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With Chenyu Wang, piano.

Lisa Hennessy is principal flutist with the Boston Ballet Orchestra, Boston Philharmonic Orchestra, Boston Landmarks Orchestra and the Portland Symphony Orchestra, and performs regularly with Boston Lyric Opera, Boston Pops, Boston Symphony and the Rhode Island Philharmonic. She also enjoys performing in chamber music ensembles with her colleagues for various events and concerts throughout New England. Lisa teaches at Phillips Acadmy in Andover in addition to her private flute studio. She has given masterclasses for the Greater Boston Flute Association, the Longy School of Music and the University of Southern Maine.  Lisa holds a Master’s in Music, with distinction in performance, from the New England Conservatory, and a Bachelor of Arts in Music, summa cum laude, from the University of Houston. While earning her degrees, she studied with Byron Hester, principal flutist of the Houston Symphony, and renowned flute soloist Paula Robison. While doing her graduate studies, Lisa was the winner of Boston’s James Pappoutsakis Flute Competition and NEC’s Concerto Competition. She has been a featured soloist on WGBH radio’s Boston Performances and with the Portland Symphony, North Shore Philharmonic, and Boston Landmarks Orchestra, and has made recordings for the A&E Cable Network and the Naxos American Classics and Chandos labels.