer: Blue Whale
Lisa's Blue Whale, for intermediate piano, will be featured on Piano Music She Wrote's YouTube channel as part of their project featuring music by living women composers. The piece will be performed by Erica Sipes, pianist. Blue Whale paints a picture of a huge, powerful whale swimming up from the depths, breaching the surface, and diving back down into the dark, unknown depths.
Wednesday, December 1, 2021, 9 am EST
Composer and Performer: New Music Gathering
Lisa's work as a composer and performer of new opera are on display on this streaming concert, part of New Music Gathering.
Rhymes With Opera shares a performance of Lisa's opera with Kendra Leonard, Par for the Course, about legendary athlete Babe Didrikson Zaharias's bid to compete in the U.S. Open Golf Tournament, which at the time was restricted to men only.
Lisa and Portland Percussion Group present a filmed world premiere of Space Station 189, a sci-fi opera for Instagram, written for them by JL Marlor and Aiden Feltkamp. Space Station 189 envisions a protagonist forced to work a 300-day solo assignment doing manual labor on an industrial space station. Exhausted, isolated, and ignored by indifferent superiors on Earth, they begin to hear terrifying noises that they cannot explain. Reinventing the operatic form to fit into Instagram reels, the story unfolds over seven 1-minute episodes.
Tuesday, August 17, 11 am PDT / 1 pm CDT, virtually
Free admission, registration required (click here for details)
Composer: Thirsty Ears Festival
Marianne Parker, pianist performs Fissure, a work for speaking pianist with music by Lisa and a poem by Trevor K. Allred. Marianne performs an entire concert of contemporary works as part of Access Contemporary Music's Thirsty Ears Festival, Chicago's only classical street music festival!
Sunday, August 15, 2 pm CDT
Details here
Marianne Parker, pianist performs Fissure, a work for speaking pianist with music by Lisa and a poem by Trevor K. Allred. Marianne performs an entire concert of contemporary works as part of Access Contemporary Music's Thirsty Ears Festival, Chicago's only classical street music festival!
Sunday, August 15, 2 pm CDT
Details here
Composer: Cascadia Composers Presents in Good Hands
Student performers in the Portland area perform the world premieres of Lisa's piano works Dungeness Crab and Kelp Forest and a repeat performance of Moon Jelly. In addition, rising star Ian Schipper and pianist Elizabeth Caswell perform the world premiere of Lisa's By Candelight, an epic setting of the poetry by Geoffrey Bache Smith, a contemporary of J.R.R. Tolkien.
Saturday, July 17, 2021, Concerts at 1 pm, 2:30 pm, and 4:00 pm PDT
Online
Details Here
Student performers in the Portland area perform the world premieres of Lisa's piano works Dungeness Crab and Kelp Forest and a repeat performance of Moon Jelly. In addition, rising star Ian Schipper and pianist Elizabeth Caswell perform the world premiere of Lisa's By Candelight, an epic setting of the poetry by Geoffrey Bache Smith, a contemporary of J.R.R. Tolkien.
Saturday, July 17, 2021, Concerts at 1 pm, 2:30 pm, and 4:00 pm PDT
Online
Details Here
Composer: World Premiere of Sense of Self
Opera Elect presents the World Premiere of Sense of Self, Lisa's opera written with Kendra Preston Leonard. Triathlete Maya’s hopes for the coming race season come to a sudden halt when she is diagnosed with breast cancer and must decide between surgical options. Her coach, Naomi, is ready to tackle recovery and reconditioning with a positive attitude and the latest wellness trends, but Maya isn’t ready for those yet. She has to consider how her choice impacts her entire future—as an athlete and as a whole person.
Sense of Self gives voice to the power and joy of female athleticism, the strength of women’s friendships, and to the challenging decisions women must make when confronted with breast cancer. The opera explores the impact of cancer on women’s sense of empowerment, plans for the future, family obligations, and self-image, and offers a vision of strength and hope for reinvention and renewal.
June 27, 2021, 5 pm MDT
Info & Tickets
Opera Elect presents the World Premiere of Sense of Self, Lisa's opera written with Kendra Preston Leonard. Triathlete Maya’s hopes for the coming race season come to a sudden halt when she is diagnosed with breast cancer and must decide between surgical options. Her coach, Naomi, is ready to tackle recovery and reconditioning with a positive attitude and the latest wellness trends, but Maya isn’t ready for those yet. She has to consider how her choice impacts her entire future—as an athlete and as a whole person.
Sense of Self gives voice to the power and joy of female athleticism, the strength of women’s friendships, and to the challenging decisions women must make when confronted with breast cancer. The opera explores the impact of cancer on women’s sense of empowerment, plans for the future, family obligations, and self-image, and offers a vision of strength and hope for reinvention and renewal.
June 27, 2021, 5 pm MDT
Info & Tickets
Composer: Pōneke Classical Sessions
Nick Walshe, principal clarinet with Orchestra Wellington, performs Lisa's piece Gulper as part of the Pōneke Classical Sessions at Bedlam & Squalor pub in New Zealand.
Monday, May 3, 2021, 6:30 pm NZST
Bedlam & Squalor Pub, Wellington, New Zealand.
Details
Nick Walshe, principal clarinet with Orchestra Wellington, performs Lisa's piece Gulper as part of the Pōneke Classical Sessions at Bedlam & Squalor pub in New Zealand.
Monday, May 3, 2021, 6:30 pm NZST
Bedlam & Squalor Pub, Wellington, New Zealand.
Details
Composer: Bemidji State University Honors Lecture Series presents Dr. Miriam Webber: Silent Voices: Women Composers in their Own Words
Dr. Miriam Webber and Sarah Elizabeth Lee perform the virtual world premiere of Lisa's Immortal Jellyfish for two bassoons, and works by Thea Musgrave. Lisa joins virtually for an interview and Q&A session.
Wednesday, April 28, 6:00 pm CST
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Dr. Miriam Webber and Sarah Elizabeth Lee perform the virtual world premiere of Lisa's Immortal Jellyfish for two bassoons, and works by Thea Musgrave. Lisa joins virtually for an interview and Q&A session.
Wednesday, April 28, 6:00 pm CST
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Composer and Performer: Elizabeth Jones Art Center Feelings Festival 2021
The Feelings Festival 2021 is an event in which forty songwriters, poets, painters, dancers and playwrights collaborate to create thoughtful work that engages specific emotions. For this festival, Lisa, along with artist and musician Alexis Neumann, wrote, recorded, and mixed a new song inspired by the emotion awe, which was then used as inspiration for artist Yer Za Vue to create a work of art. This then was passed to Nathan Topp, who spearheaded the creation of a one act work of theatre.
The festival will be host to an exciting communal process in which music, dance, paintings, and one-act plays will be created based on an original song or poem inspired by a specific emotion. It will be a tremendous, collaborative show of 40 people in which music, poetry, dance, visual and theater arts are used in a very unique creative process to make quite a memorable experience, all done by proper social distance practices and online viewing! This is a time of recognizing and exploring the many emotions that have arisen out of this previous year and the festival’s aim is to join others to emote, explore and create!
Saturday, April 24, 2021, 2:00-5:00 pm PST
The Feelings Festival 2021 is an event in which forty songwriters, poets, painters, dancers and playwrights collaborate to create thoughtful work that engages specific emotions. For this festival, Lisa, along with artist and musician Alexis Neumann, wrote, recorded, and mixed a new song inspired by the emotion awe, which was then used as inspiration for artist Yer Za Vue to create a work of art. This then was passed to Nathan Topp, who spearheaded the creation of a one act work of theatre.
The festival will be host to an exciting communal process in which music, dance, paintings, and one-act plays will be created based on an original song or poem inspired by a specific emotion. It will be a tremendous, collaborative show of 40 people in which music, poetry, dance, visual and theater arts are used in a very unique creative process to make quite a memorable experience, all done by proper social distance practices and online viewing! This is a time of recognizing and exploring the many emotions that have arisen out of this previous year and the festival’s aim is to join others to emote, explore and create!
Saturday, April 24, 2021, 2:00-5:00 pm PST
Composer and Speaker: NACUSA National Conference
Lisa performs her work American Waters and presents a workshop on Composing for Singers at the National NACUSA virtual conference.
Sunday, April 18, 2021, 3:00 pm PST: Presentation: Effective Text Setting = Happy Singers!
Sunday, April 18, 2021, 5:00 pm PDT Concert: Lisa performs American Waters
Free and open to the public
Details and links to concerts and presentations here
Lisa performs her work American Waters and presents a workshop on Composing for Singers at the National NACUSA virtual conference.
Sunday, April 18, 2021, 3:00 pm PST: Presentation: Effective Text Setting = Happy Singers!
Sunday, April 18, 2021, 5:00 pm PDT Concert: Lisa performs American Waters
Free and open to the public
Details and links to concerts and presentations here
Composer: Flute Society of Greater Portland Flute Fair
Rose Bishop, flute, performs Lisa's Night Songs for Moths for piccolo and Reach Out for flute as part of the Flute Society of Greater Portland's virtual Flute Fair.
April 9-10, 2021
Details here
Rose Bishop, flute, performs Lisa's Night Songs for Moths for piccolo and Reach Out for flute as part of the Flute Society of Greater Portland's virtual Flute Fair.
April 9-10, 2021
Details here
Composer: Opera Santa Barbara Women's History Month Concert
Audrey Yoder, soprano performs Lisa's Par for the Course as part of Opera Santa Barbara's Women's History Month Concert.
March 2021, Virtually
Audrey Yoder, soprano performs Lisa's Par for the Course as part of Opera Santa Barbara's Women's History Month Concert.
March 2021, Virtually
Composer: Dixie State University New Music Concert
Lisa's marimba solo Icy Celestial Bodies is performed on Dixie State University's virtual New Music Concert.
Saturday March 27, 2021, 6:30 pm PST
Watch here
Lisa's marimba solo Icy Celestial Bodies is performed on Dixie State University's virtual New Music Concert.
Saturday March 27, 2021, 6:30 pm PST
Watch here
Composer & Performer: The One Voice Project Micro-Opera Festival
A weeklong festival featuring the virtual premieres of 5 new short operas by Lisa Neher and Kendra Preston Leonard. The operas will be released one per day for five days and feature leading opera singers from across the country: Zach Finkelstein, tenor, Margaret O'Connell, mezzo-soprano, Lisa Neher, mezzo-soprano, Hugo Vera, tenor and Audrey Yoder, soprano.
March 22-26,2021 at 5 pm PST daily
Talkback Reception with the Artists: Friday March 26, 2021 at 5:10 pm PST (free RSVP required)
Details here
A weeklong festival featuring the virtual premieres of 5 new short operas by Lisa Neher and Kendra Preston Leonard. The operas will be released one per day for five days and feature leading opera singers from across the country: Zach Finkelstein, tenor, Margaret O'Connell, mezzo-soprano, Lisa Neher, mezzo-soprano, Hugo Vera, tenor and Audrey Yoder, soprano.
March 22-26,2021 at 5 pm PST daily
Talkback Reception with the Artists: Friday March 26, 2021 at 5:10 pm PST (free RSVP required)
Details here
Performer & Educator: Performer in Residence at University of North Carolina Charlotte
March 9: Music Business Roundtable
March 16, 2021, 2021: Performances of student works followed by Q&A
March 9: Music Business Roundtable
March 16, 2021, 2021: Performances of student works followed by Q&A
Composer: Of Wind and Waves EP Release on Spotify
Lisa's EP Of Wind and Waves, featuring music written by Lisa and performed by herself and flutist Rose Bishop, will be released for streaming on Spotify. The EP is distributed through OddPop Records.
March 12, 2021
Lisa's EP Of Wind and Waves, featuring music written by Lisa and performed by herself and flutist Rose Bishop, will be released for streaming on Spotify. The EP is distributed through OddPop Records.
March 12, 2021
Composer: Flute Society of Greater Philadelphia Flute Fair
Rose Bishop, flute, performs Lisa's Night Songs for Moths for piccolo and Reach Out for flute as part of the Flute Society of Greater Philadelphia's virtual Flute Fair.
March 7-8, 2021
Details here
Rose Bishop, flute, performs Lisa's Night Songs for Moths for piccolo and Reach Out for flute as part of the Flute Society of Greater Philadelphia's virtual Flute Fair.
March 7-8, 2021
Details here
Educator: Text Setting Like a Boss Free 3-Day Training
Lisa presents a Free 3-day Training for composers who want to get serious about writing for singers.
Details & free sign up here
Lisa presents a Free 3-day Training for composers who want to get serious about writing for singers.
Details & free sign up here
Composer & Performer: Of Wind and Waves Virtual Concert
Tune into this virtual concert of music exploring the currents in the air and waters that surround us. Featuring music written by Lisa Neher and performed by Danielle Kunz, harp, Rose Bishop. flute and piccolo, Christine Hoerning, clarinet, Catherine Rinderknecht Moritz, violin, and Lisa Neher, mezzo-soprano.
Streamed Live
Sunday, January 31, 2021, 2 pm PST / 5 pm EST
Details here
Tickets on sale here
Purchase the EP
Tune into this virtual concert of music exploring the currents in the air and waters that surround us. Featuring music written by Lisa Neher and performed by Danielle Kunz, harp, Rose Bishop. flute and piccolo, Christine Hoerning, clarinet, Catherine Rinderknecht Moritz, violin, and Lisa Neher, mezzo-soprano.
Streamed Live
Sunday, January 31, 2021, 2 pm PST / 5 pm EST
Details here
Tickets on sale here
Purchase the EP
Host: #Musiced Chat
Lisa leads a discussion on collaborating with composers for music educators on Twitter.
Monday, January 25, 5 pm PST / 8 pm EST
Lisa leads a discussion on collaborating with composers for music educators on Twitter.
Monday, January 25, 5 pm PST / 8 pm EST
Host: #Musochat
Lisa leads a discussion on music and text on Twitter.
Sunday, January 24, 6 pm PST / 9 pm EST
Lisa leads a discussion on music and text on Twitter.
Sunday, January 24, 6 pm PST / 9 pm EST
Speaker: The Ultimate Music Business Summit
Join Lisa at the Ultimate Music Business Summit, a 3 day virtual conference featuring 21+ experts talking about strategies you can apply to make 2021 your best year yet. Lisa will speak on Expanding Opportunities Through Networking.
Get your free pass or buy the VIP Access Pass for lifetime, on-demand access to every session to watch at your leisure.
