Liza Malamut

Liza Malamut is a founding member of Incantare and artistic director of The Newberry Consort. She regularly appears with period-instrument ensembles throughout North America and beyond, and her playing can be heard on the Musica Omnia, Naxos, Hyperion, New Focus Recordings, and George Blood Audio labels. A passionate teacher and researcher, Liza’s publications include the co-edited volume Music and Jewish Culture in Early Modern Italy: New Perspectives with Rebecca Cypess and Lynette Bowring (Indiana University Press), and the article “Europa Rossi: A Question of Identity,” in Min-Ad: Israel Studies in Musicology. She holds a Bachelor of Music degree in Trombone Performance from Eastman School of Music and a Master of Music degree from Boston University, and she earned her Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Historical Performance from Boston University. Her dissertation, a method book for modern trombonists, integrates historical techniques with mainstream playing and introduces eighty-eight solo etudes for trombone. She currently teaches historical trombone at Indiana University and directs the Early Music Ensemble at University of Chicago. When not engaged in musical pursuits, Liza enjoys running, hiking, baking, gardening, a good book, and all things outdoors.