Lisa Richardson

• 1st Place Winner — NATS Eastern Region — Adult Classical Treble and TBB — 2021
• 1st Place Winner — NATS-NYC Adult Classical Division — 2021
• 2nd Place Winner — NATS-NYC Adult Classical Division 2020 — Teachers’ College, Columbia Univ.
• Semifinalist — CS Competition — Emerging Professional — 2020

SCENES AND COVERS* (Fully Staged)

Countess Almaviva — Le Nozze di Figaro—New York Lyric Opera Theatre — Carnegie Hall — 2019

Ida / Sally — Die Fledermaus — New York Lyric Opera Theatre — Carnegie Hall — 2019

Zerlina — Don Giovanni — New York Lyric Opera Theatre — Carnegie Hall — 2019

Helena — A Midsummer Night’s Dream — New York Summer Opera Scenes (NYSOS)—2018

Desdemona* — Otello — New York Summer Opera Scenes (NYSOS) — 2018

Dorabella — Così fan tutte — New York Summer Opera Scenes (NYSOS) — 2017

Erste Dame — Die Zauberflöte — New York Summer Opera Scenes (NYSOS) — 2016

Rosalinda — Die Fledermaus — Juilliard Evening Division — 2016

CONCERTS/RECITALS

Soloist — eVoco Voice Collective — Various NY Locations — 2015 – 2020

Soloist — Gustav Holst's The Planets — Greenwich Village Orchestra — 2017

Soloist — Candlelight Musical Meditation w/ARTEK — New York, NY — 2017

TEACHERS

Dr. Justin John Moniz*

Ms. Carol Yahr

COACHES

Mr. Chris Berg

Mr. Mitchell Vines

CONDUCTORS

Dr. David N. Fryling

Maestro Joshua Greene

DIRECTORS

Dr. Gwendolyn Toth

Ms. Elizabeth Heurmann

CANTOR / SACRED MUSIC EXPERIENCE

Cantor / Asst. Music Director — Grace United Methodist Church, Valley Stream NY — 2019 - Present

Soloist/Cantor — Immanuel Choir, Immanuel Lutheran Church, New York NY — 2015–2019

Children’s Choir Director — Immanuel Lutheran Church, New York NY — 2016–2019

EDUCATION and ADVANCED TRAINING

SUNY Old Westbury — B.S. in Finance — 2021

Juilliard Evening Division — Vocal Performance (w/Honors) — 2013 – 2016

Fiorello H. LaGuardia HS of Music & the Performing Arts — Voice Major — Graduate