Photo Credit: Rachel Hadiashar
Dr. M. Lisa Zweben | Featured Artist
A native of Washington D.C., Lisa is a professional violinist and violist, teacher and conductor. She earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Violin Performance from SUNY, College at Purchase, and earned an MM in Violin Performance and Doctor of Musical Arts in Viola Performance from the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida. Following studies with principal teachers Charles and Heidi Castleman, Carol Sindell, and Thomas Moore, Lisa has been a member of many orchestras including the Royal Opera of Ghent, Belgium, the Naples Philharmonic in Naples, Florida, and the Miami City Ballet.
Prior to moving back to Portland in August 2010, Lisa lived in Virginia for fifteen years and was active both as a performer and teacher, teaching a full studio of violin students and coaching chamber music coach at Washington and Lee University, serving as an instructor on the faculty of Virginia Tech in Women’s Studies, performing as Assistant Principal viola of the Roanoke Symphony and Principal Viola of Opera Roanoke, in addition to maintaining a studio of private violin and viola students.
She is currently the principal viola of the Corvallis OSU Symphony, concertmaster of the Corvallis Repertory Singers orchestra, conducts an amateur string orchestra, and teaches privately. Lisa has been an ASTA member since 1986 and has been a member of the ORASTA board since 2014.
Learn more about Lisa and her work at the links below:
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Lisa appears on these Resonance programs: