Conductor Lisa Graham
Education: M.M., D.M.A. in choral music, University of Southern California
Biographical Information: In her sixth year as the Evelyn Barry Director of Choral Music, Lisa Graham conducts the the Wellesley College Choir, Glee Club, and Chamber Singers as well as teaching academic courses in the music department. In 2004 she founded the Choral Scholars Program, consisting of four scholarship students selected to study conducting and choral music.
Under her direction, the Wellesley College Choirs have toured internationally to England, Wales, Canada, and Spain in addition to domestic tours annually. The Wellesley Choirs regularly perform in the Boston area, on professional concert series and in collaboration with other choirs nationally.
An active participant in the musical life of the greater Boston area, she is the conductor of the Handel and Haydn Society's Young Women's Chorus and Music Director of the Brookline Chorus. Additionally, she is a founding member and the Vice President of the National Collegiate Choral Conductor's Organization and is invited as Guest Conductor for many college and high school choruses around the country.
Prior to her arrival in the Boston area, Dr. Graham was on the faculty at California State University Northridge, where she conducted the Women's Chorale. She has directed choirs at Sonoma State University, performed in and directed productions at Cinnabar Opera Theater in Northern California, taught at the University of Southern California where she earned her Master of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts Degrees, while serving as Assistant Conductor to the USC Thorton Chamber Choir. As a vocalist, she has performed as a soprano soloist, toured extensively, and sung with professional choral ensembles.
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