Lisa Drew, contralto, has recently performed nationally as a concert soloist and internationally with The Rose Ensemble. She has also performed extensively in the Minneapolis and St. Paul area of Minnesota since relocating from San Diego, CA in 1991.

Ms. Drew was alto soloist in the “Brahm's Alto Rhapsody” and Horatio Parker's “Hora Novissima” at the Berkshire Choral Festival, the “Bach St. Matthew Passion” with the Minnesota Baroque Orchestra, and most recently in William Bolcom’s Songs of Innocence & Experience at Orchestra Hall in Minneapolis. Ms. Drew received acclaim as contralto soloist in the United States professional premier of the "Sandstrom High Mass" with VocalEssence at Orchestra Hall as well as Honneger's "King David" with VocalEssence and she garnered international acclaim as the mezzo-soprano soloist in Steve Heitzeg's "Nobel Symphony" with VocalEssence at Orchestra Hall in Minneapolis.

Lisa Drew's opera roles have included Genevieve in The Minnesota Opera's production of "Pelleas and Melisande", Bradamante in Ex Machina's production of "Alcina", Mrs. Ott in the Berkshire Opera Company's production of "Susannah", and The Fairy Queen in The Gilbert & Sullivan Very Light Opera Company's production of "Iolanthe."

Lisa has just completed her fifth season with the award winning early music vocal ensemble The Rose Ensemble and is the alto soloist at Plymouth Congregational Church in Minneapolis, MN under the direction of Philip Brunelle.