Biography
Lisa Goethe-McGinn has an active career as a soloist, chamber musician and teaching artist. She has performed in festivals and concert series’ throughout the U.S. and abroad.
Known as a versatile performer, Lisa is a much sought after performer of contemporary, cutting-edge music. She is currently working on solo and collaborative projects and with flute/cello duo, Cherchez la Femme. She has performed as a soloist and ensemble member with new music and improvisation group, Ensemble Noamnesia and with MAVerick Ensemble. She has given both U.S. and World premiere performances of numerous compositions and has worked directly with composers George Crumb, Helmut Lachenmann, Salvatore Martirano, Yehuda Yannay among others and with notable improvisers, Jim O’Rourke, Gene Coleman, TV POW, Chao-Ming Tung, Fred Lonberg-Holm and Otomo Yoshihide.
Her first feature CD, Uncommon Voices on Vienna Modern Masters, was released in late 2008 containing works by American composers; Burt Levy, Salvatore Martirano, Yehuda Yannay and Ben Johnston.
Lisa received her degrees from the University of Illinois and Millikin University and has studied with Alexander Murray, Mary Karen Clardy, Mary Ellen Poole. She has had the privledge to study additionally with Robert Dick, Camilla Hoitenga and Anne LaBerge and has participated in Masterclasses with Walfrid Kujala, Patricia Spencer and Robert Dick.
Lisa is an active teaching artist, coach, clinician and adjudicator. She manages her home studio in the western suburbs of Chicago. She lives with her husband, two children and their 2 pugs, Sherman & Trixie.
Known as a versatile performer, Lisa is a much sought after performer of contemporary, cutting-edge music. She is currently working on solo and collaborative projects and with flute/cello duo, Cherchez la Femme. She has performed as a soloist and ensemble member with new music and improvisation group, Ensemble Noamnesia and with MAVerick Ensemble. She has given both U.S. and World premiere performances of numerous compositions and has worked directly with composers George Crumb, Helmut Lachenmann, Salvatore Martirano, Yehuda Yannay among others and with notable improvisers, Jim O’Rourke, Gene Coleman, TV POW, Chao-Ming Tung, Fred Lonberg-Holm and Otomo Yoshihide.
Her first feature CD, Uncommon Voices on Vienna Modern Masters, was released in late 2008 containing works by American composers; Burt Levy, Salvatore Martirano, Yehuda Yannay and Ben Johnston.
Lisa received her degrees from the University of Illinois and Millikin University and has studied with Alexander Murray, Mary Karen Clardy, Mary Ellen Poole. She has had the privledge to study additionally with Robert Dick, Camilla Hoitenga and Anne LaBerge and has participated in Masterclasses with Walfrid Kujala, Patricia Spencer and Robert Dick.
Lisa is an active teaching artist, coach, clinician and adjudicator. She manages her home studio in the western suburbs of Chicago. She lives with her husband, two children and their 2 pugs, Sherman & Trixie.