LSC-Tomball Fine and Performing Arts
CREATIVITY. COLLABORATION. COMMUNITY.
Welcome to LSC-Tomball’s Fine and Performing Arts where creativity and collaboration merge to create a welcoming atmosphere for students to thrive. We offer a variety of programs, from theater productions to music, and art.
Community members are welcome to attend the productions we produce each year. Please see the link below to view our upcoming productions and purchase tickets.
MUSIC
Our music program is committed to excellence in performance. We offer opportunities for both music majors and non-music majors.
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ARTS
The mission of our Arts program is to provide high-quality foundational courses in various disciplines. The LSC-Tomball Art Gallery, located in the Beckendorf Conference Center, allows visitors to view the work of our faculty, students, and visiting artists.
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DRAMA
In addition to offering three A.A. in Drama pathways (Performance, Tech/Design, and General Theatre Studies), the LSC-Tomball Drama Department offers several stage productions each year. The public is always welcome to enjoy these performances, produced by current LSC-Tomball students.
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Meet Our Faculty
Dr. Lisa Morales’ musical journey began at the age of three with Suzuki violin lessons at Oklahoma City University. As a violinist with the Charleston Youth Symphony (SC) and violin performance major through college, she studied with Dr. Won Mo Kim (Charleston Symphony Orchestra), Tiberius Klausner (University of Missouri – Kansas City), Dr. Donald Portnoy (University of South Carolina), and Leonard Feldberg (University of New Mexico). Vocal studies with Drs. Aija and James Shrader included masterclasses with the renowned vocal pedagogue Richard Miller of Oberlin Conservatory followed by a year of intensive study with Florence Birdwell (teacher of Kristin Chenoweth and Kelli O’Hara among others). While on staff at Tulsa Opera, Dr. Morales worked with nationally and internationally known singers, directors, and conductors and developed an opera appreciation course in conjunction with the University of Tulsa. Recently, she continued advanced study in the field with vocal pedagogy and conducting institutes at Boston Conservatory, Southern Methodist University, and the University of North Texas. Additional graduate coursework at the University of Houston-Moores School of Music has enabled her to learn from Professor Melanie Sonnenberg and the generous voice faculty associated with MSM. (Go coogs!)
Dr. Morales’ students are successful performers and have been welcomed into the Houston Grand Opera High School program, Sam Houston State University musical theater and theater programs, the University of Houston-Moores School of Music, Wichita State University musical theater program, and Oklahoma City University Petree School of Music. Additionally, students who have trained with Dr. Morales are now featured singers and performers in various semi-professional and professional venues, including Disneyland in Orlando!
Dr. Morales has worked in higher education for over twenty years, developing curriculum, establishing and building programs, and designing extracurricular activities. Her research interests focus on the interdisciplinary nature of learning and encompass vocal health, bel canto and musical theater style singing technique, performance practice and programming, and the economic impact of war/effectiveness of reconstruction efforts within two primary contexts: the War of 1812 and the Marshall Plan. At LSC-Tomball, provides leadership for the direction of the music program, teaches music appreciation and private voices students and directs vocal ensembles. She has served on the faculties of University of Tulsa, Northwestern Oklahoma State University, and North Central Texas College.
Professor Steffani Frideres, M.F.A., SteffaniFrideres.com
Steffani earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Photography and Art History at The University of Calgary, Canada, and her Master of Fine Art in Photography and printmaking/drawing, at Washington State University. Presently she oversees the Fine Art area at LSC-Tomball College, teaching a variety of studio art classes and Art Appreciation classes. Her studio artwork combines drawing and photography, utilizing historical photographic processes, such as encaustic photographs, and printing photographs on cloth. Steffani is active in the local and larger art community being an adjudicator for the Houston Arts Grant Alliance, Society of Photographic Educators and the National Women’s Art organization. She has exhibited internationally and locally: New York, California, and Texas to name a few USA locations-- and internationally: Mexico, Italy, Scotland, New Zealand and Canada. Her work has been published in numerous art publications, such as Diffusion X. She has presented her research at the National College Art Association and The Society of Photographic Educators national and regional conferences.
In every studio class I teach, I want the students to be able to achieve the highest of their abilities. Tomball’s small classes allow me to make this happen! We have fantastic facilities and space for students to make and develop their ideas through a variety of artistic processes. Whether it is digital art, in our updated computer lab, with an Epson 20x24 color printer, or photography in our 15 black and white enlarger wet darkroom. Whatever your studio focuses we have drawing, design, painting, photography or digital art, we have a space for you to develop and create your portfolio in our new Fine Arts AA-focused degree program. Yearly, we hold a student art exhibition.
Professor Jill Brumer, M.F.A.
Jill serves as Program Coordinator for the Drama Department at LSC Tomball. She attended Queens College in Charlotte, NC, where she graduated as valedictorian with a B.A. in English/Drama. She continued her education at the Savannah College of Art and Design in Savannah, GA, where she received her Master's in Media & Performing Arts. Her emphasis is in Acting, Directing, and Costuming. She firmly believes there is a spot for all students to learn and grow within the performing arts, whether it be onstage or backstage. Students do not need to be Drama majors to take a class and learn the fundamentals of bringing a story to life for the stage. All Lone Star College students are encouraged to take part in one of the four shows produced yearly on campus.