Press
Six to Watch "Young Talent on the Rise" - Symphony Magazine
“Forcefully Balletic”
-The Boston Globe
“Tremendous” The New York Times
"A solo virtuoso revitalizes the art of percussion" - The Lindy Hopper
Thailand Philharmoinc Press Release - Musical America
"Circuits and Skin" - review of Northern Nights by Paul Dooley
"Created for a Star, Northern Nights reaches new heights in Percussion Music"
Second Inversion -Album REVIEW
leNouvelliste - Canadian Review
"Pegher proved that in an expert's hand's, percussion instruments can be just as expressive as a violin or a piano." -Southbend Tribune
"South Bend audience among first to hear new percussion concerto" -Southbend Tribune
"New Jersey Symphony Orchestra's Vigorous "Wounded Healer" powered by Lisa Pegher's Percussion"
“Famed Percussionist Teaches the Progression of Drumming”
"Percussionist Pegher Rocks The Clay"
"Northside Percussionist Tackles Daunting Career Path…Solo Work”
-Pittsburgh Tribune Review
“A globe-trotting soloist of increasing prominence” -The Boston Music Intelligencer
"The Discipline of Music Making": An Interview with Lisa Pegher
“The lights dim, then darken is the intimate confines of The Cell. A single spotlight glows over a drum set in center stage. One figure emerges from the corner, picks up two drumsticks, and pounds out a jarring thwackk…” Sharon Mizarahi (The Lindy Hopper NYC)
-Chris McGovern (The Glass NYC)
“Pegher has an uncanny feel for the vibraphone’s sound. While mostly used as a jazz instrument with soft mallets that give it a mellow, sweet tone Pegher found a stark tone that made the instrument sound dark and tragic”
-The Charleston West Virginia Gazette
“Concerto ‘Nails’ Marimba’s place in the orchestra”
-Pittsburgh Tribune Review
“Pegher’s part was just bass drum, playing dirge-like rhythms, but again she showed a splendid ear for tone, drawing whispers to thunder from the seemingly one-dimensional instrument”
-The Charleston South Carolina Gazette
“NEPA Philharmonic ends season on a Vibrant Note” -Scranton Times
The Glass Blog Interview with Chris McGovern
Richard Danielpour to write new percussion concerto for Lisa Pegher
Percussion and Purity by Lawrence Cosentino
Time Out New York
Pounding out Schwantner - Michigan’s City Pulse Magazine