About Lisette
Soloist, chamber musician, and orchestral player Lisette Kielson has been described in the press as “sparkling with life” (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel) and with “dazzling natural technique and brilliant interpretation…performing with true character and style.” (Les Dernières Nouvelles d'Alsace)
Past President of the American Recorder Society and former Director of Bradley University’s Collegium Musicum, Lisette continues her love of teaching by serving as Music Director of the ARS Chicago Chapter, as faculty member of the Whitewater Early Music Festival, and by maintaining a private studio and an active schedule as workshop presenter across the country.
Throughout the Midwest, Lisette has had the honor and pleasure of performing with, among others, Chicago Recorder Trio, L’Ensemble Portique, the Lyric Opera of Chicago (stage band recorder soloist), Chicago Opera Theater, Haymarket Opera Company, Music of the Baroque, Madison Bach Musicians, and at the Bach Institute at Valparaiso University, Early Music Missouri, Madison Early Music Festival, Peoria Bach Festival, Chicago’s Bach Week Festival, and with many Chicago-area early music ensembles.
Lisette has released recordings of Bach and Boismortier with Centaur Records as well as CDs of Telemann and others under her own label. Her recordings are played nationally and have received enthusiastic reviews from American Recorder, American Record Guide, and Audio Video Club of Atlanta.
Lisette has gained much inspiration, guidance, and strength from her teachers and mentors. Recorder: Roberta Sweet, John Langfeld, Eva Legêne, and Michael Barker. Flute: Nina Barwell, Mary-Louise Poor, Ernestine Whitman, Kate Lukas, James Pellerite, and Peter Lloyd.
Lisette holds Bachelor and Master Degrees in flute performance from Indiana University and a post-master’s Diploma in recorder performance from The Royal Conservatory of The Hague, The Netherlands.
ABRIDGED BIOGRAPHY
Lisette Kielson performs at Early Music Festivals and in concert in Chicago and throughout the Midwest as soloist, chamber musician, and orchestral player. Past President of the American Recorder Society and former Director of Bradley University’s Collegium Musicum, Lisette teaches on the faculty of the Whitewater Early Music Festival, serves as Music Director of the ARS Chicago Chapter, and maintains an active schedule as workshop presenter across the country. Lisette holds Bachelor and Master Degrees in flute from Indiana University and a post-master’s Diploma in recorder from The Royal Conservatory of The Hague, The Netherlands. She has recorded with Centaur Records as well as with her own label.