ABOUT LISA

Lisa Lynne Mathis is known for her rich, penetrating alto and soul-searching songs. She released her first full length solo album, Hancock Place (Garagista Music) in the spring of 2007 and showcased her new songs in an October concert at the Irvington Town Hall Theater (NY) with Grammy nominee Jay Azzolina (guitar) and Rolling Stones regular, Tim Ries (saxophone). Lisa Lynne opened for Grammy-winner Paula Cole at the Tarrytown Music Hall and performed live on New York’s WHUV.

Since her decision to follow her heart and pursue a career in music after graduating from Carnegie Mellon’s prestigious Music Theater program, Lisa Lynne has performed as a soloist and member of some of the finest music groups in the world, from Chicago’s elite vocal ensemble Bella Voce and the Grant Park Symphony Chorus, to backup for Liz Phair (whom she also coached) on Lillith Fair, Showtime Television, and

David Letterman.

Lisa Lynne has performed as a soloist at Carnegie Hall with string orchestra, and with the world renowned Broadway Inspirational Voices in New York, she has performed on Broadway at Town Hall and the New Amsterdam Theatre for Barack Obama, on the Today Show with the cast of the movie Hairspray and for Brian Stokes Mitchell’s Carnegie Hall debut. This year, she will sing a special Easter event at the United Nations, for the Wendy Marx Foundation with Olympic athlete Carl Lewis in Washington, D.C., and for the closing ceremony of the US Transplant Games in Pittsburgh. Lisa Lynne Mathis lives in Irvington, NY with her husband and two daughters.

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