gilda lyons
is active both as composer and performer. As vocalist, Ms. Lyons performs regularly with Elaine Valby and Robert La Rue as the voice and cello trio Seraphim;
the trio has commissioned new works by composers Hayes Biggs, Daron Hagen, and Paula Kimper (06/07 premieres); Slavko Krstic, Eric Moe, and Faye-Ellen Silverman
(07/08 premieres). In June 2007, Ms. Lyons sang the role of Nora Barnacle in Daron Hagen's The Antient Concert, the centerpiece of Symphony Space's
Bloomsday on Broadway XXVI; she performers the role again in 07/08 at The Century Association, NYC. She appeared as soloist with the Buffalo Philharmonic in their
semi-staged concert production of Hagen’s opera Shining Brow in fall 2006. Her intense commitment to direct communication through song is expressed in
part through her dedication to new music. She appears frequently in New York City performing her own vocal works as well as those of other living composers. 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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