Thereza Lituma

About Thereza Lituma

Thereza Lituma is the Interim Director of Music Admissions at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Before working in music admissions, she worked in the Graduate College’s Office of External and Internal Fellowships as the Manager of the Fellowship Finder Database.

As a classical singer, Thereza has performed with the Grant Park Music Festival Chorus, Chicago Symphony Chorus, Music of the Baroque, New Earth Ensemble, Springfield Symphony Orchestra, Spoleto Festival USA, and Chicago A Cappella. Thereza has been hailed for singing with “beautiful colors” (CS Music, Frederica von Stade), “sweeping emotive power”, and an “appealing conviction” (News-Gazette). Her opera credits include Cherubino/Le Nozze di Figaro, Mrs. Grose/Turn of the Screw, Lucretia/The Rape of Lucretia, and Agent Dolores Reyes/The Last American Hammer. Most recently, she performed as the Alto Soloist in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 alongside the University of Illinois Symphony Orchestra and Chorus.

Thereza is a proud alumna of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, where she earned multiple degrees in Voice Performance.  

Education

BM, BME, University of Illinois; MM, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign