Louima Lilite                             

Instructor of Voice

E-mail: music@houghton.edu
Phone: 585.567.9400

Louima Lilite, tenor, has been praised for his “warm tone and sensitive interpretation,” and “his clear voice [which] soars and carries.”   A seasoned performer, he is known as a recitalist, soloist, pianist, and accompanist.  He has won several awards and competitions, some of which are the 2006-2007 Teaching Assistant Excellence in Teaching Award at the Eastman School of Music, the Presser Award, Outstanding Musician of the year in both piano and voice, and First Place Winner in the Advanced division of the NATS Eastern Region Conference Auditions to name a few.   He has performed in master classes conducted by Dawn Upshaw, Leonid Smetannikov, Menahem Pressler, Béla Siki, Howard Karp, Earle Patriarco, and Douglas Yates.

Mr. Lilite maintains an active performing schedule combining opera, symphonic works, and concerts.  He has sung several operatic roles with the Eastman Opera Theater including Count Belfiore in Mozart’s La finta Giardiniera,  Prunier in Puccini’s La Rondine, and Tapioca in L’étoile by Chabrier.  Other roles performed are Brother Paul in Trinkley’s York, Samuel in Rorem’s Three Sisters Who Are Not Sisters, Aeneas in Purcell’s Dido & Aeneas, Nerone in Monteverdi’s L’Incoronazione di Poppea,Joseph Treat in Bond’s Mrs. Satan, Léon in Pasatieri’s Signor Deluso,  Ferrando in Mozart’s Così fan tutte, and The Counsel in Gilbert & Sullivan’s Trial by Jury. 

Having a keen interest in the oratorio and symphonic repertoires, Mr. Lilite has performed with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra and returned to Kleinhans Hall in January 2007 for a Mozart Celebration Concert.  Other solo appearances have been with the Eastman-Rochester Chorus and Orchestra, in Handel’s Messiah with the Pennsylvania Consort, Orff’s Carmina Burana with the Biola Conservatory Chorale and Orchestra, Saint-Saëns’ Christmas Oratorio with conductor Anthony Leach, and Schubert’s Mass in G with the Penn State University Chorus and Orchestra.

Mr. Lilite is currently in residence at the Eastman School of Music pursuing a degree of Doctor of Musical Arts in voice performance under the tutelage of Ms. Carol Webber.  Having previously studied with Jennie Wong (piano), William Lock, Jeanne Robison, Richard Kennedy, Susan Boardman, and Marylène Dosse (piano), he earned his MM in voice performance & pedagogy at Penn State University in 2002, and a BM degree in 1999 at Biola University in La Mirada, CA with a double emphasis in voice and piano performance.