Friday, January 7 - Saturday January 9, 2021
Get your free pass now.
Join Lisa at the Ultimate Music Business Summit, a 3 day virtual conference featuring 21+ experts talking about strategies you can apply to make 2021 your best year yet. Lisa will speak on Expanding Opportunities Through Networking.
Get your free pass or buy the VIP Access Pass for lifetime, on-demand access to every session to watch at your leisure.
Friday, January 7 - Saturday January 9, 2021
Get your free pass now.
Performer: If I Were a Bird
Lisa and Stephanie Thompson, pianist, reprise their January concert of works using birds as metaphors for the human experience, including Portland composer Theresa Koon's Winged from Within. Produced and sponsored by First Presbyterian Church of Portland.
Saturday, December 5, 2:00 pm PST
Sunday December 6, 2:00 pm PST (rebroadcast)
Details & link to livestream
Lisa and Stephanie Thompson, pianist, reprise their January concert of works using birds as metaphors for the human experience, including Portland composer Theresa Koon's Winged from Within. Produced and sponsored by First Presbyterian Church of Portland.
Saturday, December 5, 2:00 pm PST
Sunday December 6, 2:00 pm PST (rebroadcast)
Details & link to livestream
Guest Performer: Lewis & Clark College Vocal Repertoire Class
Lisa visits Susan McBerry's Vocal Repertoire Class at Lewis & Clark College to preview songs from her concert If I Were A Bird and discusses the process of programming and crafting a collaborative art song concert.
Wednesday, December 2, 2020
Lisa visits Susan McBerry's Vocal Repertoire Class at Lewis & Clark College to preview songs from her concert If I Were A Bird and discusses the process of programming and crafting a collaborative art song concert.
Wednesday, December 2, 2020
Guest Clinician: Composing for Singers
Lisa joins University of North Carolina Charlotte composers in Dr. Jonah Elrod's orchestration course to answer questions about composing for singers.
Tuesday, December 1, 2020
Lisa joins University of North Carolina Charlotte composers in Dr. Jonah Elrod's orchestration course to answer questions about composing for singers.
Tuesday, December 1, 2020
Performer: Persisting Sound Presents Vulnerability
Lisa performs music by Emily Lau, Catalina von Wrangell, and others on this concert exploring the human emotional honesty & self-expression.
Saturday November 21, 4:00 pm PST
Information & Video Link
Lisa performs music by Emily Lau, Catalina von Wrangell, and others on this concert exploring the human emotional honesty & self-expression.
Saturday November 21, 4:00 pm PST
Information & Video Link
Clinician: Vocal Masterclass at Kirkwood Community College
Lisa teaches a vocal masterclass for the voice students at Kirkwood Community College.
Friday, November 13, 2020
Lisa teaches a vocal masterclass for the voice students at Kirkwood Community College.
Friday, November 13, 2020
Presenter: Composing for Singers Virtual Presentation
Lisa presents a virtual presentation about composing for the voice as part of the Cascadia Composers monthly presentation series.
Monday, November 9, 2020
7:30-9:00 pm PST
Virtually via Zoom
Lisa presents a virtual presentation about composing for the voice as part of the Cascadia Composers monthly presentation series.
Monday, November 9, 2020
7:30-9:00 pm PST
Virtually via Zoom
Clinician: Guest Composer Workshop
Lisa joins Morningside College's Harmonium collective of student composers led by Dr. Kati Meyer for a discussion of composition techniques, career guidance, and making a life as an artist.
Thursday, October 22, 2020, 7 pm PST
Lisa joins Morningside College's Harmonium collective of student composers led by Dr. Kati Meyer for a discussion of composition techniques, career guidance, and making a life as an artist.
Thursday, October 22, 2020, 7 pm PST
Composer: Christine Hoerning in Recital at WoodwindFest 2020
Clarinetist Christine Hoernig performs Lisa's piece Gulper at the virtual WoodwindFest 2020 on her program of works for unaccompanied clarinet by women composers. Hoernig's recital is titled In Their Own Words: A Discussion and Performance of Unaccompanied Clarinet Works by Women Composers.
Wednesday, October 14, 11:30 am EST
Virtually, Free Registration Here
Clarinetist Christine Hoernig performs Lisa's piece Gulper at the virtual WoodwindFest 2020 on her program of works for unaccompanied clarinet by women composers. Hoernig's recital is titled In Their Own Words: A Discussion and Performance of Unaccompanied Clarinet Works by Women Composers.
Wednesday, October 14, 11:30 am EST
Virtually, Free Registration Here
Composer: Classical Discoveries Hosted by Marvin Rosen
Soprano Arwen Myer's performance of Lisa's Strawberry Man, setting the poetry of Kendra Preston Leonard, will be broadcast on WPRB's Classical Discoveries Program, hosted by Marvin Rosen.
Wednesday, October 14, 7 am - 10 am EST
Listen Here.
Soprano Arwen Myer's performance of Lisa's Strawberry Man, setting the poetry of Kendra Preston Leonard, will be broadcast on WPRB's Classical Discoveries Program, hosted by Marvin Rosen.
Wednesday, October 14, 7 am - 10 am EST
Listen Here.
Presenter: Composing for Singers Virtual Presentation
Lisa presents a virtual workshop on composing for singers for the Iowa Composers Forum membership.
Free for Iowa Composers Forum members.
Thursday, August 13, 2020, 5:00 pm PST / 7:00 pm CST
Virtually via Zoom
Lisa presents a virtual workshop on composing for singers for the Iowa Composers Forum membership.
Free for Iowa Composers Forum members.
Thursday, August 13, 2020, 5:00 pm PST / 7:00 pm CST
Virtually via Zoom
Clinician: Acting for Singers
Lisa teaches an Acting for Singers workshop virtually to students of Saunders Vocal Studios in Iowa.
Saturday, September 29, 2020
Lisa teaches an Acting for Singers workshop virtually to students of Saunders Vocal Studios in Iowa.
Saturday, September 29, 2020
Composer: #GLFCAMGigThruCOVID Virtual Concert
Ray Furuta, flute, premieres Lisa's Reach Out, written as part of the Gabriela Lena Frank Creative Academy of Music's #GLFCAMGigThruCOVID Project. This project supports performers who are facing cancelled gigs and loss of income during the coronavirus crisis by pairing them with an alumni of the Gabriela Lena Frank Creative Academy of Music who has volunteered to compose a new piece of music for a virtual premiere.
Thursday, August 6, 2020
Virtually
Ray Furuta, flute, premieres Lisa's Reach Out, written as part of the Gabriela Lena Frank Creative Academy of Music's #GLFCAMGigThruCOVID Project. This project supports performers who are facing cancelled gigs and loss of income during the coronavirus crisis by pairing them with an alumni of the Gabriela Lena Frank Creative Academy of Music who has volunteered to compose a new piece of music for a virtual premiere.
Thursday, August 6, 2020
Virtually
Composer: Cascadia Composers Presents In Good Hands
Cascadia Composers presents In Good Hands, a concert celebrating the next generation of musical talent. Local music students will perform works by Cascadia Composers, including Lisa's piano piece Moon Jelly, which will be performed by Thalia Wong, a student of Irene Huang. This concert will be presented virtually.
Saturday, July 11, 2020, 3:00 pm PST
Free, presented virtually via Zoom. Details here.
Cascadia Composers presents In Good Hands, a concert celebrating the next generation of musical talent. Local music students will perform works by Cascadia Composers, including Lisa's piano piece Moon Jelly, which will be performed by Thalia Wong, a student of Irene Huang. This concert will be presented virtually.
Saturday, July 11, 2020, 3:00 pm PST
Free, presented virtually via Zoom. Details here.
Composer: Rhymes With Opera's Pocket Opera Workshop
Lisa composes and workshops a new micro-opera as a fellow in Rhymes With Opera's Pocket Opera Workshop. Lisa's new opera, Par for the Course, sets a libretto by Kendra Leonard about athlete Babe Didrikson Zaharias for soprano Elisabeth Halliday-Quan.
July 12-17, 2020, Virtually
Lisa composes and workshops a new micro-opera as a fellow in Rhymes With Opera's Pocket Opera Workshop. Lisa's new opera, Par for the Course, sets a libretto by Kendra Leonard about athlete Babe Didrikson Zaharias for soprano Elisabeth Halliday-Quan.
July 12-17, 2020, Virtually
Performer: Resonance Ensemble virtual performance at New Music Gathering
Lisa's performance with Resonance Ensemble is broadcast as part of New Music Gathering Reimagined. Attendance is free, but registration is required to obtain the Zoom link and password to all New Music Gathering Events.
Friday, June 25, 2020, 6 pm PST / 9 pm EST
Broadcast Virtually via New Music Gathering's Facebook Live
Lisa's performance with Resonance Ensemble is broadcast as part of New Music Gathering Reimagined. Attendance is free, but registration is required to obtain the Zoom link and password to all New Music Gathering Events.
Friday, June 25, 2020, 6 pm PST / 9 pm EST
Broadcast Virtually via New Music Gathering's Facebook Live
Performer: New Music Gathering Reimagined: Fiumana
Lisa's performance of Aaron Israel Levin's Fiumana, for mezzo singing and playing the bass drum, will be broadcast as part of New Music Gathering Reimagined's Music of Place Concert. Attendance is free, but registration is required to obtain the Zoom link and password to all New Music Gathering Events.
Music of Place Concert
Thursday, June 18, 2020, 6 pm PST / 9 pm EST
Broadcast virutally on Zoom
Lisa's performance of Aaron Israel Levin's Fiumana, for mezzo singing and playing the bass drum, will be broadcast as part of New Music Gathering Reimagined's Music of Place Concert. Attendance is free, but registration is required to obtain the Zoom link and password to all New Music Gathering Events.
Music of Place Concert
Thursday, June 18, 2020, 6 pm PST / 9 pm EST
Broadcast virutally on Zoom
Performer: Third Angle Presents Wine Wednesdays One Voice Edition (Livestreamed)
Lisa performs works for unaccompanied voice from the One Voice Project as the final Wine Wednesday of Third Angle's 2019-2020 season! Pour a glass of your favorite Oregon sparkling wine, sit back, and enjoy the music! This concert is generously sponsored by Corollary Wines.
NICOLE MURPHY | dark waters and air stirs (2015)
JONAH ELROD | The Vulture (2015)
CATALINA VON WRANGELL | Alone (2018)
LISA NEHER | Strawberry Man (2020)
Wednesday, June 17, 5:30 PM PST, on the Third Angle Website and on Third Angle’s Facebook page. The stream launches 30 minutes prior to showtime.
Lisa performs works for unaccompanied voice from the One Voice Project as the final Wine Wednesday of Third Angle's 2019-2020 season! Pour a glass of your favorite Oregon sparkling wine, sit back, and enjoy the music! This concert is generously sponsored by Corollary Wines.
NICOLE MURPHY | dark waters and air stirs (2015)
JONAH ELROD | The Vulture (2015)
CATALINA VON WRANGELL | Alone (2018)
LISA NEHER | Strawberry Man (2020)
Wednesday, June 17, 5:30 PM PST, on the Third Angle Website and on Third Angle’s Facebook page. The stream launches 30 minutes prior to showtime.
***Postponed due to the Coronavirus***
Performer: Portland Opera Presents Tosca
Lisa sings in the chorus in Portland Opera's production of Tosca
Performer: Portland Opera Presents Tosca
Lisa sings in the chorus in Portland Opera's production of Tosca
***Postponed to 2021 due to Coronavirus***
Performer: Birds Flying Through (World Premiere)
Lisa performs in the world premiere of a new musical-dramatic work, Birds Flying Through. This work uses poetry by Deborah Narin-Well to represent three different facets of the same woman: daughter, wife, and mother. Music by Anice Thigpen, Paul Safar, Colin Dixon, Kathryn Brunhaver.
September 11 and 13, 2020
Ragozzino Theater, Lane Community College, Eugene, Oregon
Performer: Birds Flying Through (World Premiere)
Lisa performs in the world premiere of a new musical-dramatic work, Birds Flying Through. This work uses poetry by Deborah Narin-Well to represent three different facets of the same woman: daughter, wife, and mother. Music by Anice Thigpen, Paul Safar, Colin Dixon, Kathryn Brunhaver.
September 11 and 13, 2020
Ragozzino Theater, Lane Community College, Eugene, Oregon
***Postponed due to Coronavirus***
Composer: World Premiere Bassoon Duo at the International Double Reed Society Conference
Miriam Webber and Sarah Elizabeth Lee perform the world premiere of Lisa's new bassoon duo on their program, “Women’s Voices: Female Composers in Bassoon Chamber Music," at the International Double Reed Society Conference.
June 23-27, 2020, University of Iowa School of Music, Iowa City, Iowa
Details TBA
More information here
Composer: World Premiere Bassoon Duo at the International Double Reed Society Conference
Miriam Webber and Sarah Elizabeth Lee perform the world premiere of Lisa's new bassoon duo on their program, “Women’s Voices: Female Composers in Bassoon Chamber Music," at the International Double Reed Society Conference.
June 23-27, 2020, University of Iowa School of Music, Iowa City, Iowa
Details TBA
More information here
***Postponed due to the coronavirus***
Composer: Cedar Rapids Concert Chorale presents Celebrating Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Concert Chorale presents a selection of works by Cedar Rapids composers, including Lisa's Postcards from Iowa, setting haiku by Nicki Neiderhiser. Dr. Gerald Kreizer conducts.
Friday, May 15, 2020, 7:30 pm
First Lutheran Church, 1000 3rd Ave. SE, Cedar Rapids, IA 52403
Tickets: $15 in advance, $20 at the door, purchase here
Composer: Cedar Rapids Concert Chorale presents Celebrating Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Concert Chorale presents a selection of works by Cedar Rapids composers, including Lisa's Postcards from Iowa, setting haiku by Nicki Neiderhiser. Dr. Gerald Kreizer conducts.
Friday, May 15, 2020, 7:30 pm
First Lutheran Church, 1000 3rd Ave. SE, Cedar Rapids, IA 52403
Tickets: $15 in advance, $20 at the door, purchase here
***Postponed due to the coronavirus***
Composer: World Premiere: Trio for Euphonium, Trombone, and Piano at the Northwest Tuba Euphonium Conference
A.J. Miller, Sarah Miller, and Steven
Saturday, May 2, 2020, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
Details here
Composer: World Premiere: Trio for Euphonium, Trombone, and Piano at the Northwest Tuba Euphonium Conference
A.J. Miller, Sarah Miller, and Steven
Saturday, May 2, 2020, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
Details here
Composer: All Classical Portland's Thursdays at Three Broadcast
Soprano Arwen Myers shares recordings from her Artslandia Happy Hour concert, including Lisa's work Strawberry Man, on All Classical Portland's Thursdays at Three, hosted by Andrea Murray. An archive of the program is available for 2 weeks here.
