Lisa Moffat was born in Scotland, and started studying singing at the age of 14 with Alice Dennis and Raimund Herincx. During this time she built up considerable performance experience singing as a soloist with local choirs, in recital programmes and music festivals. She also played the piano and trumpet, gaining distinctions in singing, piano, trumpet and theory and leading the brass section in various youth orchestras, bands and a jazz band.
She joined the Haddo Junior Choir and Theatre aged 8, and took many solo parts over the years as she moved up the ranks to the Youth Theatre and Choral and Operatic Society.
She has sung in the chorus of the past ten operas at Haddo, and also took the part of Barbarina The Marriage of Figaro in the touring production with Camberwell Pocket Opera (now English Pocket Opera) in 1999, performing in six performances at the Ryedale Festival, Glasgow, Edinburgh, and Haddo.
After leaving school she studied music at Huddersfield University and recently graduated after having gained a BMus (Hons). Whilst at University she took part as a member and soloist of the University Choir, University Chamber Choir, Huddersfield Camerata and a project in the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival. She sang as a soloist for A Child of our Time, Carmina Burana, Messiah, and Serenade to Music, as well as regularly taking part in the Lunchtime and Evening Recital programmes and The Mrs Sunderland Musical Competition.
She gained first class marks in performance exams with her teacher Rebecca Saunders, and received commendation in a Masterclass with Stephen Varcoe.
As part of her course she took the parts of Sandman Hansel and Gretel and First Lady The Magic Flute in staged scenes from the operas.
Having returned to the North East of Scotland, she plans to continue studying singing with a view to postgraduate study at Music College in a few years. Meanwhile she looks forward to continuing her solo career in the area, and will be taking pupils.
'Thrilling confidence' - Press and Journal, Soirée Française, Haddo Oct . '04
‘A real Handel singer’, ‘lovely tone’, ‘Extremely well-performed in character’, ‘Very impressive performance’, ‘Beautiful’, ‘Excellent – a remarkable variety of vocal colour and style – always appropriate to the music’, ‘a compelling performance’ – a collection of written comments made in exams from 2000-2004
‘Thoughtful, expressive singing throughout, and you used your lovely rich voice musically, producing some well judged changes of pace and dynamics…A fine performance.’ adjudication in The Mrs Sunderland Musical Competition 2004
‘A lovely, warm quality to the voice…This had understanding, colour and you created just the right mood…a pleasing performance.’ – Dr Sheila Armstrong, adjudication in The Mrs Sunderland Musical Competition 2002
‘I enjoyed this performance very much; you have a voice of feminine quality, and you handled the difficulties in the song with ease. Very musical singing and entirely enjoyable.’ – adjudication in the Aberdeen and North East of Scotland Music Festival 2000