Background
Lister, Linda Joanne was born on June 30, 1969 in Tarrytown, New York, United States. Daughter of Gordon Frank and Judith Smith Lister.
composer music educator vocalist
Lister, Linda Joanne was born on June 30, 1969 in Tarrytown, New York, United States. Daughter of Gordon Frank and Judith Smith Lister.
Bachelor of Arts in Voice, Vassar College, 1991. Master of Music in Voice, Eastman School of Music, 1993. D Musical Arts in Voice, University North Carolina, Greensboro, 1998.
Linda Lister"s solo career includes performances with the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra (SOČR), the Washington Symphony Orchestra, the Buffalo Philharmonic, Piedmont Opera Theatre, Opera Theatre of Rochester, Rochester Oratorio Society, Long Leaf Opera, Greensboro Oratorio Society, Cambridge Opera, Cambridge Gilbert and Sullivan Society, and Maine State Music Theatre. Her favorite roles include Monica in The Medium, Musetta in Louisiana Bohème, Maria in West Side Story, Maggie in A Chorus Lincolnshire, and the title role in Massenet’s Cendrillon. A featured soloist on the Albany Records CDs The American Soloist and Midnight Tolls, she sang the world premiere of “Mountain Night Recessional” at the Biltmore House.
She is currently on the faculty at the University of Evansville.
A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Vassar College, she received the Master of Music degree in vocal performance from the Eastman School of Music and the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in vocal performance from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Lister is also a composer, and her chamber opera about the Brontë sisters (How Clear She Shines!) had its world premiere in 2002 and the Ladies" Musical Club of Seattle commissioned a piano trio version of the opera for its west coast revival in 2006.
Member of National Association Teachers of Singing, Phi Beta Kappa, Pi Kappa Lambda.