Liesl McPherrin
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Operatic Roles
Serpina, La Serva Padrona (Pergolesi)                                 Livermore Valley Opera Outreach
Lisette, La Rondine (Puccini)                                                                                 Pocket Opera
Bianca/Gabrielle/A Voice, La Rondine (Puccini)                                       Island City Opera
Carolina, The Secret Marriage (Cimarosa)                                                          Pocket Opera
Mutts, Mutts and Maribel Walk to the Moon (Nancy Bachmann)                School Outreach
Lucinde, The Doctor in Spite of Himself (Gounod)                                               Pocket Opera
Pauline, La Vie Parisienne (Offenbach)                                                             Pocket Opera
Galatea, My Fair Galatea (von Suppe)                                                                Pocket Opera
Madame Herz, The Impresario (Mozart)                                   Westminster Opera Theater
Antonia, Les Contes d'Hoffmann (Offenbach)                            Westminster Opera Theater
Tytania, Midsummer Night's Dream (Britten)                            Westminster Opera Theater


Concerts

Anna Nabucco (Verdi)                                                                    Claude Heater Foundation
Maria Sound of Music Medley (Rodgers & Hammerstein) Sutter Buttes Family Orchestra

Carmen/Micahela Carmen Suite (Bizet)                                  Yuba College Wind Ensemble
Therese, The
Wedding Roast (Schubert)                                                              Pocket Opera
Soprano Soloist, Messiah
 (Handel)                                 Stanford Hospital Music Program
Abelle,  Il Primo Omicidio (Scarlatti)                Frank V. deBellis Collection, San Francisco
Soprano Soloist, Messiah (Handel)                                          Yuba-Sutter Oratorio Society



Song Recitals
Senior Outreach Recital with Alexander Katzman
Livermore Valley Opera | Livermore & Pleasanton, CA
Songs of Hope & Joy with David Borac
Half Moon Bay, CA| Palo Alto, CA
Amor: a Love Song Cabaret (Music/Choral Director and Solo performers)
Coastside Lutheran Church, Half Moon Bay, CA
Amor: a Valentine's Cabaret (Solo vocal recital with Piano)
Palo Alto, CA
​Bernstein Centennial Celebration (Music/Choral Director and Solo Performer)
Coastside Lutheran Church, Half Moon Bay, CA
Liederabend (Solo Performer and Music Director)
Coastside Lutheran Church, Half Moon Bay, CA
Back to School: Music Teachers in Concert (Music Director/Solo Performer)
Coastside Lutheran Church, Half Moon Bay, CA 2016
The Art of Song, (Solo Recital with Piano)
Christ the King Episcopal Church Concert Series, San Francisco, CA 2015
The Taming of the Soprano, Music Inspired by Shakespeare (M. Mus. Recital)
Westminster Choir College, Princeton, NJ 2014
Chiaroscuro (Solo Recital with Piano)
Yuba-Sutter Arts Concert Series, Marysville, CA 2012


Ensembles
San Francisco Opera Regular Chorus (2022)
San Francisco Opera Extra Chorus (2020-2021)
Claude Heater Foundation Concert Opera (2019)
Island City Opera Chorus (2018 - 2019)
San Francisco Renaissance Voices (2018)
San Francisco Symphony Chorus (2016-17)
Cappella SF, San Francisco, CA (2016-17)
Sing For America, San Francisco, CA (2016, 2018, 2019)
Westminster Symphonic Choir, Princeton, NJ (2012 - 2013)
Urban Opera, San Francisco, CA (2009 - 2010)
Golden Gate Opera, Sausalito, CA (2010)
San Francisco Lyric Opera, San Francisco, CA (2008)

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Education
Universities
Master of Music, Vocal Pedagogy and Performance - Westminster Choir College   
Bachelor of Music, Vocal Performance - San Francisco State University

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Young Artist Programs
Opera San Jose, summer training program, 2016
SongFest Professional Development Program, The Colburn School, Summer 2015
CoOPERAtive Program Fellow, Rider University, Summer 2013


Other Education/Professional Development
The Choral Warm-Up, Pedagogy & Science - Westminster Choir College 2021
Yin Yoga Training - 20 Hrs
Yoga Teacher Training - RYT 200, YogaRenew, 2020
Pranayama & Teaching Through the Koshas - The YogaVoice Foundation, 2020
Estill Workshop - Classical to Musical Theater Techniques, The Voice Explained, 2020
Total Singer Workshop & Training with Lisa Popeil, 2019
Conducting Workshop, San Jose State University, 2017
Music Together Teacher Training, Princeton, NJ, 2014
Marketing Internship, SF State's College of Creative Arts, Fall 2010


Other Employment/Organizations
Music Director, Coastside Lutheran Church 2015 - 2022
Adjunct Professor, Voice & Piano, Las Positas College 2019 - Present

SFBAC, NATS Board Member, Co-VP of Programs, 2020 - 2021
Executive Director, SF Renaissance Voices, 2018 - Present
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