Thursday, April 30, 2020, 3:00 pm PST
89.9 Portland/Vancouver or streaming online
Soprano Arwen Myers shares recordings from her Artslandia Happy Hour concert, including Lisa's work Strawberry Man, on All Classical Portland's Thursdays at Three, hosted by Andrea Murray. An archive of the program is available for 2 weeks here.
Thursday, April 30, 2020, 3:00 pm PST
89.9 Portland/Vancouver or streaming online
***Postponed due to the coronavirus***
Composer: Women in Music Columbus
Lisa's work Fissure, for speaking pianist with a poem by Trevor Allred, will be performed by Women in Music Columbus.
Sunday April 26, 2020, 2:00 pm
Riley Auditorium, Otterbein University, Westerville Ohio
Details here
Composer: Women in Music Columbus
Lisa's work Fissure, for speaking pianist with a poem by Trevor Allred, will be performed by Women in Music Columbus.
Sunday April 26, 2020, 2:00 pm
Riley Auditorium, Otterbein University, Westerville Ohio
Details here
Composer: Artslandia Happy Hour with Soprano Arwen Myers
Arwen Myers, soprano, hosts a livestreamed happy hour concert concert, including the world premiere of Lisa's work for unaccompanied voice, Strawberry Man, which sets poetry by Kendra Preston Leonard.
Wednesday, April 8, 2020, 5:00 pm PST
Livestreamed on Artslandia's Facebook page.
Arwen Myers, soprano, hosts a livestreamed happy hour concert concert, including the world premiere of Lisa's work for unaccompanied voice, Strawberry Man, which sets poetry by Kendra Preston Leonard.
Wednesday, April 8, 2020, 5:00 pm PST
Livestreamed on Artslandia's Facebook page.
***Postponed due to the coronavirus***
Composer: Rose Bishop in Recital
Victoria Rose Bishop, Principal Flute of Southeast Iowa Symphony, performs Lisa's Night Song for Moths, which she commissioned, for solo piccolo, on this concert featuring her.
Wednesday, April 22, 2020, 12:00 pm
First United Methodist Church, Burlington, Iowa
Composer: Rose Bishop in Recital
Victoria Rose Bishop, Principal Flute of Southeast Iowa Symphony, performs Lisa's Night Song for Moths, which she commissioned, for solo piccolo, on this concert featuring her.
Wednesday, April 22, 2020, 12:00 pm
First United Methodist Church, Burlington, Iowa
***Postponed due to the coronavirus***
Composer: Rose Bishop in Recital
Victoria Rose Bishop, Principal Flute of Southeast Iowa Symphony, performs Lisa's Night Song for Moths, for solo piccolo, on this concert featuring her artistry. Bishop commissioned this piece from Lisa.
Tuesday April 7, 2020, 7:30 pm
Iowa Wesleyan University, Mount Pleasant, Iowa
Composer: Rose Bishop in Recital
Victoria Rose Bishop, Principal Flute of Southeast Iowa Symphony, performs Lisa's Night Song for Moths, for solo piccolo, on this concert featuring her artistry. Bishop commissioned this piece from Lisa.
Tuesday April 7, 2020, 7:30 pm
Iowa Wesleyan University, Mount Pleasant, Iowa
Adjudicator: OMTA Eugene Chapter Student Composer Celebration
Lisa adjudicates student compositions from the OMTA Eugene Chapter Student Composer Celebration and co-hosts a virtual recital honoring the students and their creative achievements.
Friday, April 3, 2020, Virtually
Lisa adjudicates student compositions from the OMTA Eugene Chapter Student Composer Celebration and co-hosts a virtual recital honoring the students and their creative achievements.
Friday, April 3, 2020, Virtually
***Postponed due to the coronavirus***
Composer: Rose Bishop, Jason Sifford, and Dr. Heather Peyton, Oboe, Faculty Recital
Victoria Rose Bishop, Principal Flute of Southeast Iowa Symphony, gives the world premiere of Night Song for Moths for solo piccolo, on this concert at Cornell College. Bishop commissioned this work from Lisa.
Tuesday March 31, 2020, 7:30 pm
Ringer Recital Hall, Cornell College, Mount Vernon, Iowa
Details here
Composer: Rose Bishop, Jason Sifford, and Dr. Heather Peyton, Oboe, Faculty Recital
Victoria Rose Bishop, Principal Flute of Southeast Iowa Symphony, gives the world premiere of Night Song for Moths for solo piccolo, on this concert at Cornell College. Bishop commissioned this work from Lisa.
Tuesday March 31, 2020, 7:30 pm
Ringer Recital Hall, Cornell College, Mount Vernon, Iowa
Details here
***Cancelled due to concerns about coronavirus in the community***
Discussion Leader: Beyond the Pants Role: Un-gendering Opera
Lisa joins Queer Opera founder Chuck Dillard and fellow singer Sam Peters to lead a discussion entitled "Beyond the Pants Role: Un-gendering Opera" at at the Collegiate Musical Society Regional Conference.
March 27-28, 2020, Time & Location TBA
Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle, Washington
Conference details here
Discussion Leader: Beyond the Pants Role: Un-gendering Opera
Lisa joins Queer Opera founder Chuck Dillard and fellow singer Sam Peters to lead a discussion entitled "Beyond the Pants Role: Un-gendering Opera" at at the Collegiate Musical Society Regional Conference.
March 27-28, 2020, Time & Location TBA
Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle, Washington
Conference details here
***Cancelled due to the coronavirus***
National Association of Composers USA (NACUSA) National Conference: March 19-21, 2020 at Lewis & Clark College
Cascadia Composers, your go-to source for local new music, is honored to bring you a wider world by hosting the 2020 National Conference of its parent organization, NACUSA (National Association of Composers USA). In partnership with Lewis & Clark College, Cascadia presents a three-day bonanza of new music, including six concerts and multiple composer presentations
Performer: In the 'Hood
Friends of Rain and top-notch guest performers play works by Cascadia composers Adam Eason, Michael Johanson, Alexander LaFollett, Andrew Lewinter, Liz Nedela, Lisa Neher, Gary Noland, Lesley Sommer, and William Toutant. Lisa performs selections from her cycle Stranger, You Delighted Me with pianist Stephen Lewis.
Thursday, March 19, 7:30 pm
Lewis & Clark College Evans Auditorium, Portland, Oregon
Details and tickets here
Presenter: Effective Text Setting = Happy Singers!
Lisa presents "Effective Text Setting = Happy Singers!" In this presentation, she will share strategies to set text for dramatic impact, idiomatic singing, and intelligibility. Bring your questions!
Friday, March 20, 2:30-3:30 pm
Lewis & Clark College Evans Music Center Room 129, Portland, Oregon
Details here
National Association of Composers USA (NACUSA) National Conference: March 19-21, 2020 at Lewis & Clark College
Cascadia Composers, your go-to source for local new music, is honored to bring you a wider world by hosting the 2020 National Conference of its parent organization, NACUSA (National Association of Composers USA). In partnership with Lewis & Clark College, Cascadia presents a three-day bonanza of new music, including six concerts and multiple composer presentations
Performer: In the 'Hood
Friends of Rain and top-notch guest performers play works by Cascadia composers Adam Eason, Michael Johanson, Alexander LaFollett, Andrew Lewinter, Liz Nedela, Lisa Neher, Gary Noland, Lesley Sommer, and William Toutant. Lisa performs selections from her cycle Stranger, You Delighted Me with pianist Stephen Lewis.
Thursday, March 19, 7:30 pm
Lewis & Clark College Evans Auditorium, Portland, Oregon
Details and tickets here
Presenter: Effective Text Setting = Happy Singers!
Lisa presents "Effective Text Setting = Happy Singers!" In this presentation, she will share strategies to set text for dramatic impact, idiomatic singing, and intelligibility. Bring your questions!
Friday, March 20, 2:30-3:30 pm
Lewis & Clark College Evans Music Center Room 129, Portland, Oregon
Details here
***Postponed due to the coronavirus***
Performer: Third Angle Wine Wednesdays
Lisa performs a program of music about lightness, darkness, and outer space with cellist Valdine Mishkin. Featuring works by Elizabeth Blanchly-Dyson, Forrest Pierce, Robert Honstein, Nicole Murphy & Philip Glass.
Wednesday, March 17, 2020
Pullman Wine Bar, 401 NE Holladay St, Portland, OR
Free & open to the public!
Details here
Performer: Third Angle Wine Wednesdays
Lisa performs a program of music about lightness, darkness, and outer space with cellist Valdine Mishkin. Featuring works by Elizabeth Blanchly-Dyson, Forrest Pierce, Robert Honstein, Nicole Murphy & Philip Glass.
Wednesday, March 17, 2020
Pullman Wine Bar, 401 NE Holladay St, Portland, OR
Free & open to the public!
Details here
***Postponed due to the coronavirus***
Performer: March Music Moderne Sequenza Concert
Amelia Lukas (flute), Lisa Neher (mezzo) & Sequoia (piano) run down Berio’s Sequenza I & III, "Des Antonius von Padua Fischpredigt" from Mahler’s Das Knaben Wunderhorn (that Berio uses in Sinfonia), the Alcotts movement from Charles Ives’ Concord Sonata (quoting Beethoven’s 5th Symphony) & the World Premiere of Homage to Beethoven by one of Ives’ distant cousins, Oregon Symphony Principal Cellist, Nancy Ives.
Sunday March 15, 2020, 5:00 pm
Community Music Center, Portland, Oregon
Free admission
Details here
Composer: March Music Moderne Eroica Concert
MMM’s festspiel finale features a commission of New Eroica Variations by 10 composers from the great nearby: David Bernstein, Antonio Celaya, Mike Hsu, Theresa Koon, Steve Lewis, Robert McBride, Lisa Neher, Ken Selden, Jeff Winslow & Linda Woody. Tonight’s players, Louis DeMartino (clarinet), Diane Chaplin (cello), Steve Lewis & Sequoia (pianos) also perform recent music from the international front by Gabriel Kahane, Jukka Tiensuu, Dobrinka Tabakova, Galina Ustvolskaya, Alfred Schnittke & Anonymous 2020.
Sunday, March 15, 2020, 8:00 pm
Community Music Center, Portland, Oregon
Free admission
Details here
Performer: March Music Moderne Sequenza Concert
Amelia Lukas (flute), Lisa Neher (mezzo) & Sequoia (piano) run down Berio’s Sequenza I & III, "Des Antonius von Padua Fischpredigt" from Mahler’s Das Knaben Wunderhorn (that Berio uses in Sinfonia), the Alcotts movement from Charles Ives’ Concord Sonata (quoting Beethoven’s 5th Symphony) & the World Premiere of Homage to Beethoven by one of Ives’ distant cousins, Oregon Symphony Principal Cellist, Nancy Ives.
Sunday March 15, 2020, 5:00 pm
Community Music Center, Portland, Oregon
Free admission
Details here
Composer: March Music Moderne Eroica Concert
MMM’s festspiel finale features a commission of New Eroica Variations by 10 composers from the great nearby: David Bernstein, Antonio Celaya, Mike Hsu, Theresa Koon, Steve Lewis, Robert McBride, Lisa Neher, Ken Selden, Jeff Winslow & Linda Woody. Tonight’s players, Louis DeMartino (clarinet), Diane Chaplin (cello), Steve Lewis & Sequoia (pianos) also perform recent music from the international front by Gabriel Kahane, Jukka Tiensuu, Dobrinka Tabakova, Galina Ustvolskaya, Alfred Schnittke & Anonymous 2020.
Sunday, March 15, 2020, 8:00 pm
Community Music Center, Portland, Oregon
Free admission
Details here
***POSTPONED and Rescheduled for October 2020***
Composer: A Powerful Force: Women in Music conference
Red Vespa, consisting of Marian Wilson Kimber, reciter & scholar, and Natalie Landowski, pianist, perform Upon a Broken World, including the world premiere of the third movement, commissioned by Wilson Kimber for reciter and piano at a recital as part of A Powerful Force: Women in Music conference at Ball State University.
Thursday March 12, 2020, 7:30 pm
Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana
Composer: A Powerful Force: Women in Music conference
Red Vespa, consisting of Marian Wilson Kimber, reciter & scholar, and Natalie Landowski, pianist, perform Upon a Broken World, including the world premiere of the third movement, commissioned by Wilson Kimber for reciter and piano at a recital as part of A Powerful Force: Women in Music conference at Ball State University.
Thursday March 12, 2020, 7:30 pm
Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana
Performer: The Showing of Love
Lisa gives a workshop premiere of The Showing of Love, a new music theater work based on the writings of Julian of Norwich, with music composed by Brooke Joyce. The work was composed specifically for Lisa to perform. Lasting just over one hour, this work combines live performance with electronically manipulated natural sounds, such as wind, water, fire and air, to animate the words of Julian of Norwich (c.1342-1416), the first woman to write a book in the English language
Read Brooke Joyce's blog about the piece
Read Decorah Newspaper's article about the piece
Sunday, March 1, 2020, 2:00 pm
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Decorah, Iowa
Lisa gives a workshop premiere of The Showing of Love, a new music theater work based on the writings of Julian of Norwich, with music composed by Brooke Joyce. The work was composed specifically for Lisa to perform. Lasting just over one hour, this work combines live performance with electronically manipulated natural sounds, such as wind, water, fire and air, to animate the words of Julian of Norwich (c.1342-1416), the first woman to write a book in the English language
Read Brooke Joyce's blog about the piece
Read Decorah Newspaper's article about the piece
Sunday, March 1, 2020, 2:00 pm
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Decorah, Iowa
Composer: Goodchild Grady Duo presents Message Exchange
Melissa Goodchild, clarinet, performs Lisa's piece Gulper, about the deep sea fish commonly known as the gulper eel, on this program at the Victoria Conservatory of Music.
