Lyndsi Maus
working with singers. She holds a Master’s degree in Piano Performance from the
University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music as well as a Master’s degree in
Klavier Vokalbegleitung from the Kunst Universität Graz where she was a student of
acclaimed British pianist, Julius Drake. During her studies in Austria, she was the
recipient of several awards, including the Pianist Prize in the 2016 International Brahms
Competition in Pörtschach, Austria and in the same year, the “Outstanding Lieder
Pianist Prize” at the American Institute of Musical Studies (AIMS) in Graz, Austria. She
is also a Britten-Pears Young Artist, having participated in the 21st Century Singer
course in 2018.
In addition to Lied accompanying, Lyndsi has served as a répétiteur and harpsichordist
for several opera festivals around Europe. From 2019-2021 she was a member of
Opernstudio at Staatstheater Nürnberg. For the 2021-2022 season, she joined the team
at Theater Regensburg as a full-time répétiteur.
After seven years in Europe, she moved back to the United States in 2022 to join the
faculty at Rice University The Shepherd School of Music as an Artist Teacher of Opera
Studies. In addition to opera coaching, she teaches the graduate level course on Song
Literature, and continues to concertize as well as creating special recital projects with
students and advising with program planning. This involves including both standard
repertoire and contemporary music, especially that which can spark important
conversations. For example, she played for the world premiere of Anton Lubchenko’s
opera “Mui”, which tells the story of a dystopian society where government controls
every aspect of life and people lose all sense of identity. In the summer of 2023, she
played the SongFest premiere of Shawn Okpebholo’s “Songs in Flight”, a song cycle
inspired by the database “Freedom on the Move” which has compiled over 30,000 ads
that were run in the 1800’s to track down runaway slaves. Most recently, she has
worked with Kellan Dunlap to program and tour the recital “Even the Trees Weep” to
give a voice to those tragically lost in school shootings and to spark conversations
around this topic.
She also serves as the inaugural Artistic Consultant for Stratagem Artists, advising the
roster on audition and recital repertoire, as well as collaborating with them from the
piano on various projects.