Lisa Kristina vokalo studijų bakalauro laipsnį įgijo DePaul University. Vokalinio dainavimo studijas ji baigė Manhattan School of Music bei University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, kuriame įgijo ir chorinio dirigavimo magistro laipsnį.
Dr. L. Kristina dalyvavo Andrew Lloyd Webber „Phantom of the Opera“ miuzikle Broadway, su juo gastroliavo JAV bei Vokietijoje.
Ji yra skambinusi pianinu ir dainavusi Čikagos WFMT radijo stoties tiesioginių transliacijų metu; akompanavo įvairiuose Čikagos operos teatro pastatymuose, tarp kurių – J. Adams „Flowering Tree”, diriguojant pačiam kompozitoriui. DuPage operos teatre Dr. L. Kristina dirbo soliste, chormeistere bei repeticijų akompaniatore (2020 m. sausio mėnesį dalyvavo ir „The Merry Widow” pastatyme, Zozo vaidmenyje); koncertavo Kinijoje, Lietuvoje ir Kanadoje. Keletą metų ji dėstytojavo DePaul University, Purdue University NW ir Prairie State College muzikos fakultetuose, neseniai ji tapo kamerinės muzikos Lakeside Artists Guild nare, taip pat plačiai dirba laisvai samdoma pianiste – net ir po 2017 metais laimėtos piniginės premijos, tapus dukart „Jeopardy!” čempione.
2025 m. ji surengė rečitalį su smuikininku Matthew Lipman ir Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, akompanavo pirmosios premijos laureatui Čikagos tarptautiniame muzikos konkurse bei dalyvavo Klyvlende vykusioje Lietuvių dainų šventėje kaip dainininkė ir pianistė.
LMA „Dainava“ nepaprastai džiaugiasi, kad, pradėjusi chorui akompanuoti 2014 m., Lisa Kristina tą darbą tęsia iki šios dienos. Nuo 2008 m. ji pradėjo akompanuoti Lietuvių operos chorui ir dirba su „Ave Musica“ nuo choro įsikūrimo pradžios, 2018 metų.
Lisa Kristina earned music degrees from DePaul University, the Manhattan School of Music, and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Dr. Kristina appeared in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Phantom of the Opera on Broadway, on tour in the U.S. and in Hamburg, Germany. She has been heard live as both a singer and pianist on WFMT radio. Dr. Kristina has been pit keyboardist for several Chicago Opera Theatre productions including Flowering Tree (with composer John Adams conducting his score); has worked as a solo singer, chorusmaster, and rehearsal pianist/coach for DuPage Opera (including onstage as Zozo in The Merry Widow in January of 2020); and has played concert tours in China, Lithuania and Canada. She has served on the music faculties of DePaul University, Purdue University NW and Prairie State College, recently became a member of the chamber music group Lakeside Artists Guild, and keeps busy with freelance keyboard work, even after winning some money in 2017 as a two-time Jeopardy! champion.
In 2025, she played a recital with Matthew Lipman, a violist with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, accompanied a first prize winner in the Chicago International Music Competition, and participated as both a singer and pianist in the Lithuanian song festival held in Cleveland.
Dainava is thrilled to continue its collaboration with Lisa Kristina as Dainava’s primary accompanist, a role she has played since 2014. She started playing for the Lithuanian Opera Chorus in 2008 and has been working with Ave Musica since its founding in 2018.