Friday, February 21, 2020, 7:30 pm, Victoria Conservatory of Music RObin and Winifred Wood Recital Hall, Victoria, British Columbia
Tickets and details here
Melissa Goodchild, clarinet, performs Lisa's piece Gulper, about the deep sea fish commonly known as the gulper eel, on this program at the Victoria Conservatory of Music.
Friday, February 21, 2020, 7:30 pm, Victoria Conservatory of Music RObin and Winifred Wood Recital Hall, Victoria, British Columbia
Tickets and details here
Performer & Composer: Cascadia Composers Presents: Concert Mosaic
The Delgani String Quartet will premiere Lisa's work Look Within, inspired by new painting by Portland artist Paulette Insall. Insall's work will be projected during the performance. In addition, Lisa will perform on the premiere of several movements of composer Stacey Philipps's Thirteen Blackbirds for mezzo-soprano and string quartet. These performances are two works on a Cascadia Composers concert titled, Concert Mosaic, which features new music and visual art by Northwestern Women.
Saturday, February 15, 2020, 7:30 pm
Lincoln Recital Hall, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon
Details here
The Delgani String Quartet will premiere Lisa's work Look Within, inspired by new painting by Portland artist Paulette Insall. Insall's work will be projected during the performance. In addition, Lisa will perform on the premiere of several movements of composer Stacey Philipps's Thirteen Blackbirds for mezzo-soprano and string quartet. These performances are two works on a Cascadia Composers concert titled, Concert Mosaic, which features new music and visual art by Northwestern Women.
Saturday, February 15, 2020, 7:30 pm
Lincoln Recital Hall, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon
Details here
Composer: Red Vespa at Western Illinois University
Red Vespa, consisting of Marian Wilson Kimber, reciter & scholar, and Natalie Landowski, pianist, presents a lecture recital at Western Illinois University, including Lisa's setting of Good Bones by poet Maggie Smith.
Thursday, February 13, 2020, Western Illinois University, Macomb, Illinois
Red Vespa, consisting of Marian Wilson Kimber, reciter & scholar, and Natalie Landowski, pianist, presents a lecture recital at Western Illinois University, including Lisa's setting of Good Bones by poet Maggie Smith.
Thursday, February 13, 2020, Western Illinois University, Macomb, Illinois
Guest Speaker: Social Media for Composers
Lisa presents to Cascadia Composers on using social media to build community and enhance your career as a composer. This presentation is part of Cascadia's monthly free presentations featuring local composers. The evening will begin with social networking time from 7:15-7:30, composer Alexander LaFollett's presentation at 7:30, and Lisa's presentation beginning at 8:15 pm.
Monday February 10, 2020, 7:15 pm-9:30 pm
Lincoln Hall Room 219, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon
More information here
Lisa presents to Cascadia Composers on using social media to build community and enhance your career as a composer. This presentation is part of Cascadia's monthly free presentations featuring local composers. The evening will begin with social networking time from 7:15-7:30, composer Alexander LaFollett's presentation at 7:30, and Lisa's presentation beginning at 8:15 pm.
Monday February 10, 2020, 7:15 pm-9:30 pm
Lincoln Hall Room 219, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon
More information here
Composer: World Premiere: branches
Third Angle New Music premieres branches, at a private event honoring Ronni Lacroute. The piece, a second movement to Lisa's work seedling, was commissioned by Third Angle and will be performed by Sarah Tiedemann, flute, and Valdine Mishkin, cello.
Wednesday, February 4, 2020, Portland, Oregon
Third Angle New Music premieres branches, at a private event honoring Ronni Lacroute. The piece, a second movement to Lisa's work seedling, was commissioned by Third Angle and will be performed by Sarah Tiedemann, flute, and Valdine Mishkin, cello.
Wednesday, February 4, 2020, Portland, Oregon
Performer: Selections from The Chez L'aisselle, part of Fertile Ground Play Festival
Lisa performs as Helena and Grace in a reading of selections from a new comedic operetta, The Chez l'Aisselle, by Zach Hudson, as part of Fertile Ground Festival. Snooty restaurateur D'Oyly Fitzgibbon thinks his new Portland restaurant is going to bring haute cuisine to new heights, especially as a food critic is coming to review the restaurant that night. Suddenly his daughter Helena shows up, announcing her engagement to lowbrow celebrity chef Sparky Phipps ("the famous-est chef on TV"). Then a new cook accidentally gives the kitchen staff food poisoning, and the food critic turns out to be D’Oyly’s ex-wife, bent on revenge. It falls to a creative sous-chef, Sue (in love with Helena), to recruit Maroun and his son Nassim (in love with Sue), from the food cart outside, to save the day.
Thursday, January 30, 2020, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, February 1, 2020, 1 p.m.
The Siren Theater, 315 NW Davis St, Portland, OR
Tickets & more information
Lisa performs as Helena and Grace in a reading of selections from a new comedic operetta, The Chez l'Aisselle, by Zach Hudson, as part of Fertile Ground Festival. Snooty restaurateur D'Oyly Fitzgibbon thinks his new Portland restaurant is going to bring haute cuisine to new heights, especially as a food critic is coming to review the restaurant that night. Suddenly his daughter Helena shows up, announcing her engagement to lowbrow celebrity chef Sparky Phipps ("the famous-est chef on TV"). Then a new cook accidentally gives the kitchen staff food poisoning, and the food critic turns out to be D’Oyly’s ex-wife, bent on revenge. It falls to a creative sous-chef, Sue (in love with Helena), to recruit Maroun and his son Nassim (in love with Sue), from the food cart outside, to save the day.
Thursday, January 30, 2020, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, February 1, 2020, 1 p.m.
The Siren Theater, 315 NW Davis St, Portland, OR
Tickets & more information
Performer: If I Were a Bird...
Lisa Neher & pianist Stephanie Thompson team up again on a recital of works using birds as metaphors for the human experience, including a premiere of a new work by Portland composer Theresa Koon. Presented in collaboration with Portland Audubon Society.
Sunday, January 26, 2020, 3:00 pm
Lewis & Clark College Evans Auditorium, Portland, Oregon
Tickets and more information here
Lisa Neher & pianist Stephanie Thompson team up again on a recital of works using birds as metaphors for the human experience, including a premiere of a new work by Portland composer Theresa Koon. Presented in collaboration with Portland Audubon Society.
Sunday, January 26, 2020, 3:00 pm
Lewis & Clark College Evans Auditorium, Portland, Oregon
Tickets and more information here
Composer: World Premiere of new piano piece on Access Contemporary Music's Inner Worlds Concert
Lisa's new work for inside of the piano will be premiered by Access Contemporary Music. Featuring a wide array of new pieces meant to be played entirely inside of the piano, Inner Worlds takes you on a fascinating sonic journey. Encompassing a range of special effects, the music for this concert ranges from eerie to playful to dramatic and everything in between. GoPro cameras inside the piano send the image to the big screen in real time.
December 16, 2019, 7:30 pm
Davis Theater, 4614 N. Lincoln Ave. Chicago, Illinois
Tickets: $20, $12 students
More information here
Lisa's new work for inside of the piano will be premiered by Access Contemporary Music. Featuring a wide array of new pieces meant to be played entirely inside of the piano, Inner Worlds takes you on a fascinating sonic journey. Encompassing a range of special effects, the music for this concert ranges from eerie to playful to dramatic and everything in between. GoPro cameras inside the piano send the image to the big screen in real time.
December 16, 2019, 7:30 pm
Davis Theater, 4614 N. Lincoln Ave. Chicago, Illinois
Tickets: $20, $12 students
More information here
Composer: Guest Speaker Portland State University Composition Seminar
Lisa shares her music and her experiences as a professional composer with Portland State University Composition Seminar.
Tuesday, November 26, 2019, 12:00-1:00 pm
Portland State University Lincoln Hall, Portland, Oregon
Lisa shares her music and her experiences as a professional composer with Portland State University Composition Seminar.
Tuesday, November 26, 2019, 12:00-1:00 pm
Portland State University Lincoln Hall, Portland, Oregon
Performer: Shades of Autumn
Lisa performs chamber vocal works by Cascadia Composers as the featured performer on Cascadia Composers Shades of Autumn concert.
Friday, November 16, 2019, 7:30 pm
Lincoln Hall Room 75, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon
More information here.
Lisa performs chamber vocal works by Cascadia Composers as the featured performer on Cascadia Composers Shades of Autumn concert.
Friday, November 16, 2019, 7:30 pm
Lincoln Hall Room 75, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon
More information here.
Composer: University of Michigan Saxophone Ensemble
Students of Dr. Timothy McAllister present original works and arrangements for saxophone ensemble, including Lisa's When My Daughter Asked Why There Are Stars, I Said, with poetry by Philip Metres. Celebrated soprano Kelly Ann Bixby sings on the piece. The concert also includes the music of Roshanne Etezady, Iman Habibi, Jeremy Howell, Chen Yi, and Steve Reich.
Thursday, November 14, 2019, 8:00 pm
Walgreen Drama Center, Stamps Auditorium
Free Admission. More details here.
Students of Dr. Timothy McAllister present original works and arrangements for saxophone ensemble, including Lisa's When My Daughter Asked Why There Are Stars, I Said, with poetry by Philip Metres. Celebrated soprano Kelly Ann Bixby sings on the piece. The concert also includes the music of Roshanne Etezady, Iman Habibi, Jeremy Howell, Chen Yi, and Steve Reich.
Thursday, November 14, 2019, 8:00 pm
Walgreen Drama Center, Stamps Auditorium
Free Admission. More details here.
Composer: Birmingham Art Music Alliance (BAMA) presents Arias and Artsongs
Won Cho, bass, performs Lisa's Snapshots song cycle for voice and piano on the Birmingham Art Music Alliance's Arias and Artsongs concert.
Tuesday, November 12, 2019, 7:00-8:30 pm
Event Location: Reynolds-Kirschbaum Concert Hall, Alys Stephens Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
Details here.
Won Cho, bass, performs Lisa's Snapshots song cycle for voice and piano on the Birmingham Art Music Alliance's Arias and Artsongs concert.
Tuesday, November 12, 2019, 7:00-8:30 pm
Event Location: Reynolds-Kirschbaum Concert Hall, Alys Stephens Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
Details here.
Composer: How About Some New Music? The Anthologies from NewMusicShelf.com
Dana Brown performs a recital at the Central Region NATS conference featuring works from the NewMusicShelf Art Song Anthologies, including Lisa's "Tuesdays and Thursdays" from her cycle Snapshots.
Saturday, November 2, 2019, 3:30 pm
University of Iowa School of Music Choral Rehearsal Room 005
Details here.
Dana Brown performs a recital at the Central Region NATS conference featuring works from the NewMusicShelf Art Song Anthologies, including Lisa's "Tuesdays and Thursdays" from her cycle Snapshots.
Saturday, November 2, 2019, 3:30 pm
University of Iowa School of Music Choral Rehearsal Room 005
Details here.
Composer: In a Woman’s Voice: Spoken-Word Compositions by Women Composers
Dr. Marian Wilson Kimber, reciter & scholar, and Natalie Landowski, pianist, perform Upon a Broken World, Lisa's set of works for reciter and piano at the American Musicological Society conference in Boston.
Friday, November 1, 2019, 12:45 pm
Westin Waterfront Hotel, Stone Room, Boston, Massachusetts
Dr. Marian Wilson Kimber, reciter & scholar, and Natalie Landowski, pianist, perform Upon a Broken World, Lisa's set of works for reciter and piano at the American Musicological Society conference in Boston.
Friday, November 1, 2019, 12:45 pm
Westin Waterfront Hotel, Stone Room, Boston, Massachusetts
Composer: World Premiere, Upon a Broken World for reciter and piano
Dr. Marian Wilson Kimber, reciter & scholar, and Natalie Landowski, pianist, premiere two works commissioned by Dr. Wilson Kimber for reciter and piano at the Musicians' Club of Women in Chicago.
Monday, October 21, 2019
Details TBA
Dr. Marian Wilson Kimber, reciter & scholar, and Natalie Landowski, pianist, premiere two works commissioned by Dr. Wilson Kimber for reciter and piano at the Musicians' Club of Women in Chicago.
Monday, October 21, 2019
Details TBA
Composer: Third Angle New Music's Homecomings Concert
Third Angle premieres a new chamber work for flute, guitar, percussion, and cello, by Lisa, commissioned by Third Angle and the Gabriela Lena Frank Creative Academy of Music.
Thursday & Friday, Oct 17 & 18, 2019 at 7:30pm
Studio 2 @ New Expressive Works, 810 SE Belmont St., Portland, Oregon
Tickets and more information here.
Third Angle premieres a new chamber work for flute, guitar, percussion, and cello, by Lisa, commissioned by Third Angle and the Gabriela Lena Frank Creative Academy of Music.
Thursday & Friday, Oct 17 & 18, 2019 at 7:30pm
Studio 2 @ New Expressive Works, 810 SE Belmont St., Portland, Oregon
Tickets and more information here.
Clinician: Master Clinic for Tualatin High School Choirs
Lisa will teach a Master Clinic for Tualatin High School's top tier choir, the Crimsoners.
Friday, October 11, 2019
Tualatin High School, Tualatin, Oregon
Lisa will teach a Master Clinic for Tualatin High School's top tier choir, the Crimsoners.
Friday, October 11, 2019
Tualatin High School, Tualatin, Oregon
Guest Artist: The University of Nebraska at Kearney New Music Series
Lisa teaches a vocal masterclass and performs The One Voice Project, a one-woman show of new works for unaccompanied mezzo selected through her call for scores.
University of Nebraska at Kearney School of Music
Masterclass: Friday September 27, 2019, Time: TBA
One Voice Project Solo Recital: Friday September 27, 2019, 7:30 pm, UNK FAB Recital Hall, details here
Lisa teaches a vocal masterclass and performs The One Voice Project, a one-woman show of new works for unaccompanied mezzo selected through her call for scores.
University of Nebraska at Kearney School of Music
Masterclass: Friday September 27, 2019, Time: TBA
One Voice Project Solo Recital: Friday September 27, 2019, 7:30 pm, UNK FAB Recital Hall, details here
Performer: Queer Opera
Lisa performs with Queer Opera, performances that put an LGBTQ spin on standard operatic repertoire scenes and staged classical art songs. Lisa sings as Idamante in scenes from Mozart's Idomeneo and as Octavian in scenes from Strauss's Rosenkavalier.
