# Lisa Reagan

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{{Short description|American musician, composer, and voice professor}}
{{Infobox musical artist
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| name              = Lisa Reagan
| birth_date        = {{Birth date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}}
| birth_place       = Nichols Hills, Oklahaoma
| occupation        = {{hlist|Singer|musician|composer|voice professor}}
| genre             = {{hlist|Opera|classical|new age|ambient|jazz|pop}}
| instrument        = Piano
| website           = {{URL|lisareagan.com}}
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'''Lisa Reagan''' is an American singer, musician, composer, and professor of voice. She has released eight albums in musical genres from classical to new age.  She performed with the [Washington National Opera](/source/Washington_National_Opera) for more than 20 years.<ref>{{Cite web |last=McDonnell |first=Brandy |title=New world of music: OKC opera singer Lisa Reagan Love explores ancient chants in duo Shunia |url=https://www.oklahoman.com/story/entertainment/2021/08/27/okc-opera-singer-lisa-reagan-love-explores-ancient-chants-duo-shunia/7589308002/ |access-date=2024-04-25 |website=The Oklahoman |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Early life and education==
As a child in Oklahoma City, Reagan caught the attention of and studied under Dr. Clarence Burg, Dean of Music and professor of piano at [Oklahoma City University](/source/Oklahoma_City_University).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pianist, Teacher Burg Dies |url=https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/1986/11/07/pianist-teacher-burg-dies/62709836007/ |access-date=2024-04-25 |website=The Oklahoman |language=en-US}}</ref> She took acting classes at the historic Mummers Theater,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mummers-Theater |url=https://johnmjohansen.com/Mummers-Theater.html |access-date=2024-04-25 |website=johnmjohansen.com}}</ref> and studied voice with [Florence Birdwell](/source/Florence_Birdwell), who taught [Kristin Chenoweth](/source/Kristin_Chenoweth) and [Kelli O'Hara](/source/Kelli_O'Hara). After obtaining her bachelor's degree in voice and piano at [Oklahoma City University](/source/Oklahoma_City_University), Reagan earned a master's in opera and vocal performance from the University of Maryland's Opera Studio.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-08-01 |title=MARYLAND OPERA STUDIO {{!}} School of Music |url=https://music.umd.edu/ensembles/maryland-opera-studio |access-date=2024-04-25 |website=music.umd.edu |language=en}}</ref> Reagan was also Miss Oklahoma on her first try, having just turned 19 in that year's [Miss America Pageant](/source/Miss_America_Pageant).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Glover |first=Mike |title=Oklahoma Opera Singer, Teacher Has No Plans To Slow Down |url=https://www.newson6.com/story/65ceab0a914088065657dd0c/oklahoma-opera-singer-teacher-has-no-plans-to-slow-down |access-date=2024-04-25 |website=www.newson6.com |language=en}}</ref>

==Career==
Reagan shared the stage during her two-decade residency at the [Washington National Opera](/source/Washington_National_Opera) with performers including [Luciano Pavarotti](/source/Luciano_Pavarotti), [Plácido Domingo](/source/Pl%C3%A1cido_Domingo), and [Renee Fleming](/source/Renee_Fleming). She performed solo for [King Hussein](/source/King_Hussein), [Oscar Arias](/source/Oscar_Arias) of Costa Rica, [Deng Xiaoping](/source/Deng_Xiaoping), and at White House events for Presidents [Ronald Reagan](/source/Ronald_Reagan) and [George H. W. Bush](/source/George_H._W._Bush).<ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-01-24 |title=IN BRIEF |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2002/05/09/in-brief/3fec0731-80ce-4c28-b5c7-e0d8dd84b36a/ |access-date=2024-04-25 |newspaper=Washington Post |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}}</ref> She presented a one-woman show of [Sondheim](/source/Stephen_Sondheim) at [The Kennedy Center](/source/The_Kennedy_Center) and performed at the [Wolf Trap Opera](/source/Wolf_Trap_Opera). Her composition "a L'infini" was featured on the [Bravo Network](/source/Bravo_(American_TV_network)) finale of [''Project Runway'' season 1](/source/Project_Runway_season_1).<ref>{{Citation |title=L' Infini Compilation - Lisa Reagan {{!}} Album {{!}} AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/l-infini-compilation-mw0001659833 |access-date=2024-04-25 |language=en}}</ref>

