Lisa Liske is a cellist whose performances of solo and chamber music are focused upon creating a vital and interactive concert experience in both traditional and unusual concert spaces.  Lisa’s Voice of the Cello programs present different facets of the unaccompanied cello repertoire, throughout the ages and across genres. Her repertoire ranges from ancient to new music, composed classical and alternative styles as well as improvisation. Her present performance focus includes New River Ensemble, an East Coast based clarinet trio with a difference; a collaboration with continuo players harpsichordist Francis Yun and Baroque cellist extraordinaire Barbara Krumdieck, showcasing exciting cello sonatas from the Baroque era. She also performs with North Carolina Baroque Orchestra, Raleigh Camerata, and Blue Ridge Baroque.

In addition to these small-ensemble performances, Lisa has wide background in symphonic, opera, and chamber orchestras, with a special interest in accompanying vocal music.

Lisa teaches a small studio of all ages in Cary, North Carolina and online, and is a new faculty member at Meredith College. As well, she is a frequent workshop clinician, with recent guest teaching in Ithaca, New York and Zagreb, Croatia. She will present at the national ASTA/SAA conference on the topic “Making Music Move: Beginning with the Seeds of Musical Artistry. Online or in person, she specializes in technical help,  How to Fly Your Cello, useful to anyone at any level who would like a quick consult and trouble shooting about anything cellistic or musical.  During 2020-21 Lisa founded, managed, and taught for The Cello Camerata, an online international masterclass, with Wendy Warner and Jonathan Kramer.  https://thecellocamerata.wordpress.com/

Using the revolutionary Creative Ability Development method plus her own innovative approaches to expressive musicianship, Lisa teaches through the art of improvisation for all ages, and is also an approved teacher trainer of CAD. She loves to give workshops for students of all ages and for teachers in exploring and expanding musician’s creative resources. https://www.creativeabilitydev.com/

From 2002-2020 she ran a private studio called Community Cello Works, which was based in Blacksburg, Virginia. Some of those students remain with her online studio, Incipio Cello, now that she has relocated to focus on performance, research, and writing. Her students range in age from 3 to adult, with a considerable number of young pre-professionals.  She is presently adjunct faculty at Roanoke College. Lisa has taught in university, masterclass, workshop, and summer festival settings both in the U.S. and England, and enjoys them all. She offers an eclectic, individually-tailored approach for each student, combining this with her own Making Music Move curriculum, which includes her own pedagogical innovations plus training in Alice Kanack’s Creative Ability Development and the Suzuki method. Lisa combines improvisation, composition, and alternative styles to create a vital, fascinating learning environment where each student’s voice can come forth and find its place. Helping students find the pleasure of making music with others also holds a high place in Lisa’s approach to teaching.

In the summers she teaches at:

Blue Ridge Suzuki Camp https://www.blueridgesuzukicamp.com/

Soundings Between the Worlds https://soundingsbetweentheworlds.com/