Lisa Lanza earned her BA in Music from Central Washington University and her Masters of Music in Piano Performance and Accompaniment from The University of Redlands. After completing her formal education she embarked on her career as an accompanist, working her way back to the Northwest with opera companies such as Inland Opera, Orange County Opera, Eugene Opera and Seattle Opera. As a musical theater accompanist she played for several seasons at The Village Theater in Issaquah and Seattle’s Civic Light Opera.
Eager to return to her practice of the classics, she moved to Port Townsend in 1988 when her day job at Seattle Landmark Standard Records and Hi-Fi expired. Participation in the Portland Piano Festival led to studies abroad with Paul Roberts at the Guildhall School of Music in London and with Maria João Pires at “Belgais” in Portugal.
Carol Rich was born in Queens, New York, and moved here recently from Portland, Oregon. Carol has a Doctorate in piano performance from The University of Washington, and a Masters from The Juilliard School. She performed regularly with the Oregon Symphony and Oregon Ballet Theatre. We are delighted to have Carol play with Rainshadow for the Spring 2018 Concerts, Rainshadow AT THE MOVIES!
Linda Dowdell has roots in both jazz and classical music. She toured the world from 1988-98 as musical director of both Mikhail Baryshnikov’s White Oak Dance Project and the Mark Morris Dance Group, performing with a variety of great artists including Yo-Yo Ma. Her choral compositions have received premieres by distinguished ensembles including Schola Cantorum of Edinburgh and the Gregg Smith Singers. Recent commissions have come from Yale University’s Guild of Carillonneurs and Port Angeles Symphony Orchestra.