Lisa Raschiatore, theory

Lisa Raschiatore lisa.raschiatore@gmail.com teaches music theory at Adrian College. She resides in Ann Arbor, Michigan, where she is a freelance musician and teacher.  In addition to performing as the principal clarinetist of both the Dearborn and Plymouth Symphony Orchestras, she is a regular performer with the West Michigan and Traverse City Symphony Orchestras.  She has also served as an additional or substitute musician with the Detroit, Grand Rapids, and Windsor Symphony Orchestras. As an active proponent of contemporary music, she has commissioned and premiered numerous works, co-founded a new-music ensemble called Warped Consort, and is currently on fellowship with the Aspen Contemporary Ensemble at the Aspen Music Festival and School. Additionally, she was the musical assistant to Michael Daugherty in the creation of his clarinet concerto, Brooklyn Bridge, which was commissioned by the International Clarinet Association and premiered at Carnegie Hall in New York City in 2005.  Her participation in music festivals has taken her around the world; she recently appeared in the New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival of 2009, and was a guest mentor, instructor, and performer at the Festival de Música de Santa Catarina in Jaraguá do Sul, Brazil in 2008.

She completed her undergraduate degree at Pepperdine University under the tutelage of Mary Gale, then attended the University of Michigan, where she earned both her Masters and Doctoral degrees with Fred Ormand, Dan Gilbert, and Monica Kaenzig.  During her Doctorate, she completed the Music Theory Pedagogy Certificate coursework, and incorporates this knowledge throughout her clarinet pedagogy and other related teaching activities.  Dr. Raschiatore is on several faculties of Michigan universities, including Madonna University in Livonia, and Alma College in Alma.  Additionally, she recently served as a sabbatical replacement for Dr. Kennen White as the Assistant Professor of Clarinet at Central Michigan University in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan.   

Teaches the following courses

• Music Fundamentals

• Theory 1

• Theory 2