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Lisa Garner Santa currently serves as principal flutist with the
Lubbock Symphony Orchestra and
as Artist-Performer and Associate Professor of Flute at Texas Tech
University where she enjoys a diverse career as teacher, recitalist,
soloist, and chamber musician. Performance highlights include the world
premiere of Mike Mower’s
Concerto for Flute and Wind Ensemble and a Carnegie Hall debut recital
featuring Chamber Works for Flute. Her recent CD release of
From Noon to Starry Night,
a compilation of chamber works for flute and piano (with TTU Faculty,
Lora Deahl, piano) has received outstanding reviews.
"The title track (From Noon to Starry Night by Matthew Santa)...is a
wonderful addition to the flute repertoire...Garner's colors, vibrato
use, and interpretations are excellent. This interesting, well-produced
CD should be in every flutist's record collection." - Flute Talk, April
2005
"gorgeous - flat-out gorgeous...a true artist. It serves me and ‘All the
Words’ EXTREMELY well."
- Dan Welcher, Composer
As an active member of the National
Flute Association, Dr. Garner Santa has been a featured performer at
the Boston, Atlanta, Phoenix, Dallas and Nashville conventions. She has
served as adjudicator and/or coordinator for many NFA events and
competitions including the High School Soloist Competition, the NFA
Newly Published Music Competition, the NFA Professional Flute Choir
Competition, and as NFA Convention Associate Program Chair.
Lisa Garner Santa’s versatile programming ranges from the elegant
Baroque music of Bach to the jazz-inspired writings of Mike Mower. Her
passion for contemporary flute repertoire was sparked over a decade ago
by the early flute works of Lowell Liebermann, which was the topic of
her dissertation. Since then, she has become a leader in the effort to
expand and promote new music by performing and commissioning works from
young as well as established composers including Warner Hutchison,
Matthew Santa, Mike Mower, Teresa LeVelle, and most recently Peter
Fischer.
As a pedagogue, Lisa Garner Santa presents masterclasses throughout the
United States and abroad. Recent international exchanges include
masterclasses at the Royal College of Music in London, England and
Victoria University in Wellington, New Zealand. Presentations and
performances at various regional and national conventions include
invitations from the Texas Music Educators Association, the Texas Music
Teachers Association, the National Association of Wind and Percussion
Instructors, and the College Music Society. Her research and pedagogical
articles are frequently published in The Flutist Quarterly, Flute Talk,
and The Instrumentalist. In recognition of her creative teaching, she
was awarded the Texas Tech Big 12 Fellowship as well as the Texas Tech
Alumni Association New Faculty Award.
With co-authors Matthew Santa and Thomas Hughes, Lisa Garner Santa
developed the Flute/Theory Workout, a method that efficiently introduces
full-range scalar and chordal flute technique while introducing music
theory fundamentals at the same time. The Workout, which comes with an
entertaining accompaniment CD, will be available through Mel Bay
Publications in 2006.
Dr. Garner Santa holds performance degrees from West Texas State
University, Florida State University, and The Shepherd School of Music
at Rice University. Her teachers include Helen Blackburn, Sally Turk,
Charles DeLaney, and Carol Wincenc.
To contact Lisa Garner Santa, email
lisa.garner@ttu.edu.
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