Lisanne is a former Associate Professor of music at Virginia Tech, founder of the vocal jazz program, and director of the Down Beat award winning jazz vocal group, The New Virginians. During her tenure at VT, Lisanne received the Gamma Mu Chapter of Delta Omicron Music Professor of the Year Award. She received her Bachelors and Master of Music from the University of Miami (Fl) and during that time she received the Down Beat magazine “Dee Bee” student award for best jazz vocalist for two consecutive years. In 2005 she won the Down Beat “Dee Bee” award for best jazz arrangement. She is currently finishing her Doctorate in Jazz Performance at the University of Miami.
Lisanne has frequently performed at the famous Blues Ally in Georgetown, Virginia and the Kennedy Center. She received rave reviews from the Washington Post about her latest release entitled “Smile” with the John Toomey Trio. She performed in famous jazz clubs such as Ronnie Scotts in London, Blues Alley, Arturo’s, Blue Note, etc. As lead soprano for the Uptown Jazz Vocal Quartet, performed as one of the headline acts for the Ottawa Jazz Festival, Detroit Jazz Festival, Clearwater Jazz Festival, and the LaNuit du Jazz. They shared the stage with Jazz legends such as Nancy Wilson, Tony Bennet, Mingus Big Band, Terrance Blanchard, Superband, Dr. John, Sonny Rollins,etc.
Come see Lisanne Lyon perform on Wednesday, November 7th at 7:30 p.m. at the McCarthy Auditorium, Room 6120, at Miami Dade College, Kendall Campus. The event is free and open to the public.
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