Lisa Lenke-Sousa

Name:	Lisa Lenke-Sousa
Location:	Veradale, Washington United States 99037
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Lisa Lenke Sousa earned a Bachelors of Music and Masters Degree in Music from Eastern Washington University in Cheney, Washington. While at Eastern she had played for Philip Farkas for a clinic as well as being under the baton of Gunther Schuller for several other music clinics. Lisa also taught several horn master classes throughout the Northwest United States and Canada, while she was on tour with her wind ensemble in college.
After getting her Bachelors Degree in 1994, Lisa has played 4th horn in the Walla Walla Symphony in Walla Walla, Washington as well as the Mid Columbia Symphony in Richland, Washington. She also played in various other orchestras and wind ensembles. In 1994, Lisa played in the Royal Fireworks Band in Spokane, Washington as a substitute horn for their annual Royal Fireworks Concert. From 1995 to 2013, Lisa played Horn in the music ministry at Faith Bible Church in Spokane, where she performed solo work and orchestral work in mostly the Contemporary Christian genre.
From 2000 to 2009 Lisa joined the Spokane British Brass Band as a 3rd cornet player and while in the brass band, she competed twice at the North American Brass Band Association's National Competition both in the band (as a cornet player) and as a tenor horn (aka alto horn) soloist in the solo and ensemble competition in 2003 in Little Rock Arkansas and in 2005 in Chicago, Illinois. In 2015, Lisa returned to the Spokane British Brass Band as a 2nd tenor horn player.

Lisa Lenke Sousa currently plays 4th horn with the Coeur d' Alene Symphony Orchestra in Coeur D'Alene, Idaho; a position which she has held since Spring of 2005. She also continues to play in various other wind ensembles.

Lisa Lenke Sousa composes and arranges music for chamber ensembles where her work can be found on Youtube and her sheet music can be purchased online at Sheep Music Plus at http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/publishers/lisa-lenke-sousa-sheet-music/3003605 .

Additional Specialisms:

Orchestral Playing, Solo Performance, Early Music, Contemporary Music