Albrecht, Lisa

Lisa Albrecht

Lisa Albrecht is a native of Upstate New York and currently serves as Second Trombone with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra and Principal Trombone of Opera Saratoga. She previously held positions in the Minnesota Orchestra and the Honolulu Symphony. Albrecht is a graduate of the Eastman School of Music where she studied with John Marcellus and was awarded the Emory Remington Scholarship and the Performer’s Certificate. Her other influential teachers include Alan Bomwell, George Osborn, James Desano, and Arnold Jacobs. In 1986 she joined the San Antonio Symphony and embarked on an orchestral career. She has subsequently performed with orchestras across the US, Europe, and Asia, including the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Milwaukee Symphony, Detroit Symphony, St. Louis Orchestra, Metropolitan Opera, Santa Fe Opera, Glimmerglass Opera, Seattle Symphony, American Symphony, Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra, Luzerne Festival Orchestra, St. Petersburg Orchestra, London Sinfonietta, Czech Symphony Orchestra, and the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen. During their 152nd season, she was appointed Assistant Principal Trombonist with the New York Philharmonic and became the first woman to serve in the orchestra’s brass section. Based in New York as a freelance artist for 15 years, she performed regularly at Lincoln Center and on Broadway. She has recorded with several orchestras, chamber ensembles, for television, radio, and film. Ms. Albrecht has also enjoyed collaborations with the Martha Graham, Mark Morris, and Eric Hawkins dance companies.