ALISA BELFLOWER teaches singing and acting. A member of the professional Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers, she also works as a coach, producer, and/or staging director of musical productions. Having joined the Korff School of Music’s faculty and the Carson School of Theatre and Film’s faculty at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in 2000, in 2022 she was honored with emerita faculty standing. Alisa also served as an Associate Producer in Development with the Lied Center for Performing Arts. As an advocate of new works, she directs developmental staged readings with renowned guest composers-in-residence and is a resident stage director in ASCAP’s Midwest New Musical Theatre Workshop. Having presented her research and performed internationally, Alisa is currently the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) National Vice President for Auditions 2022-2024 and Co-Chair of the National Opera Association (NOA) Stage Director Fellowship Selection Committee. Her students have won national and international awards for their performances of opera, art song, and musical theatre. Her former students have performed on Broadway, Off-Broadway, the West End, on television, in film, in national tours, and in professional opera and theatre companies around the world. An award-winning professor and director, Alisa holds bachelor’s degrees in music and in French from Furman University. After an opera apprenticeship in Paris, France, she completed her master's degree and doctoral studies at the University of South Carolina.
