Lisa Graham

Evelyn Barry Director of the Choral Program & Senior Lecturer in Music

Contact
Phone:
+1 (781) 283-2068
Email:
lgraham1@wellesley.edu
Department
Music

Conductor of Choral Program, including Choir, Chamber Singers, and Choral Scholars.

My doctoral research focused on choral music that was arranged, composed, and performed in the concentration camps during the Holocaust.

In addition to conducting the Wellesley College Choir, Chamber Singers and Choral Scholars, instruction in the Music Department includes conducting, theory, and a Music and the Holocaust seminar. Choral Scholars topics include leadership, musicianship, literature, and methods.

I am Music Director of the Metropolitan Chorale, an auditioned, mixed chorus of approximately 100 voices performing an annual concert series in the Boston area. We also tour with the Boston Pops during the holiday season. I'm a founder and past-president of the National Collegiate Choral Organization, serving conductors of college level ensembles. I currently serve as the American Choral Director's Eastern Division Repertoire and Standards Chair for Women's choruses.

Some interests outside of music include traveling, running, photography, and sushi. I have certifications as a bartender and a Universal Life Minister.

Brookline Chorus

NCCO

Education

  • B.A., Sonoma State University
  • M.M., University of Southern California
  • D.M.A., University of Southern California

Current and upcoming courses

Survey of Choral Music

MUS226

This course charts the history of choral music beginning with Byzantine Chant in the 4th century to present day compositions. We will study developments in style, form, text setting and the musical imagination that defines this art form. Students will become familiar with scores and composers throughout history on a global scale, gaining insight on their relationship to visual art, architecture, social movements, and historical events.