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Luvada A. Harrison has a varied and distinguished academic and performance background.  She has performed with regional opera companies and symphony orchestras throughout the United States and Europe in such venues as Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Carnegie Hall and the Châtelet Theatre in Paris.  As an arts educator, she has performed with the New York City Opera and the Metropolitan Opera Guild. Her repertoire encompasses opera, oratorio, symphonic literature, art song and musical theatre. Ms. Harrison received national exposure when she was seen as Aida in the “Drama Queens” episode on HBO’s hit series Sex and the City.

In 2007, she earned a doctorate in music degree with emphasis on Vocal Performance and Opera from the College of Music at Florida State University, where she was a University Fellow. She also received a scholarship to study Italian Art Song at the Barga Institute in Barga, Italy. 

In 2008 she presented her doctoral research on Lyric Arts Songs for the Salon by 20th century Italian composer Franco Alfano at national and international conferences.

In 2009 she appeared as a guest artist and recitalist at Fayetteville State University in North Carolina, Lawrence University in Wisconsin and Albany State University, Georgia. Luvada also made her debut with the Tuscaloosa Symphony as the guest artist for their Holiday Pops Concert.

She is one of 12 voice teachers chosen from amongst the academic and private sector of North America to participate in the highly selective NATS 2010 Summer Intern Program. As a Summer Intern, she will teach private voice lessons under the guidance of master teachers, attend various lecturers and seminars on vocal pedagogy, and participate in master classes.

A native of Baltimore, Maryland, Luvada A. Harrison holds degrees from Towson State University, Binghamton University and Florida State University. She is a member of Pi Kappa Lamda National Music Honor Society, the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS), College Music Society, and the National Opera Association. Currently, she serves on the faculty of Stillman College in Tuscaloosa, AL.