Lisa Cherry, B.M. Performance (horn)

Email: horn2tr@cox.net
818-370-7795 (cell) _____________________________________________________________________________________

Education:
High School: Palos Verdes High School 1972-1976
College: California State University, Long Beach 1976-1981

Bachelor of Arts, Music Performance, May 1981

Professional Experience:

Peninsula Symphony: 1972-present
Orquesta de Sinfonica, Veracruz Mexico 1981 season.
Long Beach Civic Light Opera Orchestra: 1980-1989
Opera al la Carte: 1981-1985
La Mirada Civic Light Opera Orchestra 1980-1989
Long Beach Ballet: 198801990, 2006-2012
Cypress Pops Orchestra: 1991 to present
Mozart Camerata Chamber Orchestra: 1994-1996
Orange County Symphony (Garden Grove Sym): 1994 to 2004
Capistrano Valley Symphony Orchestra: 1995-1999
South Coast Symphony (Founding member and Orchestra Contractor) 1991-2008
Performance Riverside: Musical productions: 2000 – 2012
“Evita” – McCoy/Rigby Productions, La Mirada and Taiwan Tour – 2001
Old Globe Theater, San Diego, CA “Ace” 2007 and “Dancing in the Dark” 2008
Hour of Power Orchestra – for the Crystal Cathedral 2001-2010
Pacific Symphony Orchestra: (sub) Asst Prin/4th Horn 2008-2012 Redlands Symphony - Redlands, CA. 2019. Temecula Valley Symphony - 2021 to present
Celtic Woman Tour – 2012,2014, 2016, 2018, 2022-The Christmas Tour
San Diego Music Theater – all productions from 2013 to present.

Hollywood Bowl Orchestra - Summer 2023

Tours throughout Europe. Italy, Vienna, Salzburg, Prague, Berlin, Poland, and Bulgaria 2003 to present.

Musician for jingles, live television and recordings 1978 to present
Orange County Philharmonic Society, Meet the Musicians 1994 to present. Member of Local AFM, Los Angeles, Orange County and San Diego, CA

Recent Movie Recordings include:

Hocus Pocus 2 - Music for the 2022 Disney+ film. September 2022

Avatar 2 - for 20th Century Fox, the movie and soundtrack. October 2022

Star Trek Discovery - Final episode of TV series at Warner Brothers. July 2023

Teaching Experience

Private horn studio 1974 to present
Citrus College  1998-2003
UC Irvine  1994-1996
Riverside Community College  1995 to 2000
Concordia University  1996 to 1999
Vanguard University  2000 to 2003 California Baptist Univ, Riverside CA  2003 to present UC Riverside  2016 to present. Orange County School of the Arts – 2018 to present.

Coaching Experience

Walnut HS - Walnut CA 1998 to present

La Paz Intermediate - 2021 to present

Sidelining for Motion Pictures

Fantasia 2000 – 1999 Red Dragon – 2002

Performances with Entertainers

Johnny Mathis, Peebo Bryson, Melissa Manchester, Tony Bennett, Josh Groban, Idina Menzel, Patti Lupone, Karen and Richard Carpenter, James Ingram and the Celtic Woman, just to name a few.