Alumna Lisa Perry Joins the Faculty of East Tennessee State University
Lisa Perry (DMA, 2016, clarinet, student of Alexander Fiterstein) will join the faculty of East Tennessee State University department of music as lecturer of clarinet starting in fall 2018.
Lisa Perry is an active solo, chamber, and orchestral musician. Dr. Perry has appeared with the North Carolina Symphony Orchestra, the North Carolina Master Chorale, the Taneycomo Festival Orchestra, the Stamford International Chamber Music Festival (UK), and has recorded for Minnesota Public Radio (MPR). As a member of the International Clarinet Association, Dr. Perry has written for The Clarinet Journal and performed at the 2015 ICA Southeastern Festival in Birmingham, Alabama and the 2012 ClarinetFest in Lincoln, Nebraska. As an advocate for new music, Dr. Perry is actively engaged in the performance of new works for the clarinet. In the summer of 2015, Perry commissioned and premiered Jason Cress’ Adopis for two clarinets, a project made possible by a community engagement grant through the University of Minnesota. Additionally, Dr. Perry commissioned Bunun Fantasy for clarinet and electronics by composer Roger Zare that was premiered in December of 2016. Dr. Perry is a founding member of the Nexus Duo, a clarinet/sax duo committed to furthering the medium through the commission and performance of new works, most recently Katherine Bergman’s Alone Together – premiered at the 2016 North American Saxophone Alliance biennial conference held at Texas Tech University and Gustav Westin's Divertimento – premiered at the 2017 North American Saxophone Alliance Regional conference at South Dakota State University.
During the summer, Dr. Perry assisted at the Interlochen Center for Arts Clarinet Academy and is currently on faculty at Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp (MI), the Alexander Fiterstein Clarinet Academy (MN), the International Music Camp in North Dakota/Canada, and the International Clarinet Workshop in Mizra, Israel.
Dr. Perry earned her doctor of musical arts degree in clarinet performance at the University of Minnesota where she was a teaching assistant and Berneking Fellowship recipient. She received her master of music degree in clarinet performance at Florida State University where she served as a graduate teaching assistant to Dr. Frank Kowalsky and Dr. Deborah Bish. Perry also holds a bachelor of music degree in clarinet performance from East Carolina University. Her teachers include Janice Lipson, Michael Cyzewski, Anne Dervin, Christopher Grymes, Frank Kowalsky, and Alexander Fiterstein.
