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MU1 Lisa Williamson
Musician 1st Class Lisa Williamson, soprano, is the vocal soloist with the United States Coast Guard Band. In addition, she also performs with the Coast Guard ensembles, The Masters of Swing, Jazz Combo, and Dixieland Jazz Band and also frequently performs on Coast Guard Chamber recitals. With the band she has performed for President George W. Bush, the state funeral of former President Gerald Ford, and has had the unique opportunity to perform the National Anthem for a live audience of over 400,000 at the 2006 and 2007 Indianapolis 500 races. She has been a Resident Artist with Connecticut Opera and has sung in master classes under the guidance of Kristin Chenoweth and John Shirley-Quirk. She has also been a finalist in competitions with Annapolis Opera and Lakes Region Opera Company. MU1 Williamson is a versatile singer with extensive stage experience in opera, musical theater, concert, and oratorio. She sings with the Connecticut Opera Chorus, and has performed the roles of The Sandman and Dew Fairy in Hänsel and Gretel, Lily in The Secret Garden, La Musica in Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo, as well as the soprano solos in Bach’s Magnificat, Handel’s Messiah, Britten’s Hymn to St. Cecilia, and Faure’s Requiem. MU1 Williamson holds a Bachelor of Music in voice performance from the Peabody Conservatory of Music where she studied with Dr. Stanley Cornett. She currently studies with Patricia Schuman and Steven Crawford. Originally from Alexandria, Virginia, MU1 Williamson is the daughter of retired Navy Band Command Master Chief Jeff Taylor and retired Army Band vocalist Evangeline Taylor. She is married to Coast Guard Band tenor saxophonist Musician First Class Adam Williamson. She has sung for the Coast Guard since 2005.
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