Singer/Actress & Voice Teacher Lisa Golda
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  • Feb28

    Congratulations to Rachel O’Keefe, Michelle Zuehlke, and Erika Herrmann, all of whom made it to the State Level in their musical theatre events. Erika was also advanced for her classical solo, and Rachel for multiple ensemble pieces. Selections they performed included Honeybun, Turn Back O Man, and Moonfall. I’ll post further results as my students complete their auditions for S & E and college programs.

    In other educational news, I’ve been working on a script for Chicago Opera Theatre’s “Opera for All” program, in which I work as a Teaching Artist. This spring, our students at four Chicago area schools will present the opera they’ve been working on with us and various other artists, including the late great Mary Scruggs of Second City, who taught the kids how to write lyrics. The opera, “School Rules!”, concerns a child’s day at school with flights of fancy including chocolate milk protest songs and celebrations of family legacy and heritage. It’s going to be exciting!

  • Feb14

    Enjoy a night of star-studded songs and melodramatic musings with cabaret duo MezzoPiano and their musical revue “Oh, to be a Movie Star!”
    MezzoPiano is Christine O’Meally and Ryan Cappleman. O’Meally has performed at Washington Opera, Chicago Opera Theatre, and the Skylight. Cappleman has appeared with the Skylight, In Tandem, and various Milwaukee theatres. 
    Glamourous get-ups requested, but not required. Nibble cinematic snacks at the after-party.
    February 20, 7-9 pm, at the Vox Box at the Marian Center for Non-Profits. 3211 S Lake, Suite 423 (elevator to 4th floor) Tickets: $10.  Cash bar. Stay tuned here and on FB.

  • Feb14

    truck stop, next exit

    It’s worse when you are home than when you are 

    gone.

    At least we have a conversation, of sorts,
    Twice a week,
    Brakes hissing and engines running in the background.|
    You are usually eating, tired,
    but we can fill our allotted 45 with the little business
    and the occasional laugh.
    I hear your voice and imagine
    That I am most important to you
    Even though our words are rationed
    By the satellite that promised to keep us in sync. Read More

  • Feb3

    Thanks to Damien Jaques, long-time Milwaukee theatre critic and contributing writer for onmilwaukee.com, for a wonderful feature introducing the Vox Box to Milwaukee!

    Visit the Vox Box section of this website to learn more about upcoming performances, my mission, and for a link to Damien’s feature. Or, click here: http://onmilwaukee.org/ent/articles/lisagoldavoxbox.html

  • Feb2

    It’s time to recognize several Vox Box students for their amazing accomplishments!  In December, mezzo soprano Elaine Wang Meyerhoffer of Palm Springs, CA, gave a recital to a 500+ crowd at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music in China. Elaine was accompanied by Richard Bentley (Oberlin, U of Michigan). She also studies voice with Nina Hinson (Santa Fe Opera, USC, UCLA). Caitlin Barclay, soprano, was advanced to the Los Angeles finals in the Classical Singer competition, and will be featured in the spring Senior Honors Recital at the John Michael Kohler Arts Center in Sheboygan, WI.  New student Kamilah Lay, already a seasoned pro performer, is starring as the Little Engine in “The Little Engine that Could” at First Stage Children’s Theatre in Milwaukee, WI. And high school senior Genevieve Gannon was invited to participate in the opera workshop at St. Norbert’s College when she arrives next year, even enrollment is normally limited to sophomores and up! I am proud and privileged to work with such talented and industrious singers!

  • Jan20

    I’m currently playing Mama Bear for Chicago Opera Playhouse in a touring children’s production of Goldilocks and the Three Bears. This past week, we performed for Ames Elementary School at the conclusion of a week-long residency conducted by COP founder Linden Christ. Check out this link for cute pics! http://rblandmark.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=7010&TM=67613.36

  • Jan20

    getting older

    The parking lot is filled with cheerful chalk
    Flowers and faces and eyes stare up at the sky,
    seeing only today, the sun, and the clouds
    that will turn them into smears of color,
    puddles of innocence trickling down the storm drains
    like so much wasted time. Read More

  • Jan12

    Thanks to Boris and Doris of the Shepherd-Express for dropping in to see who was in attendance at the Vox Box’s sold-out STATUS Soiree on New Year’s Eve! Catch their column covering the soiree and other smashing events of that evening here: http://www.expressmilwaukee.com/article-13545-boris-and-doris-on-the-town.html    A feature on the Vox Box by long-time Milwaukee theatre critic Damien Jaques is due out in February!

    I’m appearing with Chicago Opera Playhouse this month as Mama Bear in their touring production of Goldilocks and the Three Bears! I am also looking forward to working with students in my spring Vocal Excellence Class at the Northshore Academy of the Arts in Grafton, WI.

    Welcome to new students Brinn Crocker, Caitlin Barclay (who recently starred as Aida in her high school production of Aida), Michelle Zuehlke, and Molly Hetzner. Congratulations to Erin Walton, Vox Box student, featured in the STATUS soiree, who is playing  the Narrator in an upcoming production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat with St. Matthias and who will be appearing in Soulstice Theatre’s spring musical American Enterprise. Congrats also to student Marielle Schuchardt, recently seen as Mimi in RENT at UW-Manitowoc, currently featured as a member of “the Council” in UW-Sheboygan/TYA’s production of Hairspray.

    Stay tuned for announcements regarding the next Vox Box “Sweethearts” Soiree, coming up in February!

  • Jan6

    I’ve neglected my promise to post a poem every month. More of a song, this one is. I usually write in free verse, but the simplicity and impact, perhaps even the restriction, of repeated images and rhyming couplets fit the mood that inspired the piece.

    west coast lament

    Mountains sage and sea
    are calling to me
    shells pebbles sand
    for the hollow of my hand
    Leave the words unsaid
    the heavy heart and head
    mountains sage and sea
    are waiting for me  Read More