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THOMAS LISSEY
Cell: (617) 966-1526;
lissey@musician.org
PERFORMANCE
BACKGROUND AND EXPERIENCE
Musical Theater (Music Director and/or Piano Accompanist):
Mystic Players (Medford) Cabaret (2007);
Bye Bye Birdie (2004); Colonial Chorus Players (Reading) King of Hearts (2006);
Footlight Club (Jamaica Plain) A Carol Christmas (2006); West Side Story (2005);
Ragtime (2004) ###; You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown – original score (2000)
***; Into the Woods (2000); Falsettos (1997); Mystery of Edwin Drood (1997);
Winthrop Playmakers A Chorus Line (2005); Fiddler on the Roof (2003); Nunsense
II (2002); Oliver! (2000); Annie Get Your Gun (1999); Northeastern University
Pippin (2004); Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1998); Newton
Country Players Guys and Dolls (2002) ***;
Riverside Theater Works (Hyde Park) Carousel (2002); Wellesley Players La Cage
aux Folles (2002); Belmont Dramatic Club You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown –
revised score (2001) ***; Theater at Old South Baby (2001)
### 2004 DASH Award for Best Musical Direction – Eastern
Massachusetts Association of Community Theaters
*** Achievement Recognition Award – Eastern Massachusetts Association of
Community Theaters
Choral Performance (Conductor and/or Music Director):
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Unitarian Universalist Church of Medford 2005 present |
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Congregation Shalom (North Chelmsford) 2002 present |
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Unitarian Universalist Congregation in Andover 2000 2005 |
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Reading Community Singers 2002 2004 |
Choral Performance (Piano Accompanist and/or Assistant Conductor):
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Treble Chorus of New England 2006 present |
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Charlestown Chorale 2000 2006 |
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Mishawum Choral Society (Woburn) 1997 2002 |
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Unitarian Universalist Church of Wakefield 1997 2000 |
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Temple Sinai (Brookline) 1995 1996 |
Vocal and Instrumental Performance (Piano Accompanist):
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Longy School of Music 2004 present |
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Boston Conservatory of Music 2002 present |
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National Association of Teachers of Singing Competition 1998 … 2005 |
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Suzuki School of Newton 2000 2004 |
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StageSource New England Regional Theatre Auditions 1998 … 2004 |
Choral and Vocal Performance (Bass-Baritone):
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Figgy Puddin’ Carollers (holiday a cappella quartets) 1994 present |
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Faneuil Hall Marketplace Holiday Classics Chorus 1999 2000 |
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Boston A Cappella 1995 1997 |
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Temple Emanuel (Newton Centre) 1994 1995 |
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Cambridge Madrigal Singers (concert tours) Québec (1996); Germany & Switzerland (1994) |
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MEDUSA (co-founded chamber vocal ensemble in Cambridge) 1993 1995 |
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND AND EXPERIENCE
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Bachelor of Arts with a Major in Music Wesleyan University (Class of 1987) |
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Continuing Studies in Music New England Conservatory; Longy School of Music |
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Piano Performance Naomi Amos, Sanda Schuldmann-Clark (Wesleyan) |
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Piano Accompanying Brian Moll, Henry Weinberger (Longy); Dan Wyneken (NEC) |
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Vocal Performance Donald Wilkinson (private lessons) |
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Vocal Chamber Music William Cotten, Barbara Winchester (NEC) |
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Choral Conducting Neely Bruce, Virginia Hancock (Wesleyan); Jeffrey Rink (Longy) |
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Theory and Composition Neely Bruce (Wesleyan), Howard Frazin (Longy), Stephen Savage (NEC) |
Pertinent Skills: Excellent sight-reading; Open-score playing; Transposition; Diction (French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Latin)
Affiliations: Boston Singers Resource; Chorus America; Guild of Temple Musicians; StageSource; UU Musicians Network