Lisa Dowling: Bassist/Singer/Composer
Lisa Maree Dowling with The Lone Monk and ODD
ODD Trio includes Damien Olsen: Electric Guitar, Guitar Synthesizer, Piano and Adam Dym: Bass Clarinet, Saxes
Lisa Dowling is a Bassist, Singer and Improviser living in New York. Her playing has been described as ‘energetic and precise’ by the New York Times and her compositions have been hailed as ‘sublime and lovely’ by Bruce Gallanter of the Downtown Music Gallery. Celebrated for her energetic and refreshing approach to contemporary music, she has commissioned and premiered over 15 works for Double bass. She has appeared on stage with the Emerson Quartet, Colin Carr, Carolyn Sampson, Bang on A Can, and has appeared as a soloist with TACTUS, The New York Chamber Players, the Neauveau Classical Project and has recently enjoyed residency at the Gershwin Hotel’s ‘Contagious Sounds Series’. She has toured France with the Early Music Ensemble ‘Les Siecles’ and ‘Opera Fuoco’ and has participated in the Juene Atlantique Festival (France) working with conductor Philippe Herreweghe and the Tafelmusik Baroque Institute in Toronto. In 2007 she was a sponsored artist at the Boston Early Music Festival performing on Viola da Gamba and Double bass. In 2010 she was a fellow at the Bang on a Can Summer Institute at MassMoca, MA. Lisa is also DJ Li’l Miss Dolemite and enjoys spinning funk, soul, jazz, afrobeat and hiphop.
