In demand as a solo and collaborative artist as well as an adjudicator and presenter, Dr. Lark Powers has performed at such venues as Philadelphia's Kimmel Center, the 92nd Street Y in New York City and at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. Now located in the Seattle/Tacoma region, she is part of the vibrant music community of the Pacific Northwest.

Internationally she has been heard in Europe, in Canada, and in Mexico, including performances at the International Festival of Spanish Keyboard Music in Almería, Spain, the Simón Bolívar Amphitheater in Mexico City, and the Bibliothèque de Dinan, in Brittany, France.

Pursuing a dual career as pianist and harpsichordist, Dr. Powers has performed with ensembles including the Fort Collins Symphony, the Baroque Chamber Orchestra of Colorado, Boulder's Seicento Baroque Ensemble and the Peabody Chamber Players (under the direction of Leon Fleisher). She has competed as a semifinalist in the Historical Keyboard Society of North America's Jurow International Harpsichord Competition in Cincinatti (2012). Recent performances include two-piano concerts as part of the duo she forms with pianist Ricardo de la Torre including performances in Vienna, Valencia, Lisbon, and Seattle.

Lark was born in California and grew up studying the piano and the violin. She received a DMA in piano performance from the University of Colorado Boulder and holds three Master’s degrees—in piano, harpsichord and theory pedagogy—and a graduate performance diploma in piano, all from the Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. Her undergraduate studies took place at the University of the Pacific, where she was the recipient of a prestigious Presser Award and earned her degree summa cum laude. Following her studies at UOP, Lark lived in France for three years, where she attended the Conservatoire National de Région de Paris “Hector Berlioz” and received a Premier prix in piano. Among her teachers are pianists Andrew Cooperstock, Seth Knopp, Adam Wibrowski, Frank Wiens, Deborah Clasquin and harpichordists Adam Pearl and Elizabeth Farr. In addition, Lark participated in masterclasses with Stephen Hough and Emile Naoumoff.

An active teacher, Lark is part of the faculty of Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, WA as Assistant Professor of Piano where she teaches piano, accompanying and coordinates the keyboard musicianship sequence. Previously, she served on the faculty of Washington State University in Pullman, WA where she taught piano, ear-training and accompanied the opera productions; and East Central University in Ada, Oklahoma as Assistant Professor of piano where she led the piano area and taught music theory. In addition, she was on the faculty of the Preparatory Division of the Peabody Institute and served as a Teaching Assistant at the University of Colorado

Interested in scholarship, Dr. Powers has presented on topics including managing performance anxiety, the influence of the great pianist Ricardo Viñes, the fugues of Domenico Scarlatti, the piano music of Arvo Pärt and birdsong depictions in piano music. She is a proponent of new music, and has recently given the Latin American premiere of Mark Janello’s Concerto for Two and has recorded music for wind quintet and piano by Thai composer Siraseth Pantura-Umporn. She is a frequent presenter at WSMTA conferences, presenting on topics including Playing with Blocks: Using Keyboard Harmony to Learn Repertoire More Easily, and Keyboard Method Books from around the World.