Queer Opera: Experience (Opera Scenes)
Saturday September 14, 2019 7:30 pm
Sunday, September 15, 2019, 7:30 pm
Join Queer Opera for its second season of shows! In this opera “experience”, twelve singers come together to put a LGBTQ twist on famous scenes from popular operas. Enjoy a love duet from Romeo and Juliet with two tenors. Hear the beginning of the Act Two finale from The Marriage of Figaro sung by a quartet of treble voices. See the tragic finale of Carmen presented by two women where love and jealousy drives one to murder. Queer Opera tells classic stories with modern voices.
Queer Opera: Song (Staged Art Song)
Sunday, September 15, 2019, 2:00 pm
This afternoon of English art song is anything but a traditional recital. Instead of singers solemnly standing in the crook of the piano, they interact with one another, making each song come alive in a unique way. Singing songs by Bernstein, Copland, Heggie, and many more, hear these twelve singers create a musical experience that’s not to be missed!
All performances at Lincoln Hall Studio Theatre, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon
Tickets available here
Lisa performs with Queer Opera, performances that put an LGBTQ spin on standard operatic repertoire scenes and staged classical art songs. Lisa sings as Idamante in scenes from Mozart's Idomeneo and as Octavian in scenes from Strauss's Rosenkavalier.
Queer Opera: Experience (Opera Scenes)
Saturday September 14, 2019 7:30 pm
Sunday, September 15, 2019, 7:30 pm
Join Queer Opera for its second season of shows! In this opera “experience”, twelve singers come together to put a LGBTQ twist on famous scenes from popular operas. Enjoy a love duet from Romeo and Juliet with two tenors. Hear the beginning of the Act Two finale from The Marriage of Figaro sung by a quartet of treble voices. See the tragic finale of Carmen presented by two women where love and jealousy drives one to murder. Queer Opera tells classic stories with modern voices.
Queer Opera: Song (Staged Art Song)
Sunday, September 15, 2019, 2:00 pm
This afternoon of English art song is anything but a traditional recital. Instead of singers solemnly standing in the crook of the piano, they interact with one another, making each song come alive in a unique way. Singing songs by Bernstein, Copland, Heggie, and many more, hear these twelve singers create a musical experience that’s not to be missed!
All performances at Lincoln Hall Studio Theatre, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon
Tickets available here
Composer: Clarke University Choirs perform The Open Road
Clarke University Choirs, under the direction of Amanda Huntleigh, perform Lisa's The Open Road at their 2019 opening convocation
Wednesday, September 11, 2019, 11:00
Clarke University Choirs, under the direction of Amanda Huntleigh, perform Lisa's The Open Road at their 2019 opening convocation
Wednesday, September 11, 2019, 11:00
Performer: Opera Theatre Oregon presents This Land Sings by Michael Daugherty
Lisa performs as a female soloist in This Land Sings: Songs of Wandering, Love and Protest Inspired by the Life and Times of Woody Guthrie. OTO’s production features Grammy award-winning composer Michael Daugherty’s 2016 song cycle for solo singers, radio announcer and ensemble, blending original lyrics with music that often draws from the simple, yet enduring folk melodies that Guthrie would rework into his own songs.
Saturday, August 24, at 7:30pm
Sunday, August 25, at 3:00pm
Alberta Rose Theatre, 3000 NE Alberta St. Portland, OR 97211
Tickets available here.
Lisa performs as a female soloist in This Land Sings: Songs of Wandering, Love and Protest Inspired by the Life and Times of Woody Guthrie. OTO’s production features Grammy award-winning composer Michael Daugherty’s 2016 song cycle for solo singers, radio announcer and ensemble, blending original lyrics with music that often draws from the simple, yet enduring folk melodies that Guthrie would rework into his own songs.
Saturday, August 24, at 7:30pm
Sunday, August 25, at 3:00pm
Alberta Rose Theatre, 3000 NE Alberta St. Portland, OR 97211
Tickets available here.
Performer: Opera Theatre Oregon Presents a Summer Soirée
Lisa performs solos and duets as part of this fundraiser for Opera Theatre Oregon. Celebrate the summer with local food, wine and music. Featuring preview performances of our 2019 production, This Land Sings.
Saturday, June 29, 2019, 6:30-9:30 pm, performance at 8:00 pm.
Tickets: $75.
For tickets and more information, click here.
Lisa performs solos and duets as part of this fundraiser for Opera Theatre Oregon. Celebrate the summer with local food, wine and music. Featuring preview performances of our 2019 production, This Land Sings.
Saturday, June 29, 2019, 6:30-9:30 pm, performance at 8:00 pm.
Tickets: $75.
For tickets and more information, click here.
Performer: Third Angle New Music's Music on the Rooftops
Lisa performs with Third Angle New Music on their 5-rooftop concerts that serve as mini-previews for the 2019-2020 season. Featuring Wes Flinn's Urban Legends V: Helen and Nicole Murphy's air stirs for unaccompanied mezzo-soprano.
Saturday, June 22, 2019, 2:00-4:30 pm
Portland Pearl District, Portland, Oregon
Tickets and more information here.
Lisa performs with Third Angle New Music on their 5-rooftop concerts that serve as mini-previews for the 2019-2020 season. Featuring Wes Flinn's Urban Legends V: Helen and Nicole Murphy's air stirs for unaccompanied mezzo-soprano.
Saturday, June 22, 2019, 2:00-4:30 pm
Portland Pearl District, Portland, Oregon
Tickets and more information here.
Composer: Summer is A'Comin' In Concert by Anne McKennon & Jeanne Huebner
Anne McKennon and Jeanne Huebner will perform Lisa's seedling for flute and piano on a fundraiser concert featuring flute, voice, and piano. The concert supports United Universalist Church of Jackson.
Friday, June 21, 2019, 6:30 pm Social, 7:30 pm Concert
United Universalist Church of Jackson, 7405 Arlington Expressway.
Admission: $10
More information:
Anne McKennon and Jeanne Huebner will perform Lisa's seedling for flute and piano on a fundraiser concert featuring flute, voice, and piano. The concert supports United Universalist Church of Jackson.
Friday, June 21, 2019, 6:30 pm Social, 7:30 pm Concert
United Universalist Church of Jackson, 7405 Arlington Expressway.
Admission: $10
More information:
Composer: Night Song for Moths (WORLD PREMIERE)
Rose Bishop performs the world premiere of Lisa's Night Song for Moths for solo piccolo, commissioned by Ms. Bishop, on a faculty recital as part of the Cornell College Summer Flute & Clarinet Camp in Cornell, Iowa.
Tuesday, June 18, 2019, 3:00 pm
Cornell College, Cornell, Iowa
Rose Bishop performs the world premiere of Lisa's Night Song for Moths for solo piccolo, commissioned by Ms. Bishop, on a faculty recital as part of the Cornell College Summer Flute & Clarinet Camp in Cornell, Iowa.
Tuesday, June 18, 2019, 3:00 pm
Cornell College, Cornell, Iowa
Performer: Alto Soloist, J.S. Bach: Erschallet, ihr Lieder BWV 172
Bach Cantata Vespers Concert Service
Sunday, June 9, 5:00 pm
St. James Lutheran Church, 1315 SW Park Ave, Portland, Oregon
More information here.
Bach Cantata Vespers Concert Service
Sunday, June 9, 5:00 pm
St. James Lutheran Church, 1315 SW Park Ave, Portland, Oregon
More information here.
Composer: Fissure (World Premiere)
Pianist Michael Kirkendoll premieres Lisa's Fissure, with poetry by Trevor K. Allred, at the Cortona Sessions for New Music in Cortona, Italy. This piece was commissioned by Kirkendoll and the Sessions in honor of the 10th year of the Cortona Sessions.
Sunday May 19, 2019, Cortona, Italy
Pianist Michael Kirkendoll premieres Lisa's Fissure, with poetry by Trevor K. Allred, at the Cortona Sessions for New Music in Cortona, Italy. This piece was commissioned by Kirkendoll and the Sessions in honor of the 10th year of the Cortona Sessions.
Sunday May 19, 2019, Cortona, Italy
Performer: Resonance Ensemble's Women Singing Women Concert ENCORE PERFORMANCE!
Lisa performs as part of Resonance Ensemble's concert of music by women composers for women's choir, including a performance of Resonance's commision, Listen by Melissa Dunphy, which sets testimony from Anita Hill and Dr. Christine Blasey Ford.
Sunday, May 18, 2019, 3:00 p.m.
Cerimon House, 5131 NE 23rd Avenue, Portland, Oregon
Tickets and more information here.
Lisa performs as part of Resonance Ensemble's concert of music by women composers for women's choir, including a performance of Resonance's commision, Listen by Melissa Dunphy, which sets testimony from Anita Hill and Dr. Christine Blasey Ford.
Sunday, May 18, 2019, 3:00 p.m.
Cerimon House, 5131 NE 23rd Avenue, Portland, Oregon
Tickets and more information here.
Composer: The Open Road (World Premiere)
Prairie High School Choirs perform the world premiere of Lisa's The Open Road, commissioned by Prairie High School Choirs and Justin Sands and Kelsey Legore, directors.
Tuesday, May 14, 2019, 7:00 pm
Prairie High School Concert Hall, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Prairie High School Choirs perform the world premiere of Lisa's The Open Road, commissioned by Prairie High School Choirs and Justin Sands and Kelsey Legore, directors.
Tuesday, May 14, 2019, 7:00 pm
Prairie High School Concert Hall, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Performer: Portland Opera The Big Night Concert
Lisa sings with Portland Opera Chorus on this concert of opera's most famous opera choruses and arias.
Saturday, May 11, 2019, 7:30 pm
Keller Auditorium, Portland, Oregon
Tickets and more information here
Lisa sings with Portland Opera Chorus on this concert of opera's most famous opera choruses and arias.
Saturday, May 11, 2019, 7:30 pm
Keller Auditorium, Portland, Oregon
Tickets and more information here
Performer: Alto Soloist, J.S. Bach, Johannes Passion (St. John Passion): “Es ist vollbracht” ("It is finished")
Good Friday service
Thursday, April 19, 2019, 6:00 pm
St. James Lutheran Church, 1315 SW Park Ave, Portland, Oregon
More information here
Good Friday service
Thursday, April 19, 2019, 6:00 pm
St. James Lutheran Church, 1315 SW Park Ave, Portland, Oregon
More information here
Rescheduled: Composer In Residence at Saint Xavier University Honor Band
March 29-31, 2109, Saint Xavier University, Chicago, Illinois
Lisa is the Composer In Residence at Saint Xavier University in Chicago for their High School Honor Band festival. She will clinic students and present a workshop to band directors.
March 30: Rehearsals, Band Director Workshop: "Incorporating Music Composition In Your Ensemble"
Mach 31, 3:00 pm: The Saint Xavier University Honor Band will premiere Lisa's work In Motion: Three Movements for Wind Ensemble
More Information: [email protected]
March 29-31, 2109, Saint Xavier University, Chicago, Illinois
Lisa is the Composer In Residence at Saint Xavier University in Chicago for their High School Honor Band festival. She will clinic students and present a workshop to band directors.
March 30: Rehearsals, Band Director Workshop: "Incorporating Music Composition In Your Ensemble"
Mach 31, 3:00 pm: The Saint Xavier University Honor Band will premiere Lisa's work In Motion: Three Movements for Wind Ensemble
More Information: [email protected]
Composer: 2019 UNK New Music Festival
Duane Bierman will perform Lisa's Icy Celestial Bodies for solo marimba at the University of Nebraska at Kearney New Music Festival.
Friday and Saturday March 8-9, 2019
University of Nebraska at Kearney
Livestream link to come
More information available here
Duane Bierman will perform Lisa's Icy Celestial Bodies for solo marimba at the University of Nebraska at Kearney New Music Festival.
Friday and Saturday March 8-9, 2019
University of Nebraska at Kearney
Livestream link to come
More information available here
Composer: Melissa Goodchild performs Gulper (Canadian Premiere) on Spring Songs Recital by the Goodchild Grady Duo
Melissa Goodchild will perform Lisa's clarinet solo Gulper on a recital by the Goodchild Grady Duo.
Sunday March 3, 2019, 7:00 pm
Esquimalt United Church 500 Admirals Road Victoria, BC, V9A 2N4, Canada
Tickets: $20 General, $15 Student/Senior/Arts Worker
Melissa Goodchild will perform Lisa's clarinet solo Gulper on a recital by the Goodchild Grady Duo.
Sunday March 3, 2019, 7:00 pm
Esquimalt United Church 500 Admirals Road Victoria, BC, V9A 2N4, Canada
Tickets: $20 General, $15 Student/Senior/Arts Worker
Performer: Alto Soloist, J.S. Bach, Cantata 125: “Mit Fried’ und Freud’ ich fahr’ dahin (With Peace and Joy I Depart…)”
Bach Cantata Vespers
Sunday, March 3, 2019, 5:00-6:00 pm
St. James Lutheran Church, 1315 SW Park Ave, Portland, Oregon
More information here
Bach Cantata Vespers
Sunday, March 3, 2019, 5:00-6:00 pm
St. James Lutheran Church, 1315 SW Park Ave, Portland, Oregon
More information here
Performer: Resonance Ensemble's Women Singing Women Concert
Lisa performs as part of Resonance Ensemble's concert of music by women composers for women's choir, including the world premiere of Melissa Dunphy's Listen, which sets testimony from Anita Hill and Dr. Christine Blasey Ford.
Sunday, February 3rd, 2019, 4:00 p.m.
Cerimon House, 5131 NE 23rd Avenue, Portland, Oregon
Tickets and more information here.
Lisa performs as part of Resonance Ensemble's concert of music by women composers for women's choir, including the world premiere of Melissa Dunphy's Listen, which sets testimony from Anita Hill and Dr. Christine Blasey Ford.
Sunday, February 3rd, 2019, 4:00 p.m.
Cerimon House, 5131 NE 23rd Avenue, Portland, Oregon
Tickets and more information here.
