Lisa Edwards is a widely sought after pianist, keyboard collaborator and teacher, based in Los

Angeles. She is currently in her 24th season as pianist/music assistant with Los Angeles

Master Chorale, under the direction of Grant Gershon, the Kiki and David Gindler Artistic

Director. As a project collaborator, Ms. Edwards is frequently involved with preparing

productions with the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Such projects include John Adams’ operas, El

Niño, Nixon in China, A Flowering Tree, and The Gospel According to the Other Mary, as well as

Schumann’s Das Paradies und die Peri, Stravinsky’s Persephone, Oedipus Rex and Symphony

of Psalms, Shostakovich’s Prologue to Orango, and Bernstein’s Mass, among others.

Performances with the Los Angeles Philharmonic Green Umbrella series include, War of the

Worlds by Annie Gosfield, and Lou Harrison’s opera, Young Caesar. Other performances

include, Steve Reich’s You Are (Variations) at Avery Fischer Hall, Stravinsky’s Les Noces at Walt

Disney Concert Hall, and Ian Krouse’s Lorca, Child of the Moon at the Bilingual Foundation of

the Arts. Ms. Edwards is in demand working with Los Angeles Philharmonic, Los Angeles

Chamber Orchestra, Carmel Bach Festival, as well as other national professional orchestras

and choruses. On disc, she can be heard on two Nonesuch recordings of Steve Reich’s music,

You Are (Variations) and Daniel Variations, and Eric Whitacre’s Sacred Veil.