Biography

Vaupel, Lisa
Department: Music Department
Office: Kraushaar Auditorium
Lecturer, Associate in Applied Music (violin)
Phone: 410-337-6029
Email: lisa.vaupel@goucher.edu

Lisa Vaupel returns to Baltimore for the 2005-06 season to play Principal Second Violin of the Delaware Symphony, Associate Concertmaster of Opera Delaware, and as a member of the Baltimore Chamber Orchestra and the Baltimore Opera Company Orchestra. She was previously appointed for the 2004-2005 season as Assistant Concertmaster for the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra in Charlotte, NC.

Ms. Vaupel has appeared in orchestras around the world, from Europe to the Far East. She has performed in the Spoleto Festival in Italy, the Pacific Music Festival in Japan, the American-Russian Youth Orchestra, and the Singapore Symphony. She also performs regularly with the Key West Symphony and with the Colorado Music Festival (during the summer.)

Ms. Vaupel participates in numerous chamber ensembles throughout the United States. She is a founding member of the dynamic chamber ensemble, Gliss!, which performs regularly in the greater Baltimore area. Other recent performances include a featured artist appearance in the Colorado Music Festival Chamber Concerts, Delaware Symphony Orchestra Chamber Series, Sequoia Chamber Workshop at Humboldt State University (Arcata, CA), Sundays at Three (Columbia, MD), and the Old St. Paul Tuesday Music Series.

Ms. Vaupel received her Bachelor of Music degree, with High Distinction, from Indiana University, Bloomington, studying under Paul Biss. She earned her Master of Music degree from the Peabody Conservatory, studying with Herbert Greenberg. A firm believer in the importance of musical education, Ms. Vaupel regularly plays in elementary school curriculum-integrated performances as first violinist of the Live Wire String Quartet, through the Baltimore Symphony's Arts Excel program. She also enjoys teaching elementary through college level violin students.