Lisa Sokolov is the originator of Embodied VoiceWork. She is acclaimed as a groundbreaking singular vocalist, improviser, composer and music therapist. She has devoted her life to mining the depths of the powers of the human voice.

Sokolov is acknowledged for her pioneering work with voice in Music Therapy and Applied Arts and for her work, trainings and writing on the wider application of the role of voice in culture. Her work has been applied in artistic training, music therapy and human potential work. She trains a wide range of people from renowned professional singers to people who are afraid to make sound.

Her performances include solos, duets, quartets, big bands and her own Voice/Movement/Theater work and choral works. Her recordings angel Rodeo, Lazy Afternoon, Presence and A Quiet Thing have all received Best CD of the Year citations and press kudos. DownBeat magazine cites “Presence” as 5 stars “Masterpiece”, Best CD of the Year and made the DownBeat “Best of the Decade” list. Sokolov has recorded extensively for William Parker and is often asked to record composers adventurous song cycles.. She has been heard at the Montreaux Jazz Festival, The Stimmen Festival, Opera House of Lyons, the Spoleto Festival, the Kool Jazz Festival., The Vision Festival, Havana International Jazz Festival, NYC Winter Jazzfest, the Tampere Jazz Happening, Brisbane Festival, The Knitting Factory, The Bottom Line, Alice Tully Hall, Symphony Space and many other venues.

Before her full time appointment as Arts Professor at The Experimental Theater Wing at New York University Tisch, Sokolov was on the faculty of The Graduate Program of Music Therapy at NYU for 10 years. Lisa is invited internationally to perform, teach workshops and master classes in her vocal techniques to artists, therapists, physicians and people just wanting to connect and sing. Her performance and vocal techniques have been written up in magazines, newspapers and in texts on improvisation. Her work as a lay cantor has been featured in A CBS Special, “Sacred Art; Ancient Voices”