How it all started…

Shalisha has always loved the arts. Throughout her entire childhood, she could consistently be found at her piano practicing music or at her art desk drawing a picture.

During high school, she realized that she wanted to pursue a career in the arts, but had trouble deciding on which type of art to give her full attention. Although she loved drawing and participating in theatre productions, she ultimately chose to study music primarily. She was highly influenced by her teachers who had fueled her love and passion for these talents, and she realized early in her college education that she wanted to teach as well! However, the traditional method of teaching full-time at a school was never her main goal. Through her now decades of learning and experience, she has been able to fulfill her dream of building a life where she works fully in the arts through several different avenues and opportunities! While she currently holds positions at both Lifehouse Church and Hagerstown Community College, her work for Third Art is her favorite thing to do! She spends much of her time teaching and working on commissions and projects at home with her Shetland Sheepdog, Oliver, and in her free time she plays MarioKart online with her husband Josh and enjoys being a food blogger on Instagram.

Credentials

Shalisha Nason Kerr is based in Hagerstown, Maryland and is involved in the arts all through the four-state region. She holds a Bachelor of Music degree in Music Education (voice and piano). She completed her Master of Music degree and Post-Master’s Artist Diploma (both in vocal performance) at Shenandoah Conservatory in Winchester, Virginia.

Shalisha is a versatile vocalist with experience in several genres, including classical (lyric soprano), choral, musical theatre, and contemporary styles. She is a piano accompanist (primarily in modern and musical theatre repertoire) for performances and auditions, and has worked with several theatre companies, churches, and organizations as a music director, production director, actor, singer, and vocal instructor. She teaches private voice and piano instruction with a vocal training emphasis on natural vocal associations and mental placement techniques. She also teaches music at the collegiate level, has been a finalist and award-winner in several visual art competitions, and has certifications in visual art and ministry leadership.

Performance Resume

Theatre & Musical

  • Mrs. Paroo in The Music Man (Keystone Theatrics) 

  • Apista in And So... (Central Presbyterian Church)

  • Mother Abbess in The Sound of Music (Keystone Theatrics)

  • Adeline in A Victorian Christmas (MEG Theatre)

  • Ursula in The Little Mermaid (Keystone Theatrics)

  • Wicked Witch in The Wizard of Oz (Authentic Community Theatre)

  • Queen of Hearts in Alice in Wonderland (Actors Professional Theatre Conservatory)

  • Figure 8 in Schoolhouse Rock, Live! (Carlisle Theatre Company)

  • Miss Hannigan in Annie (Authentic Community Theatre)

  • Lady of the Lake in Monty Python's Spamalot (Carlisle Theatre Company)

  • Belle in Beauty and the Beast (Carlisle Theatre Company)

  • Mrs. Peters in Trifles (Evangel University)

Opera

  • Elisetta in Il Matrimonio Segreto (Loudoun Lyric Opera)

  • Farinelli's Trainer in Vinkensport (Shenandoah Conservatory)

  • Cathleen in Riders to the Sea (Bethesda Living Arts Series, Music&Arts at Westmoreland, Shenandoah Conservatory)

  • Mimi in La Boheme* (Bethesda Living Arts Series) 

  • Rosaura in Le Donne Curiose (Shenandoah Conservatory)

  • Countess in Le Nozze di Figaro* (Shanandoah Conservatory)

  • Wolf in The Wolf and the Lamb (Winchester Opera Project)

  • Harriet in Overtones (Shenandoah Conservatory)

  • Rosalinda in Die Fledermaus* (Evangel University)

  • Ambassador in La Bella Dormente (Evangel University)
    *scenes or acts 

Concert

  • An Evening with Poe (MEG Theatre) 

  • Handel's Messiah (Braddock St United Methodist Church) 

  • Songs through the Centuries (Winchester Medical Center) 

  • Faure Requiem (Front Royal Oratorio Society) 

  • Rutter Requiem (Front Royal Oratorio Society) 

  • Take Me To Your Lieder (Shenandoah Conservatory) 

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