Lisa Richards Music

Specialties

Online Skype Lessons, Voice Lessons, Songwriting Classes

I have a great deal available for Skype/​online lessons in the ‘Deals’ department.

In addition to giving private lessons in voice, singing, guitar and songwriting, I am a singer, a songwriter, a recording artist and a performer. I’ve been teaching for 16 years.

My students are a mixture of touring/​recording artists and folks who are just beginning their journey of musical discovery. Some are children, some teens, some are adults.

As a songwriter, I am about to release my 5^th CD. I’ve toured in the US, Europe and Australia.

If you’d like to schedule some lessons, drop me a line. You can find more information by calling, or drop by my website and go to the ‘lessons’ section on my website. It has a bunch of information on it including rates.

If you are interested in booking me for a concert or private function, e-​mail me.

History

Established in 1994.

Lisa Richards was born and raised in Australia and began vocal training in 1983, studying Classical Voice Technique by day and performing in a punk band at night. Her vocal philosophy is ‘sing whatever moves you but sing with correct vocal technique so you’ll have a voice to enjoy your whole life’. She has been teaching for 16 years.

She trained at the Canberra School of Music and then in Sydney with one of Australia’s finest opera singers, Joyce Simmons. Lisa moved from Australia to New York City in 1991 where she began teaching voice as she furthered her education by studying the voice, singing and teaching techniques with three excellent teachers, including Patricia Carey (yes, Mariah’s mother!) and Melissa Cross (The Zen Of Screaming).

She has been performing, writing songs and recording since 1986.

In addition to her own material, she has explored and is familiar with many musical vocal styles including jazz, pop, folk, country, bluegrass, broadway and rhythm and blues.

Meet the Business Owner

Lisa R.

Business Owner

She was raised on the tropical north eastern Australian coast, surrounded by beaches, waterfalls and rain-​forests. As the youngest of seven children, she absorbed the sounds of her mother’s talent as a classically trained pianist. However, when Lisa was seven, her life changed dramatically when a car accident left her mother severely brain damaged. The piano was sold, the music stopped and the house became quiet.

Out of this silence came an unrelenting urge for Lisa to create her own music. She began performing on the streets of Sydney’s King Cross, near the noisy and chaotic red light district, singing acapella. Her rendition of Nina Simone’s classic «Plain Gold Ring’» brought her critical acclaim and led to a performance at the Abercrombie Caves Concert singing alongside veteran actor Jack Thompson. This lead to touring throughout Australia.

Lisa moved to New York City in the early 90’s, and then to Austin 7 years later, lured down by a SXSW Showcase. The rest is history.

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