Performer: Guest Artist with Friends of Rain Contemporary Music Ensemble
Three Multiverses for Lou by Susan Alexjander
with David Eby, cello; Jennifer Craig, harp; Mitch Iimori, oboe
Andrea Reinkemeyer: Four Poems for Robin
with Holland Phillips, viola
Friday, March 8, 2019, 7:30 pm
Agnes Flanagan Chapel, Lewis & Clark College, Portland, Oregon
More information here
Three Multiverses for Lou by Susan Alexjander
with David Eby, cello; Jennifer Craig, harp; Mitch Iimori, oboe
Andrea Reinkemeyer: Four Poems for Robin
with Holland Phillips, viola
Friday, March 8, 2019, 7:30 pm
Agnes Flanagan Chapel, Lewis & Clark College, Portland, Oregon
More information here
Composer: NewMusicShelf Anthology of New Music: Tenor Launch Concert
Dennis Tobenski, tenor and Trudy Chan, piano perform Lisa's "Tuesdays and Thursdays" from her cycle Snapshots on this concert. The concert features art songs collected in the inaugural volume of NewMusicShelf's Anthology of New Music, published in September 2018
Saturday, February 2, 2019, 8:00 pm
Marc A. Scorca Hall at The National Opera Center
330 7th Ave 7th Floor, New York, New York 10001
Tickets and more information here.
Dennis Tobenski, tenor and Trudy Chan, piano perform Lisa's "Tuesdays and Thursdays" from her cycle Snapshots on this concert. The concert features art songs collected in the inaugural volume of NewMusicShelf's Anthology of New Music, published in September 2018
Saturday, February 2, 2019, 8:00 pm
Marc A. Scorca Hall at The National Opera Center
330 7th Ave 7th Floor, New York, New York 10001
Tickets and more information here.
Composer: Duward Ensemble Daughters of Earth Concert
Durward Ensemble will perform Lisa's work Twister on this concert celebrating the release of their CD, Daughters of Earth.
Sunday, January 20, 2019, 7:30 pm
Sinclair Auditorium, Coe College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
More information here.
Durward Ensemble will perform Lisa's work Twister on this concert celebrating the release of their CD, Daughters of Earth.
Sunday, January 20, 2019, 7:30 pm
Sinclair Auditorium, Coe College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
More information here.
Composer & Performer: World Premiere of When My Daughter Asked Why There Are Stars, I Said
Lisa performs the world premiere of her piece When My Daughter Asked Why There Are Stars, I Said with Resonance Saxophone Orchestra at the 41st International U.S. Navy Saxophone Symposium. The work has a text by poet Philip Metres and will be conducted by Misty Theisen.
Saturday, January 12, 2019 10:00-10:30 AM
George Mason University Center for the Arts Concert Hall, Fairfax, Virginia
Free Admission
More information & full schedule of events here.
Lisa performs the world premiere of her piece When My Daughter Asked Why There Are Stars, I Said with Resonance Saxophone Orchestra at the 41st International U.S. Navy Saxophone Symposium. The work has a text by poet Philip Metres and will be conducted by Misty Theisen.
Saturday, January 12, 2019 10:00-10:30 AM
George Mason University Center for the Arts Concert Hall, Fairfax, Virginia
Free Admission
More information & full schedule of events here.
Composer: Cascadia Composers Presentation
Lisa is the featured composer at Cascadia Composers' December Monthly Presentation. She will speak about her work as a composer, share recordings of her music, and answer questions about her experiences and influences.
Monday, December 10, 2018, 7:00 pm- 8:30 pm
Portland State University Lincoln Hall Room 219 (just off the SW stair well's 2nd floor landing)
1620 SW Park Ave., Portland, OR
Free and open to the public
More information here.
Lisa is the featured composer at Cascadia Composers' December Monthly Presentation. She will speak about her work as a composer, share recordings of her music, and answer questions about her experiences and influences.
Monday, December 10, 2018, 7:00 pm- 8:30 pm
Portland State University Lincoln Hall Room 219 (just off the SW stair well's 2nd floor landing)
1620 SW Park Ave., Portland, OR
Free and open to the public
More information here.
Composer: Three Basho Haiku performed by Choral Arts Ensemble
Lisa's work Three Basho Haiku will be performed on the Choral Arts Ensemble of Portland's December concerts. This work was selected as part of a Cascadia Composers and Choral Arts Ensemble call for scores.
Adult/Senior – $18 in advance; $25 at the door
Student – $5 in advance and at the door
Sunday, December 9, 2018, 3:00 pm
St. Philip Neri Catholic Church, 2408 SE 16th Ave, Portland
More event information here.
Lisa's work Three Basho Haiku will be performed on the Choral Arts Ensemble of Portland's December concerts. This work was selected as part of a Cascadia Composers and Choral Arts Ensemble call for scores.
Adult/Senior – $18 in advance; $25 at the door
Student – $5 in advance and at the door
Sunday, December 9, 2018, 3:00 pm
St. Philip Neri Catholic Church, 2408 SE 16th Ave, Portland
More event information here.
Composer: Three Basho Haiku performed by Choral Arts Ensemble
Lisa's work Three Basho Haiku will be performed on the Choral Arts Ensemble of Portland's December concerts. This work was selected as part of a Cascadia Composers and Choral Arts Ensemble call for scores.
Adult/Senior – $18 in advance; $25 at the door
Student – $5 in advance and at the door
Saturday, December 8, 2018, 7:30 p.m.
St. Philip Neri Catholic Church, 2408 SE 16th Ave, Portland
More event information here.
Lisa's work Three Basho Haiku will be performed on the Choral Arts Ensemble of Portland's December concerts. This work was selected as part of a Cascadia Composers and Choral Arts Ensemble call for scores.
Adult/Senior – $18 in advance; $25 at the door
Student – $5 in advance and at the door
Saturday, December 8, 2018, 7:30 p.m.
St. Philip Neri Catholic Church, 2408 SE 16th Ave, Portland
More event information here.
Performer/Composer: Guest Artist at Western Oregon University
Composition Seminar
Performance of Her Songs: A Recital of Music by Women with Stephanie Thompson, Piano
Thursday, November 8, 2018
Western Oregon University, Monmouth, Oregon
Composition Seminar
Performance of Her Songs: A Recital of Music by Women with Stephanie Thompson, Piano
Thursday, November 8, 2018
Western Oregon University, Monmouth, Oregon
Composer: WORLD PREMIERE of Gulper for solo clarinet
Performed by Taylor Gaskins
Friday November 2, 2018, 8:00 pm
She is Fierce Recital presented by Mu Phi Epsilon and Sigma Alpha Iota
University of Northern Texas, Denton, Texas
More info here.
Performed by Taylor Gaskins
Friday November 2, 2018, 8:00 pm
She is Fierce Recital presented by Mu Phi Epsilon and Sigma Alpha Iota
University of Northern Texas, Denton, Texas
More info here.
Performer: Iowa Composers Forum Fall Concert Series: Listen Local, Listen Live
Tell Me What You Think of Me: A Monodrama in Twenty-Six Letters by David Vayo, for singing actor
Two Songs for Mezzo-Soprano by Elaine Erickson, for unaccompanied mezzo-soprano
Sunday, October 7, 2018, 3:00 pm
Montauk Historic Site in Clermont, Iowa
Free admission
Tell Me What You Think of Me: A Monodrama in Twenty-Six Letters by David Vayo, for singing actor
Two Songs for Mezzo-Soprano by Elaine Erickson, for unaccompanied mezzo-soprano
Sunday, October 7, 2018, 3:00 pm
Montauk Historic Site in Clermont, Iowa
Free admission
Performer: Iowa Composers Forum Fall Concert Series: Listen Local, Listen Live
Tell Me What You Think of Me: A Monodrama in Twenty-Six Letters by David Vayo, for singing actor
Two Songs for Mezzo-Soprano by Elaine Erickson, for unaccompanied mezzo-soprano
Saturday, October 6, 2018, 5:00 pm
Cedar Rock House, Quasqueton, Iowa
For tickets, contact Brooke Joyce, [email protected]
Tell Me What You Think of Me: A Monodrama in Twenty-Six Letters by David Vayo, for singing actor
Two Songs for Mezzo-Soprano by Elaine Erickson, for unaccompanied mezzo-soprano
Saturday, October 6, 2018, 5:00 pm
Cedar Rock House, Quasqueton, Iowa
For tickets, contact Brooke Joyce, [email protected]
Performer/Composer: Guest Artist at Whatcom County Community College
Her Songs: A Recital of Music by Women
Lisa Neher, Mezzo-Soprano & Composer and Stephanie Thompson, Piano
Q&A session with the artists to follow
Tuesday, October 2, 2018, 12:00 pm
Whatcom Community College Heiner Theatre
237 West Kellogg Road, Bellingham, Washington 98226
Free and open to the public
Her Songs: A Recital of Music by Women
Lisa Neher, Mezzo-Soprano & Composer and Stephanie Thompson, Piano
Q&A session with the artists to follow
Tuesday, October 2, 2018, 12:00 pm
Whatcom Community College Heiner Theatre
237 West Kellogg Road, Bellingham, Washington 98226
Free and open to the public
Performer/Composer: Her Songs: A Recital of Music by Women
Lisa Neher, Mezzo-Soprano & Composer and Stephanie Thompson, Piano
Monday, October 1, 2018, 7:00 pm
Panorama Auditorium Theatre, Lacey, Washington
Lisa Neher, Mezzo-Soprano & Composer and Stephanie Thompson, Piano
Monday, October 1, 2018, 7:00 pm
Panorama Auditorium Theatre, Lacey, Washington
Composer: WORLD PREMIERE: Twister for Orchestra
Michelle Blair, Conductor
Coe College Homecoming Showcase Concert
Friday, September 28, 2018, 7:00 pm
Sinclair Auditorium, Coe College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Michelle Blair, Conductor
Coe College Homecoming Showcase Concert
Friday, September 28, 2018, 7:00 pm
Sinclair Auditorium, Coe College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Guest Clinician: Developing Stage Presence with Theatre Games Workshop
Friday, September 2018, 12:20-1:15 pm
Kirkwood Community College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Friday, September 2018, 12:20-1:15 pm
Kirkwood Community College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Composer: Anne McKennon, Flute and Jeanne Huebner, piano perform seedling
Music for a Church Service
Sunday, July 29, 2018, 10:45 am
Unitarian Universalist Church of Jacksonville
7405 Arlington Expy, Jacksonville, Florida 32211
Event information here
Music for a Church Service
Sunday, July 29, 2018, 10:45 am
Unitarian Universalist Church of Jacksonville
7405 Arlington Expy, Jacksonville, Florida 32211
Event information here
Composer: Tony Manfredonia, Baritone, sings selections from Lisa's cycle Snapshots
For the Love of Music Community Concert Series
Saturday, July 7, 2018, 7:00 pm
Zion Lutheran Church: 500 W Mitchell, Petoskey, Michigan
Event information here.
For the Love of Music Community Concert Series
Saturday, July 7, 2018, 7:00 pm
Zion Lutheran Church: 500 W Mitchell, Petoskey, Michigan
Event information here.
Composer: EUROPEAN PREMIERE: Icy Celestial Bodies
Percussionist Matt Andreini will give the European premiere of Lisa's marimba solo, Icy Celestial Bodies, in Kecskemet, Hungary, as part of the Iowa/Hungary Percussion Project. Andreini premiered the piece last year in Quasqueton, Iowa.
Tuesday July 3, 2018
Kecskeméti Kodály Zoltán Ének-zenei Általános Iskola, Kecskemet, Hungary
Percussionist Matt Andreini will give the European premiere of Lisa's marimba solo, Icy Celestial Bodies, in Kecskemet, Hungary, as part of the Iowa/Hungary Percussion Project. Andreini premiered the piece last year in Quasqueton, Iowa.
Tuesday July 3, 2018
Kecskeméti Kodály Zoltán Ének-zenei Általános Iskola, Kecskemet, Hungary
Performer: Resonance Ensemble's Bodies Concert
Lisa Neher sings with Resonance Ensemble on this choral concert of music by LGBTQIA composers, including the solos in Jake Runestad's Under This Tree. The concert is an official Northwest PRIDE event.
Sunday, June 24, 2018, 4:00 pm
Cerimon House, 5131 NE 23rd Avenue, Portland, Oregon
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Lisa Neher sings with Resonance Ensemble on this choral concert of music by LGBTQIA composers, including the solos in Jake Runestad's Under This Tree. The concert is an official Northwest PRIDE event.
Sunday, June 24, 2018, 4:00 pm
Cerimon House, 5131 NE 23rd Avenue, Portland, Oregon
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Performer/Composer: Lisa Sings American Waters by Lisa Neher
Lisa will perform her piece for unaccompanied singer, American Waters, as part of an alumni music concert at Lewis & Clark College.
Sunday, June 24, 2018, 10:00 am
Agnes Flanagan Chapel, Lewis & Clark College, Portland, Oregon
Lisa will perform her piece for unaccompanied singer, American Waters, as part of an alumni music concert at Lewis & Clark College.
