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 Gilda Lyons, composer, soprano, and visual artist, is a frequent recitalist, performing her own vocal works as well as those of other living composers.
Of her recent performance in Daron Hagen's Shining Brow (Buffalo Philharmonic, c. JoAnn Falletta) David Shengold of Opera, UK writes "Gilda Lyons's clear soprano compels admiration." (Naxos).
In 2009/10, Ms. Lyons will partner with Anonymous 4's Ruth Cunningham and the powerfully expressive mezzo Elaine Valby in a multi-media performance collaboration with video-artist Holen Kahn.
A new-music specialist with dozens of premieres to her credit, Ms. Lyons' intense commitment to contemporary music is coupled with a passion for ancient and traditional vocal works; she moves easily between styles and has premiered, performed, workshopped and commissioned the broadest range of art music. Recent premieres include new works by Hayes Biggs, Stephen Dembski, Paula Kimper, Eric Moe and Faye-Ellen Silverman, among many others.
Highlights of past seasons include appearances at The Seasons Music Festival in Washington State in fall 08; as Nora Barnacle in The Antient Concert, the centerpiece of Symphony Space's Bloomsday on Broadway XXVI in June 07 and again in 07/08 at The Century Association, NYC; and as soloist with the Buffalo Philharmonic in their semi-staged concert production of Hagen's opera Shining Brow in fall 06.
Ms. Lyons made her professional debut as composer and vocalist with the American Symphony Chamber Orchestra in 1997, performing the world premiere of her orchestral song cycle Feis. She received her Ph.D. in Music Composition from the State University of New York at Stony Brook and is a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh and Bard College. Ms. Lyons has studied composition with Anne LeBaron, Eric Moe, Daria Semegen, Joan Tower and Roger Zahab; conducting with Roger Zahab; and voice with Arthur Burrows, Barry Busse and Elaine Valby.
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