Liz holds a Master’s Degree in Vocal Performance from San Jose State University. She continues her education by attending seminars and conferences in vocal pedagogy and Contemporary Commercial Music (CCM) workshops, keeping up with the latest in teaching techniques and nerding out on voice science. Liz loves to teach pop and rock vocal techniques and styles that help vocalists sing genres such as gospel, R&B, pop, rock, jazz, and other contemporary styles!
A founding member of the Community Opera Workshop, which ultimately became Opera San Jose under Irene Dalis, Liz studied and performed leading roles there, including Nella (Gianni Schicchi), Carolina (Il Matrimonio Segreto), Mimi (La Boheme), and Cio Cio San (Madama Butterfly). She also played Kate Pinkerton (Madama Butterfly) with West Bay Opera. Preferring to perform in intimate settings, Liz has created several solo recitals featuring German Lied, French Chanson, Spanish and Italian Art Song, as well as operatic arias.
Liz has a strong background in education, having taught in elementary and music classrooms for over a decade, directed choirs, and served as vocal director for children’s musical theatre productions.
After taking a hiatus from performing to raise two daughters, she began performing with local musical theatre companies and in solo recitals and small ensembles. Some of her favorite performances include roles in *Ragtime*, *Billy Elliot*, *Hairspray*, and *Guys and Dolls*. She has also performed as a featured soloist in several musical revues produced by JB Presents in San Francisco, which included works by Sondheim, Cole Porter, Rodgers and Hammerstein, and other Broadway composers, as well as the film *Broadway Covered*, where she sang “As We Stumble Along” from *The Drowsy Chaperone*. Performing with the San Jose DanceCo singing Nina Simone’s arrangement of “For All We Know” was a highlight of her jazz experiences.
She recently moved to Los Angeles and looks forward to finding new performance opportunities. In 2016, Liz was a participant in the Lied Studio Program at the American Institute of Musical Studies (AIMS) in Graz, Austria, fulfilling a lifelong dream of studying and performing in Europe.