In 2021, Reagan performed the role of the Cantor in the Canterbury Voices' world premiere performance o''f Perpetual Solace'', composed by [Edward Knight](/source/Edward_Knight_(composer)) and librettist [M.J. Alexander](/source/M.J._Alexander). The production, which honored people of Oklahoma City affected by the 1995 [Oklahoma City bombing](/source/Oklahoma_City_bombing),<ref>Gilmore, Joan (March 13, 2020); "Around town: Canterbury voices commemorating bombing with premiere", ''Journal Record''</ref> won the 2022 American Prize in Choral Performance.<ref>{{Cite web |title=National Finalists: CHORUSES, 2022 |url=http://theamericanprize.blogspot.com/2022/05/finalists-choruses-2022.html |access-date=2024-04-25 |language=en}}</ref> Reagan's world music/chant album ''Shunia'' earned the Silver Award in World Fusion Music at the 2021 COVR Visionary Awards.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-06-28 |title=2021 COVR Visionary Awards Winners {{!}} COVR |url=https://covr.org/covr-visionary-awards/2021-covr-visionary-awards-winners/ |access-date=2024-04-25 |website=covr.org |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Academic career and teaching==
Reagan was a professor of voice at the Shenandoah Conservatory of Music from 1998 to 2008.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Music |url=https://www.su.edu/conservatory/music-home/ |access-date=2024-04-25 |website=Conservatory |language=en-US}}</ref> She was subsequently a professor of voice at the [Wanda L. Bass School of Music](/source/Wanda_L._Bass_School_of_Music) at Oklahoma City University.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Wanda L. Bass School of Music |url=https://www.okcu.edu/academics/schools-colleges/wanda-l-bass-school-of-music |access-date=2024-04-25 |website=Oklahoma City University |language=en}}</ref>  In 2013, she was invited to perform at the [Salzburg Music Festival](/source/Salzburg_Music_Festival) in Austria, and while there, she conducted classes in opera performing and teaching again in 2018. In May 2022, she taught a Masterclass in acting for opera singers at Accademia dell'Arte in Arezzo, Italy, which she reprised in 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Accademia dell'Arte {{!}} European Theatre, Vocal Arts and Dance |url=https://www.dellarte.it/ |access-date=2024-04-25 |website=Accademia dell'Arte |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Reagan and her husband, Greg Love, live in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and Aspen, Colorado.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Holzer |first=Evie Klopp |date=2021-11-01 |title=Touring Lisa Reagan Love's Harmonious Home |url=https://www.405magazine.com/touring-lisa-reagan-loves-harmonious-home/ |access-date=2024-04-25 |website=405 Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Discography==
===As Lisa Reagan===
* ''Satori'', 2002
* ''Arcana'', 2006
*  ''a L'Infini'' 2007 EP
* ''Noel'', 2012
* ''Realm of Dreams'', 2015
* ''Force of Love'', 2016
* ''The Most Wonderful Time'', 2016
* ''If Thoughts Could Tell'', 2018
*  ''What We Need Is Here'', 2023 <ref>{{Cite web |last=Cady |first=Elise |date=2023-11-06 |title=REVIEW: Lisa Reagan "What We Need Is Here" - Americana Highways |url=https://americanahighways.org/2023/11/06/review-lisa-reagan-what-we-need-is-here/,%20https://americanahighways.org/2023/11/06/review-lisa-reagan-what-we-need-is-here/ |access-date=2024-04-25 |website=americanahighways.org |language=en-US}}</ref>

===As Shunia===
* ''Ascend'', 2017
* ''Shunia'', 2021

===Additional recording credits===
* ''Magic Music Myth'',  2000 (Alchemy)
*  ''Rising'', 2004 (Margot MacDonald)
*  ''Torn'', 2007 (Marot MacDonald)
*  ''Omspun'', 2008 (Kgroovenada)

== References ==
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==External links==
* https://www.lisareagan.com

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