Sunday, June 24, 2018, 10:00 am
Agnes Flanagan Chapel, Lewis & Clark College, Portland, Oregon
Performer/Composer: Her Songs: A Recital of Music by Women
Lisa Neher, Mezzo-Soprano and Jessica Monnier, Piano
Thursday, May 31, 2018, 12:00 pm
Washington Public Library, Washington Iowa
Free to the Public thanks to Iowa ArtsShare
Lisa Neher, Mezzo-Soprano and Jessica Monnier, Piano
Thursday, May 31, 2018, 12:00 pm
Washington Public Library, Washington Iowa
Free to the Public thanks to Iowa ArtsShare
Performer: The Vulture by Jonah Elrod
New Music Gathering The Performer Alone Concert
Thursday, May 17, 5:00 pm
Boston Conservatory of Music at Berklee, 4099 8 Fenway, Boston, Massachusetts
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New Music Gathering The Performer Alone Concert
Thursday, May 17, 5:00 pm
Boston Conservatory of Music at Berklee, 4099 8 Fenway, Boston, Massachusetts
For Pass/Ticket Information
Composer: WORLD PREMIERE: Postcards from Iowa for SATB Choir
Commissioned by Kirkwood Community Chamber Singers
Dr. Fred Kiser, Conductor
Kirkwood Choirs Concert
Friday, April 27, 2018, 7:30 pm
Ballantyne Auditorium
Ballantyne Auditorium, Kirkwood Community College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Tickets: Free to Kirkwood Students, Faculty, and Staff, $10 Adults, $5 Non-Kirkwood Students & Seniors
Commissioned by Kirkwood Community Chamber Singers
Dr. Fred Kiser, Conductor
Kirkwood Choirs Concert
Friday, April 27, 2018, 7:30 pm
Ballantyne Auditorium
Ballantyne Auditorium, Kirkwood Community College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Tickets: Free to Kirkwood Students, Faculty, and Staff, $10 Adults, $5 Non-Kirkwood Students & Seniors
Composer: WORLD PREMIERE: Shadow Song for SATB Choir
Glass City Singers, Brad Pierson, Director
Tuesday, April 24, 2018, 7:30 pm
Trinity Episcopal Church, 316 Adams Street, Toledo, Ohio
Glass City Singers, Brad Pierson, Director
Tuesday, April 24, 2018, 7:30 pm
Trinity Episcopal Church, 316 Adams Street, Toledo, Ohio
Performer/Composer: It Doesn't Suit Men for Women to Be Promiscuous: A Vocal Duo Recital
Nicholas Miguel, Baritone, and Lisa Neher Mezzo-Soprano, with Ian Moschenross, Piano
Sunday, April 15, 2018, 2:00 pm
Grinnell College Sebring-Lewis Hall, Grinnell, Iowa
Free Admission
Nicholas Miguel, Baritone, and Lisa Neher Mezzo-Soprano, with Ian Moschenross, Piano
Sunday, April 15, 2018, 2:00 pm
Grinnell College Sebring-Lewis Hall, Grinnell, Iowa
Free Admission
Composer: "Summer on a Stick" from Postcards from Iowa Preview performance
Kirkwood Community College Chamber Singers, Dr. Fred Kiser, Director
Friday April 13, 2018, 12:20 pm
Kirkwood Community College Ballantyne Auditorium
Kirkwood Community College Chamber Singers, Dr. Fred Kiser, Director
Friday April 13, 2018, 12:20 pm
Kirkwood Community College Ballantyne Auditorium
Performer/Composer: Her Songs: A Recital of Music by Women
Lisa Neher, Mezzo-Soprano and Jessica Monnier, Piano
Monday, April 9, 2018, 7:30 pm
Ballantyne Auditorium, Kirkwood Community College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Free to the Public
Lisa Neher, Mezzo-Soprano and Jessica Monnier, Piano
Monday, April 9, 2018, 7:30 pm
Ballantyne Auditorium, Kirkwood Community College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Free to the Public
Performer/Composer: Her Songs: A Recital of Music by Women
Lisa Neher, Mezzo-Soprano and Jessica Monnier, Piano
Thursday, April 5, 2018, 7:00 pm
Heritage Hall, Lisbon Public Library, Lisbon, Iowa
Free to the Public thanks to Iowa ArtsShare
Lisa Neher, Mezzo-Soprano and Jessica Monnier, Piano
Thursday, April 5, 2018, 7:00 pm
Heritage Hall, Lisbon Public Library, Lisbon, Iowa
Free to the Public thanks to Iowa ArtsShare
Composer: Icy Celestial Bodies by Lisa Neher, performed by Matt Andreini
Matt Andreini Faculty Recital
Tuesday March 27, 2018, 8:00 pm
Davis Hall, Gallagher Bluedorn Performing Arts Center, Cedar Falls
Matt Andreini Faculty Recital
Tuesday March 27, 2018, 8:00 pm
Davis Hall, Gallagher Bluedorn Performing Arts Center, Cedar Falls
Performer/Composer: Her Songs: A Recital of Music by Women
Lisa Neher, Mezzo-Soprano & Composer and Stephanie Thompson, Piano
Saturday, March 17, 2018, 12:00 pm
Westminster Prebyterian Church, Olympia, Washington
Suggested Donation: $12
Lisa Neher, Mezzo-Soprano & Composer and Stephanie Thompson, Piano
Saturday, March 17, 2018, 12:00 pm
Westminster Prebyterian Church, Olympia, Washington
Suggested Donation: $12
Performer/Composer: Guest Artist: Eastern Washington University, Cheney, Washington, Friday, March 16, 2018
4:00 pm Her Songs: A Recital of Music by Women
Lisa Neher, Mezzo-Soprano & Composer and Stephanie Thompson, Piano
5:00 pm Vocal Masterclass
Both events: Cheney Congregational Church 423 North Sixth Street; Cheney, Washington 99004-2231
4:00 pm Her Songs: A Recital of Music by Women
Lisa Neher, Mezzo-Soprano & Composer and Stephanie Thompson, Piano
5:00 pm Vocal Masterclass
Both events: Cheney Congregational Church 423 North Sixth Street; Cheney, Washington 99004-2231
Artist Residency: Lewis & Clark College, Portland, Oregon, March 7 -14, 2018
Part of Lewis & Clark College New Music Week
Composer: Friday, March 9, 5:30 pm, Evans Music Center Room 129: Composer Workshop
Performer/Composer: Her Songs: A Recital of Music by Women
Lisa Neher, Mezzo-Soprano & Composer and Stephanie Thompson, Piano
Sunday March 11, 2018, 3:00 pm
Agnes Flanagan Chapel, Lewis & Clark College, Portland, Oregon
Free and Open to the Public
Performer/Composer: Friends of Rain New Music Ensemble Alumni Composer Concert
"American Waters" by Lisa Neher, performed by Lisa Neher
Wednesday, March 14, 2018, 7:30 pm
Agnes Flanagan Chapel, Lewis & Clark College, Portland, Oregon
Free and Open to the Public
Part of Lewis & Clark College New Music Week
Composer: Friday, March 9, 5:30 pm, Evans Music Center Room 129: Composer Workshop
Performer/Composer: Her Songs: A Recital of Music by Women
Lisa Neher, Mezzo-Soprano & Composer and Stephanie Thompson, Piano
Sunday March 11, 2018, 3:00 pm
Agnes Flanagan Chapel, Lewis & Clark College, Portland, Oregon
Free and Open to the Public
Performer/Composer: Friends of Rain New Music Ensemble Alumni Composer Concert
"American Waters" by Lisa Neher, performed by Lisa Neher
Wednesday, March 14, 2018, 7:30 pm
Agnes Flanagan Chapel, Lewis & Clark College, Portland, Oregon
Free and Open to the Public
Composer: "Icy Celestial Bodies" by Lisa Neher, performed by Matt Andreini
Hearst Center for the Arts Lunchtime Concert Series
Friday March 8, 2018, Noon
Hearst Center for the Arts, Cedar Falls, Iowa
Hearst Center for the Arts Lunchtime Concert Series
Friday March 8, 2018, Noon
Hearst Center for the Arts, Cedar Falls, Iowa
Performer/Composer: Iowa Composer's Forum Festival of New Music
at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa
Concert 1: Saturday, February 10, 2018, 3:00 pm, Voxman Concert Hall
Lisa Neher performs "The Shriek of Silence" by Logan Larson (WORLD PREMIERE), "Like That Time" by Aaron Israel Levin (WORLD PREMIERE), and "It Couldn't be Done" by Zachary Randall (WORLD PREMIERE)
Concert 2: Sunday, February 11, 2018, 7:30 pm, Voxman Concert Hall
"Thaw" by Lisa Neher for marimba duo
at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa
Concert 1: Saturday, February 10, 2018, 3:00 pm, Voxman Concert Hall
Lisa Neher performs "The Shriek of Silence" by Logan Larson (WORLD PREMIERE), "Like That Time" by Aaron Israel Levin (WORLD PREMIERE), and "It Couldn't be Done" by Zachary Randall (WORLD PREMIERE)
Concert 2: Sunday, February 11, 2018, 7:30 pm, Voxman Concert Hall
"Thaw" by Lisa Neher for marimba duo
Composer: "Twister" by Lisa Neher for Durward Ensemble
Wednesday, January 30, 2018, 7:30 pm
Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois
Wednesday, January 30, 2018, 7:30 pm
Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois
PUBLIC PREMIERE: "Ave Maria" by Lisa Neher
Christmas Concert, Elizabeth Biermann, Conductor
St. Charles Borromeo Parish, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Tuesday, December 26, 2017, 7:00 pm
Christmas Concert, Elizabeth Biermann, Conductor
St. Charles Borromeo Parish, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Tuesday, December 26, 2017, 7:00 pm
"Icy Celestial Bodies" for solo marimba by Lisa Neher
Performed by Matthew Andreini
Iowa Composer's Forum Fall Concert Series
Monday, November 27, 2017, 6:00 pm, Gallagher-Bluedorn Performing Arts Center Davis Hall, Cedar Falls, Iowa
Performed by Matthew Andreini
Iowa Composer's Forum Fall Concert Series
Monday, November 27, 2017, 6:00 pm, Gallagher-Bluedorn Performing Arts Center Davis Hall, Cedar Falls, Iowa
Alto Soloist, Haydn, Nelson Mass
Grinnell Oratorio Society
Sunday, November 19, 2017, 2:00 pm
Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa
Grinnell Oratorio Society
Sunday, November 19, 2017, 2:00 pm
Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa
WORLD PREMIERE: "Thaw" for marimba duo by Lisa Neher
Performed by Mayumi Hama and Chris Froh at the Festival of New American Music
Created under the aegis of the Gabriela Lena Frank Creative Academy of Music
Wednesday, November 8, 2017, 8:00 pm, Pre-concert Talk at 7:00 pm
Capistrano Concert Hall, Sacramento State University, Sacramento, California
Free Admission
Performed by Mayumi Hama and Chris Froh at the Festival of New American Music
Created under the aegis of the Gabriela Lena Frank Creative Academy of Music
Wednesday, November 8, 2017, 8:00 pm, Pre-concert Talk at 7:00 pm
Capistrano Concert Hall, Sacramento State University, Sacramento, California
Free Admission
Guest Composer Lecture
Wednesday, November 1, 2017, Coe College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Wednesday, November 1, 2017, Coe College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
"Icy Celestial Bodies" for solo marimba by Lisa Neher
Performed by Matthew Andreini
Iowa Composer's Forum Fall Concert Series
Tuesday, October 24, 2017, 7:30 pm, Porter House, Decorah, Iowa
Performed by Matthew Andreini
Iowa Composer's Forum Fall Concert Series
Tuesday, October 24, 2017, 7:30 pm, Porter House, Decorah, Iowa
Guest Composer Lecture
Monday, October 23, 2017, Bucksbaum Center for the Performing Arts, Grinnell, Iowa
Monday, October 23, 2017, Bucksbaum Center for the Performing Arts, Grinnell, Iowa
WORLD PREMIERE: "Icy Celestial Bodies" for solo marimba by Lisa Neher
Performed by Matthew Andreini
Iowa Composer's Forum Fall Concert Series
Saturday October 7, 2017, 5:00 pm, Cedar Rock House, Quasqueton, Iowa
Performed by Matthew Andreini
Iowa Composer's Forum Fall Concert Series
Saturday October 7, 2017, 5:00 pm, Cedar Rock House, Quasqueton, Iowa
Grinnell College Faculty Showcase
"The Gift" by John Rommereim and "Good Times" arranged by Nicholas Miguel
with John Rommereim, piano
and Nicholas Miguel sings "Snapshots" by Lisa Neher with John Rommereim, piano
Tuesday, October 3, 2017, 7:30 pm
Grinnell College Sebring-Lewis Hall, Grinnell, Iowa
Free Admission
"The Gift" by John Rommereim and "Good Times" arranged by Nicholas Miguel
with John Rommereim, piano
and Nicholas Miguel sings "Snapshots" by Lisa Neher with John Rommereim, piano
Tuesday, October 3, 2017, 7:30 pm
Grinnell College Sebring-Lewis Hall, Grinnell, Iowa
Free Admission
"American Waters" for solo voice, by Lisa Neher, sung by Lisa Neher
Coe College Faculty Recital
Sunday, October 1, 2017, 2:00 pm
Coe College Daehler-Kitchin Auditorium, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Free Admission
Coe College Faculty Recital
Sunday, October 1, 2017, 2:00 pm
Coe College Daehler-Kitchin Auditorium, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Free Admission
Early Music Concert: The Cimas: A Virtuoso Family in Early Seventeenth-Century Milan
Alto Soloist
Sunday, September 24, 2017, 3:00 pm
Organ Hall, Voxman Music Building, University of Iowa School of Music, Iowa City, Iowa
Alto Soloist
Sunday, September 24, 2017, 3:00 pm
Organ Hall, Voxman Music Building, University of Iowa School of Music, Iowa City, Iowa
Kirkwood Community College Faculty Showcase
"Le chant du Veilleur" (The song of the Watchman) by Joaquín Nin
with Bruce Western, saxophone and Jess Monnier, piano
"From the Sunny Spanish Shore" from The Gondoliers
with Allison Holmes-Bendixen, Soprano, Benjamin Laur, Tenor, Fred Kiser, Baritone, and Seong-Sil Kim, piano
Tuesday, August 31, 2017, 11:15 am
Ballantyne Auditorium, Kirkwood Community College Campus, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Tickets: Free to Kirkwood Students, Faculty, and Staff, $10 Adults, $5 Non-Kirkwood Students & Seniors
"Le chant du Veilleur" (The song of the Watchman) by Joaquín Nin
with Bruce Western, saxophone and Jess Monnier, piano
"From the Sunny Spanish Shore" from The Gondoliers
with Allison Holmes-Bendixen, Soprano, Benjamin Laur, Tenor, Fred Kiser, Baritone, and Seong-Sil Kim, piano
Tuesday, August 31, 2017, 11:15 am
Ballantyne Auditorium, Kirkwood Community College Campus, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Tickets: Free to Kirkwood Students, Faculty, and Staff, $10 Adults, $5 Non-Kirkwood Students & Seniors
"Twister" by Lisa Neher for Durward Ensemble
Saturday, August 26, 2017, 7:30 pm
Grand View University, Luther Memorial Church, Des Moines, Iowa
Saturday, August 26, 2017, 7:30 pm
Grand View University, Luther Memorial Church, Des Moines, Iowa
"Twister" by Lisa Neher (WORLD PREMIERE) for Durward Ensemble
Thursday August 24, 2017, 7:30 pm
Kirkwood Community College Ballantyne Auditorium, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Free Admission
Thursday August 24, 2017, 7:30 pm
Kirkwood Community College Ballantyne Auditorium, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Free Admission
Alto Soloist, Mozart, Vesperae Solennes de Confessore, K. 339 and Coronation Mass, K. 317
Chamber Singers of Iowa City
Sunday, May 14, 2017, 3;00 pm
City High School Auditorium, Iowa City, Iowa
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Chamber Singers of Iowa City
Sunday, May 14, 2017, 3;00 pm
City High School Auditorium, Iowa City, Iowa
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Music of the Americas
Lisa Neher, mezzo-soprano, Gustavo do Carmo, piano, and Thiago Ancelmo de Souza
Wednesday, May 10, 2017, 7:00 pm
Lisbon Public Library, Lisbon, Iowa
Free Admission (sponsored by Iowa ArtsShare)
Lisa Neher, mezzo-soprano, Gustavo do Carmo, piano, and Thiago Ancelmo de Souza
Wednesday, May 10, 2017, 7:00 pm
Lisbon Public Library, Lisbon, Iowa
Free Admission (sponsored by Iowa ArtsShare)
Music of the Americas
Lisa Neher, mezzo-soprano, Gustavo do Carmo, piano, and Thiago Ancelmo de Souza
Sunday, April 30, 2017, 3:00 pm
Washington Public Library, Washington, Iowa
Free Admission (sponsored by Iowa ArtsShare)
Lisa Neher, mezzo-soprano, Gustavo do Carmo, piano, and Thiago Ancelmo de Souza
Sunday, April 30, 2017, 3:00 pm
Washington Public Library, Washington, Iowa
Free Admission (sponsored by Iowa ArtsShare)
Soloist, "Habanera" from Carmen by Georges Bizet and "Champagne Chorus" from Die Fledermaus by Johann Strauss II
Kirkwood Concert Choir and Chamber Singers Concert
Directed by Dr. Fred Kiser
Friday, April 28, 2017, 7:30 pm
Ballantyne Auditorium, Kirkwood Community College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
$10 adults, $5 non-Kirkwood students and seniors, free to Kirkwood students, faculty, and staff with EagleCard
Kirkwood Concert Choir and Chamber Singers Concert
Directed by Dr. Fred Kiser
Friday, April 28, 2017, 7:30 pm
Ballantyne Auditorium, Kirkwood Community College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
$10 adults, $5 non-Kirkwood students and seniors, free to Kirkwood students, faculty, and staff with EagleCard
The One Voice Project at Artisan's Sanctuary Open Mic Night
Selections from the winning poems and songs of The One Voice Project.
