Lisa Reagan Love (born c. 1956) is a singer, composer, pianist, musician, and former Miss Oklahoma from

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and

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. Love attended Oklahoma City University, where obtained her bachelor's degree in voice and piano, and went on to earn a master's degree in opera and vocal performance from the University of Maryland's Opera Studio. Love is a former Miss Oklahoma 1975 who has shared the stage with nationally renowned performers such as

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, and Renee Fleming. She was a resident member of the Washington National Opera from 1989 to 2008. Her most recent album “If Thoughts Could Tell” is a remake of some of her favorite songs from the 1970’s. Before that album she composed and co-produced ''Realm of Dreams'', which was recorded at Ocean Way Nashville recording studio with the production team of Fred Cannon and Paul Buono. Previous albums include: ''Satori'' (2002), ''Arcana'' (2006), and ''Noel'' (2012). Her original composition, “A l’infini,” appeared on the season one finale of the Bravo Network reality television series '' Project Runway'' in 2005. In 2013, she performed at the

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in Austria. Love has been voice professor at Oklahoma City University in the Wanda L. Bass School of Music and Shenandoah Conservatory of Music. She was previously married to Oklahoma congressman Mickey Edwards. She is presently married to Greg Love, Chairman for the Oklahoma Department of Transportation Commission and Co-CEO of

Love's Travel Stops Love's Travel Stops & Country Stores, doing business as Love's (or stylized as Loves), is an American family-owned chain of more than 500 truck stop and convenience stores in 41 states in the United States. The company is privately owned and he ...

, one of America's largest privately-owned companies. Lisa Reagan is a distant relative of former President

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References

External links

Lisareagan.com bio

Lisa Reagan Love bio at Creative and Dreams Music Network
Living people Year of birth missing (living people) 20th-century American musicians 20th-century classical pianists American women singers Miss America 1976 delegates Oklahoma City University alumni Opera crossover singers Reagan family Singers from Oklahoma Songwriters from Oklahoma University of Maryland, College Park alumni 20th-century American women musicians 20th-century women pianists {{US-pageant-bio-stub