Liza grew up immersed in the vibrant musical culture of the San Francisco Bay Area and now is based in Los Angeles.  As a performer and composer, her influences include Venezuelan joropo, Brazilian choro, and Cuban son as well as jazz and European classical genres.

 

Liza has released three albums of her music; Carousel in 2009, Waken in 2013, and Ao Outro Lado in 2021. Her latest album is an exploration of the harp in Brazilian styles of music including choro, baião, and Brazilian jazz.  Liza is an active freelance musician in Los Angeles and has performed with many LA based orchestras at venues such as the Walt Disney Concert Hall and Musco Center for the Arts.  Liza has performed with such artists as Sir Elton John, Kristin Chenoweth, Gonzalo Grau, Pablo Aslan, Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, and Carla Morrison. She is an award-winning composer and has presented her compositions at harp festivals in Brazil, Chile, Mexico, and Germany.  Her compositions include works for solo harp, harp and voice, jazz ensembles, and chamber music groups.

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In addition to performance, Liza is dedicated to her work as a music instructor.  She is a music instructor with LAUSD and works at four elementary schools in the San Fernando Valley. Liza holds a Bachelor’s of Music from Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music where she studied with Dr. Susann McDonald and Prof. Elzbieta Szmyt. I.U. awarded her the Performance Certificate for outstanding musicianship and performance ability on her graduation recital. In May 2015, she completed her Master's of Music at the University of Southern California's Thornton School of Music where she was the Assistant Harp Instructor to Prof. JoAnn Turovsky.