DR. LISA ROGERS is Associate Director for Applied Studies and Faculty Affairs, Professor of Percussion Studies, and Director of the Percussion Program at Texas Tech University, where she teaches applied studies as well as directs ensembles such as the Texas Tech Steel Drum Band “Apocalypso Now.” She attended Texas State University and Texas Tech University for her undergraduate and graduate studies. Rogers received a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Percussion Performance from the University of Oklahoma. She is a Past President of the Percussive Arts Society and Executive Director of the National Conference on Percussion Pedagogy. Rogers also serves as Associate Research Editor for the Percussive Arts Society's journal Percussive Notes.

As an advocate of new literature for the vibraphone, she released a recording of solo works entitled Paint Me a Sky and has commissioned works including Concerto for Vibraphone by Nathan Daughtrey. Recent celebrated vibraphone performances include featured appearances alongside Branford Marsalis and the Corpus Christi (TX) Symphony Orchestra and Plano (TX) Symphony Orchestra on John Williams’s Escapades for Alto Saxophone and Orchestra. Rogers served as Principal Percussionist with the Lubbock Symphony Orchestra for twenty-five years as well as Principal Timpanist with the West Texas Symphony Orchestra for several seasons and currently serves as Principal Timpanist with the Lubbock Symphony Orchestra. Rogers is a Tama-Bergerault performing artist and proudly endorses Vic Firth Sticks & Mallets, Zildjian Cymbals, and Remo Drumheads.