Gayssie Lugo is an accomplished singer, educator, and advocate for music and libraries based in the DMV area. Her performance career has taken her across the East Coast, where she has appeared with distinguished organizations, including the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. In the DMV region, she has performed as both a soloist and ensemble member with Opera Delaware, Opera Baltimore, INSeries Opera Company, the Maryland Choral Arts Society, the Handel Choir of Baltimore, and others. Most recently, she was featured as a soloist in Bach’s B-Minor Mass with St. David’s Music, and has also performed as a soloist for other sacred repertoire, including Bach’s Magnificat, Mozart’s Requiem, and Verdi’s Requiem. Lugo holds a Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance from the University of Central Florida and a Master of Music in Performance and Pedagogy from the Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University. She currently serves as an adjunct professor in both the music education and musicology departments at Peabody Institute.