Lisa Lanza as been performing as a solo artist and collaborator for over thirty years on the Olympic Peninsula and in the greater Seattle Area. She has studied with the pianist Maria Joao Pires at Belgais, Portugal and Paul Roberts at The Guildhall School of Theater and Arts in London. She holds a Master of Music degree in Piano Performance and Accompanying from The University of Redlands. As a guest artist she has performed on the Music at St. Leonard’s concert series, Hythe, England, the Young Concert Artists Competition, at Weill Hall, NY, the Olympic Music Festival, Quilcene, WA, Sierra Opera Institute's chamber music series, Mammoth, CA, the Bloedel Reserve, Bainbridge Island, WA. As an opera and musical theater accompanist she has worked with companies from Orange County to Seattle Opera, to Issaquah’s Village Theater and Key City Players in Port Townsend. She holds 1st and 2nd prize medals from the Greater Spokane Music & Allied Arts Festival for her interpretations of Beethoven and Chopin.

Black History Month Celebration: Piano Pieces by Joplin, Wiggins, Bonds, & more

Tuesday, February 21, 2023 @ 1:00pm – 2:00pm (PST)
Bellevue Crossroads Community Center Theater, Bellevue, WA, United States
Scott JoplinThe Entertainer (Diana Gao, piano)
Scott JoplinMaple Leaf Rag (Diana Gao, piano)
Thomas "Blind Tom" WigginsThe Battle of Manassas (Diana Gao, piano)
Betty Jackson KingFour Seasonal Sketches ("I. Spring Intermezzo"; Lisa Lanza, piano)
William Grant StillThree Visions ("I. Dark Horsemen" & "II. Summerland"; Lisa Lanza, piano)
Margaret Bonds"III. Troubled Water" from Spiritual Suite (Lisa Lanza, piano)

Free

Haller Lake Music Series: Gwen Franz, viola & Lisa Lanza, piano

Saturday, November 17, 2018 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PST)
Haller Lake United Methodist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Antonin Dvorák – Rondo, Op. 94 for Viola and Piano (arr. K. Kashkashian)
Johann Sebastian Bach – Prelude and Fugue in G-sharp minor, BWV 887
Franz J. Haydn – Sonata in C minor, Hob. XVI:20
Maurice Ravel – "Noctuelles" (Night Moths) from Miroirs
Johann Sebastian Bach – Suite for Cello Solo No. 6 in D major, BWV 1012
Keith Jarrett – Bridge of Light for Viola and Orchestra (piano reduction by D. Luwig)
Johannes Brahms – Sonatensatz (“FAE Sonata”) in C minor, Op. posthumus (Viola transcription)

$20 suggested donation ($5 students & children)