Violin and Baroque violin
Lise maintains an active performance career. She is a member of the early music ensemble “Rosa Barocca.” who received a JUNO in 2023. She was a member of Tafelmusik (Toronto), a member of the Pacific Baroque Orchestra (Vancouver), performing nationally and internationally, and was a member of Le Studio de Musique Ancienne (Montreal). Additionally she has performed with early music specialists across Canada, including Aradia (Toronto), Opéra Atelier (Toronto), Voice Scape (Calgary), Early Music Vancouver, Spiritus (Calgary), as well as with Alan Curtis at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice (Italy), in performances of a rediscovered score of Sacrati’s La Finta Pazza.
She was a member of Kensington Sinfonia (Calgary), concertmaster of the Bach Orchestra (Calgary), assistant concertmaster of the Phantom of the Opera Orchestra for international tours, a guest concertmaster for the Kamloops Symphony Orchestra and the Brandon Chamber Players, and music director of Sinfonia Allegro (Lethbridge). She has also performed with other symphony orchestras across Canada and held the principal chair of the second violin section of the Lethbridge Symphony Orchestra.
She regularly collaborates on chamber music projects and maintains an active profile as a violin teacher in Lethbridge. In 2018 she received the Teacher of the Year Award from the Alberta Strings Association. Lise regards her violin students’ enthusiasm and successes as among her greatest accomplishments.