Thursday, March 30, 2017, 7:00 pm
The Artisan's Sanctuary, Marion, Iowa
Free Admission
Selections from the winning poems and songs of The One Voice Project.
Thursday, March 30, 2017, 7:00 pm
The Artisan's Sanctuary, Marion, Iowa
Free Admission
Music of the Americas
Lisa Neher, mezzo-soprano, Gustavo do Carmo, piano, and Thiago Ancelmo de Souza
Sunday, March 26, 2017, 4:00 pm
Coe College Daehler-Kitchin Auditorium, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Free Admission
Lisa Neher, mezzo-soprano, Gustavo do Carmo, piano, and Thiago Ancelmo de Souza
Sunday, March 26, 2017, 4:00 pm
Coe College Daehler-Kitchin Auditorium, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Free Admission
The One Voice Project at iHearIC
iHearIC Concert Series
Endnotes to "A History of Electricity" by Dale Trumbore
Urban Legends V: Helen by Wes Flinn
Friday, March 24, 2017, 8:00 pm
High Grounds Cafe, Iowa City, Iowa
Free Admission
iHearIC Concert Series
Endnotes to "A History of Electricity" by Dale Trumbore
Urban Legends V: Helen by Wes Flinn
Friday, March 24, 2017, 8:00 pm
High Grounds Cafe, Iowa City, Iowa
Free Admission
Iowa Composer's Forum 2017 Festival of New Music
Concert #4
The Vulture by Jonah Elrod
Fiumana by Aaron Levin
Saturday, Feburary 25, 2017, 2:00 pm
Jenson Noble Recital Hall, Luther College, Decorah, Iowa
Concert #4
The Vulture by Jonah Elrod
Fiumana by Aaron Levin
Saturday, Feburary 25, 2017, 2:00 pm
Jenson Noble Recital Hall, Luther College, Decorah, Iowa
Kirkwood Voice Faculty Recital
Tuesday, February 21, 2017, 11:15 am
Ballantyne Auditorium, Kirkwood Community College Campus, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Tickets: Free to Kirkwood Students, Faculty, and Staff, $10 Adults, $5 Non-Kirkwood Students & Seniors
Tuesday, February 21, 2017, 11:15 am
Ballantyne Auditorium, Kirkwood Community College Campus, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Tickets: Free to Kirkwood Students, Faculty, and Staff, $10 Adults, $5 Non-Kirkwood Students & Seniors
Coe College Faculty Recital
Sunday, January 22, 2017, 2:00 pm
Coe College Daehler-Kitchin Auditorium, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Free Admission
Sunday, January 22, 2017, 2:00 pm
Coe College Daehler-Kitchin Auditorium, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Free Admission
Alto, J.S. Bach, Nun Komm, der Heiden Heiland (BWV 61), and Gerald Finzi, In Tera Pax: A Christmas Scene
The Congregational Church, Iowa City, Iowa
Sunday, December 4, 2016, 10:15 am
Free Admission
The Congregational Church, Iowa City, Iowa
Sunday, December 4, 2016, 10:15 am
Free Admission
Halloween Voice Recital at Coe College Recital Hour
Thursday, October 27, 2016, 2:30 pm
Coe College Daehler-Kitchin Auditorium, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Thursday, October 27, 2016, 2:30 pm
Coe College Daehler-Kitchin Auditorium, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
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Coe College Faculty Recital
Sunday, October 23, 2016, 2:00 pm Coe College Daehler-Kitchin Auditorium, Cedar Rapids, Iowa Free Admission |
Opera Night at Baroncini Ristorante
Soloist
Monday, September 19, 2016, 6:00 pm
Limited Seating. For reservations, contact Baroncini: 319-337-2048
Baroncini Ristorante, 104 S. Linn Street, Iowa City, Iowa
Soloist
Monday, September 19, 2016, 6:00 pm
Limited Seating. For reservations, contact Baroncini: 319-337-2048
Baroncini Ristorante, 104 S. Linn Street, Iowa City, Iowa
Kirkwood Community College Faculty Showcase
"Duetto buffo di due gatti" by Rossini with Jessica Saunders, Soprano
"How the Other Half Lives" from Thoroughly Modern Millie with Allison Holmes-Bendixon, Soprano
"Life is Happiness Indeed" from Candide with Allison Holmes-Bendixon, Soprano, Benjamin Laur, Tenor, and Fred Kiser, Baritone
with Seong-sil Kim, Piano
Tuesday, September 13, 2016, 11:15 am
Ballantyne Auditorium, Kirkwood Community College Campus, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Tickets: Free to Kirkwood Students, Faculty, and Staff, $10 Adults, $5 Non-Kirkwood Students & Seniors
"Duetto buffo di due gatti" by Rossini with Jessica Saunders, Soprano
"How the Other Half Lives" from Thoroughly Modern Millie with Allison Holmes-Bendixon, Soprano
"Life is Happiness Indeed" from Candide with Allison Holmes-Bendixon, Soprano, Benjamin Laur, Tenor, and Fred Kiser, Baritone
with Seong-sil Kim, Piano
Tuesday, September 13, 2016, 11:15 am
Ballantyne Auditorium, Kirkwood Community College Campus, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Tickets: Free to Kirkwood Students, Faculty, and Staff, $10 Adults, $5 Non-Kirkwood Students & Seniors
One Voice Project at Coe College Recital Hour
One-Woman Musical-Poetry Show
Thursday, September 1, 2016, 2:30 pm
Coe College Marquis Hall, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
One-Woman Musical-Poetry Show
Thursday, September 1, 2016, 2:30 pm
Coe College Marquis Hall, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Lisa Neher, mezzo-soprano and Min Ji Kwon, piano, in Recital
Monday, August 15, 2016, 3:00 pm
Briarwood Healthcare Center, Iowa City, Iowa
Monday, August 15, 2016, 3:00 pm
Briarwood Healthcare Center, Iowa City, Iowa
One Voice Project in Iowa City
One-Woman Musical-Poetry Show
Monday, August 8, 2016, 7:00 pm
Suggested donation: $5 to support concert tour expenses
Art Building West Lobby on the University of Iowa Campus, 141 North Riverside Drive, Iowa City, Iowa
One-Woman Musical-Poetry Show
Monday, August 8, 2016, 7:00 pm
Suggested donation: $5 to support concert tour expenses
Art Building West Lobby on the University of Iowa Campus, 141 North Riverside Drive, Iowa City, Iowa
Canzonetti D'amore: Opera Night at Baroncini Ristorante
Soloist
Wednesday, May 25, 2016, 6:00 pm
Limited Seating. For reservations, contact Baroncini: 319-337-2048
Baroncini Ristorante, 104 S. Linn Street, Iowa City, Iowa
Soloist
Wednesday, May 25, 2016, 6:00 pm
Limited Seating. For reservations, contact Baroncini: 319-337-2048
Baroncini Ristorante, 104 S. Linn Street, Iowa City, Iowa
J.S. Bach: Magnificat BWV 243 & Ascension Oratorio, BWV 11
Alto Soloist
Chamber Singers of Iowa City
Sunday, May 15, 2016, 3:00 pm
Iowa City High School Opstad Auditorium, 1900 Morningside Drive, Iowa City, Iowa
Tickets: $17 Adults, $14 Seniors, Students Free, online or at the door
Alto Soloist
Chamber Singers of Iowa City
Sunday, May 15, 2016, 3:00 pm
Iowa City High School Opstad Auditorium, 1900 Morningside Drive, Iowa City, Iowa
Tickets: $17 Adults, $14 Seniors, Students Free, online or at the door
Iowa Dance Festival Presents
Infinity Dance Company
Musician
Saturday, April 30, 2016, 3:15 pm
Iowa City Public Library, Iowa City, Iowa
Infinity Dance Company
Musician
Saturday, April 30, 2016, 3:15 pm
Iowa City Public Library, Iowa City, Iowa
Fiumana (World Premiere)
Three Shakespearean Monologues for Three Shakespearean Women
Mezzo-Soprano Actress
Aaron Levin Composition Concert
Sunday, April 24, 2016, 4:00 pm
Sebring-Lewis Hall, Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa
Three Shakespearean Monologues for Three Shakespearean Women
Mezzo-Soprano Actress
Aaron Levin Composition Concert
Sunday, April 24, 2016, 4:00 pm
Sebring-Lewis Hall, Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa
Duruflé: Requiem
Mezzo-Soprano Soloist
Grinnell Oratorio Society
Sunday, April 24, 2016, 2:00 pm
Herrick Chapel, Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa
Mezzo-Soprano Soloist
Grinnell Oratorio Society
Sunday, April 24, 2016, 2:00 pm
Herrick Chapel, Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa
Recital Hour: Musical Theatre Recital
"The Simple Joys of Maidenhood" from Camelot
"How the Other Half Lives" from Thoroughly Modern Millie with Allison Holmes-Bendixon, soprano
with Marita Wolgast, piano
Thursday, March 17, 2016, 2:30 pm
Coe College Daehler-Kitchin Auditorium, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
"The Simple Joys of Maidenhood" from Camelot
"How the Other Half Lives" from Thoroughly Modern Millie with Allison Holmes-Bendixon, soprano
with Marita Wolgast, piano
Thursday, March 17, 2016, 2:30 pm
Coe College Daehler-Kitchin Auditorium, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Arvo Pärt Passio
Mezzo, Evangelist Quartet
Chamber Singers of Iowa City
Sunday, February 28, 2016, 3:00 pm
First Presbyterian Church, Iowa City, Iowa
Tickets: $17 Adults, $14 Seniors, Students Free, online or at the door
Mezzo, Evangelist Quartet
Chamber Singers of Iowa City
Sunday, February 28, 2016, 3:00 pm
First Presbyterian Church, Iowa City, Iowa
Tickets: $17 Adults, $14 Seniors, Students Free, online or at the door
Coe College Faculty Recital
Franz Schubert, An die Musik & Nacht und Träume
with Marita Wolgast, piano
Sunday, February 21, 2016, 2:00 pm
Coe College Daehler-Kitchin Auditorium, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Free Admission
Franz Schubert, An die Musik & Nacht und Träume
with Marita Wolgast, piano
Sunday, February 21, 2016, 2:00 pm
Coe College Daehler-Kitchin Auditorium, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Free Admission
One Voice Project Premiere:
dark waters and air stirs by Nicole Murphy
Alone by Catalina von Wrangell
for unaccompanied voice
iHearIC Concert
Friday, February 19, 2016, 8:00 pm
The Java House, Downtown Iowa City
Free Admission
dark waters and air stirs by Nicole Murphy
Alone by Catalina von Wrangell
for unaccompanied voice
iHearIC Concert
Friday, February 19, 2016, 8:00 pm
The Java House, Downtown Iowa City
Free Admission
One Voice Project:
The Vulture by Jonah Elrod
for unaccompanied voice
iHearIC Concert
Thursday, November 19, 2015, 7:30 pm
Public Space One, Iowa City, Iowa
Free Admission
The Vulture by Jonah Elrod
for unaccompanied voice
iHearIC Concert
Thursday, November 19, 2015, 7:30 pm
Public Space One, Iowa City, Iowa
Free Admission
One Voice Project Premiere:
The Vulture by Jonah Elrod
for unaccompanied voice
Center For New Music Composer's Symposium
Sunday, November 1, 2015, 7:30 pm
Riverside Recital Hall, Iowa City, Iowa
Free Admission
The Vulture by Jonah Elrod
for unaccompanied voice
Center For New Music Composer's Symposium
Sunday, November 1, 2015, 7:30 pm
Riverside Recital Hall, Iowa City, Iowa
Free Admission
Rossini, Duetto buffo di due gatti
with Sara Blessing, soprano and Jack Ergo, conductor
Graceland University Orchestra Concert
Friday, October 30, 2015, 7:30 pm
Shaw Auditorium, Lamoni, Iowa
with Sara Blessing, soprano and Jack Ergo, conductor
Graceland University Orchestra Concert
Friday, October 30, 2015, 7:30 pm
Shaw Auditorium, Lamoni, Iowa
Coe College Faculty Recital
"I Get A Kick Out of You" from Anything Goes
"I'm In Love With A Wonderful Guy" from South Pacific
with Marita Wolgast, piano
Sunday, October 25, 2015, 2:00 pm
Coe College Daehler-Kitchin Auditorium, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Free Admission
"I Get A Kick Out of You" from Anything Goes
"I'm In Love With A Wonderful Guy" from South Pacific
with Marita Wolgast, piano
Sunday, October 25, 2015, 2:00 pm
Coe College Daehler-Kitchin Auditorium, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Free Admission