Faculty Profile
Lisa Turchi
(she/her/hers)Contributing Faculty in Music (voice) (2019)
Contact Information
Weiss Center for the Arts Room 316
717-254-8263
Bio
Equally at home on stage and in concert, Elisabeth Turchi’s versatility as an artist is evident in the diverse roles she has performed, comic to dramatic. Stage credits include Violetta (La Traviata), Musetta (La Bohème), Konstanze (Die Entführung aus dem Serail), Rosina (Il Barbiere di Siviglia), Alice (Falstaff), and Lucy (The Telephone). She has sung with the Pittsburgh Opera, Caramoor International Music Festival, Opera Camerata of Washington DC, Annapolis Opera, Opera Delaware, Harrisburg Opera, New Opera Festival of Rome, and Gotham Chamber Opera. Career highlights include a European tour of Haydn’s Creation with two-time Grammy winner Robert Page and performing Dave Brubeck’s Canticles of Mary with the Grammy-winning composer and his famous quartet. Ms. Turchi is an alumna of Bel Canto at Caramoor, The International Institute of Vocal Arts, The Westchester Summer Vocal Institute, The International Lyric Academy of Rome, and The Ezio Pinza Council of American Singers of Opera. She holds degrees in vocal performance from Carnegie Mellon University and Shenandoah University.
Education
- B.F.A., Carnegie Mellon University, 1999
- M.Perf., Shenandoah University, 2003
2023-2024 Academic Year
Fall 2023
MUEN 009 College Choir
May Not Be Audited.Each year, the College Choir performs two concerts featuring a diverse and moving range of international choral music that reflects Dickinson’s global mindset and intercultural practice. In recent years, the choir has sung in over thirteen languages—including Arabic, Hebrew, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean—and presented innovative programs to address current social and political concerns. The choir also regularly collaborates with other student ensembles—such as the Dickinson Orchestra, the Jazz Ensemble, and the Dance Theater Group—as well as professional institutions in our area. All students—regardless of major—are encouraged to contact the director for an audition.
MUPS 111 The Expressive Voice
This course explores the basics of expressive singing, confident speaking and the general mechanics of beginning voice study. Learn the anatomy of the voice. Wield the power of a colorful and dynamic speaking voice. Discover the joys of using your voice as a musical instrument. You will encounter group and solo class work, individual lessons, and musical coachings as you interpret text and give voice to your thoughts and feelings. The course is tailor-made to fit a student‘s ability level with individually shaped challenges helping you to read, speak, and sing more expressively. This class does not require the ability to read music.
MUPS 113 Voice (1st semester)
Permission of Instructor Required / Additional Fee Required
Scholarships Are Available / May Not Be Audited
Students who register for Performance Studies courses (MUPS) must commit to their availability during the first Monday through Friday of Final Exam week, because the Final exams ("juries") for MUPS Courses take place each semester during that time.
MUPS 114 Voice (2nd semester)
Additional Fee Required / Scholarships Are Available / May Not Be Audited
Students who register for Performance Studies courses (MUPS) must commit to their availability during the first Monday through Friday of Final Exam week, because the Final exams ("juries") for MUPS Courses take place each semester during that time.
MUPS 213 Voice (3rd semester)
Additional Fee Required / Scholarships Are Available / May Not Be Audited
Students who register for Performance Studies courses (MUPS) must commit to their availability during the first Monday through Friday of Final Exam week, because the Final exams ("juries") for MUPS Courses take place each semester during that time.
MUPS 214 Voice (4th semester)
Additional Fee Required / Scholarships Are Available / May Not Be Audited
Students who register for Performance Studies courses (MUPS) must commit to their availability during the first Monday through Friday of Final Exam week, because the Final exams ("juries") for MUPS Courses take place each semester during that time.
MUPS 313 Voice (5th semester)
Additional Fee Required / Scholarships Are Available / May Not Be Audited
Students who register for Performance Studies courses (MUPS) must commit to their availability during the first Monday through Friday of Final Exam week, because the Final exams ("juries") for MUPS Courses take place each semester during that time.
MUPS 314 Voice (6th semester)
Additional Fee Required / Scholarships Are Available / May Not Be Audited
Students who register for Performance Studies courses (MUPS) must commit to their availability during the first Monday through Friday of Final Exam week, because the Final exams ("juries") for MUPS Courses take place each semester during that time.
MUPS 413 Voice (7th semester)
Additional Fee Required / Scholarships Are Available / May Not Be Audited
Students who register for Performance Studies courses (MUPS) must commit to their availability during the first Monday through Friday of Final Exam week, because the Final exams ("juries") for MUPS Courses take place each semester during that time.
MUPS 414 Voice (8th semester)
Additional Fee Required / Scholarships Are Available / May Not Be Audited
Students who register for Performance Studies courses (MUPS) must commit to their availability during the first Monday through Friday of Final Exam week, because the Final exams ("juries") for MUPS Courses take place each semester during that time.
Spring 2024
MUEN 009 College Choir
May Not Be Audited.Each year, the College Choir performs two concerts featuring a diverse and moving range of international choral music that reflects Dickinson’s global mindset and intercultural practice. In recent years, the choir has sung in over thirteen languages—including Arabic, Hebrew, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean—and presented innovative programs to address current social and political concerns. The choir also regularly collaborates with other student ensembles—such as the Dickinson Orchestra, the Jazz Ensemble, and the Dance Theater Group—as well as professional institutions in our area. All students—regardless of major—are encouraged to contact the director for an audition.
MUPS 111 The Expressive Voice
Performance Studies: Piano
Introduction to piano technique and keyboard fundamentals in a group setting. Recommended for all students with no keyboard experience regardless of major. Course content includes both group and solo playing, individual practice sessions, basic music theory, and expository writing. Learning objectives include being able to read and play basic piano music with two hands and pedal.
Will meet prerequisite for continued study in piano (114). Prerequisite: permission of the instructor.
Performance Studies: The Expressive Voice: From Page to Stage
This course explores the basics of expressive singing, confident speaking and the general mechanics of beginning voice study. Learn the anatomy of the voice. Wield the power of a colorful and dynamic speaking voice. Discover the joys of using your voice as a musical instrument. You will encounter group and solo class work, individual lessons, and musical coachings as you interpret text and give voice to your thoughts and feelings. The course is tailor-made to fit a student‘s ability level with individually shaped challenges helping you to read, speak, and sing more expressively. This class does not require the ability to read music.
Will meet prerequisite for continued study in voice (114). Prerequisite: permission of the instructor.
Performance Studies: Guitar
Introduction to plectrum and finger style guitar technique in a group setting. Recommended for all students wanting to learn guitar at Dickinson with little or no prior experience and for those music majors or future music majors with no guitar experience. Course content includes both group and solo playing, individual practice sessions, music notation, listening assignments, fretboard theory, basic musicianship and required concert attendance. While the emphasis in reading will be on standard notation, tablature and chord chart diagrams will be explored.
Prerequisite: permission of the instructor.