Lilli Worona is a singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist living and performing in Central Oregon. Growing up, Lilli was influenced by her father who is a classically trained vocalist, music teacher and guitarist. With her father’s encouragement, she began violin lessons at a young age and performed classically at her local synagogue where her father was a cantor.
Lilli continued pursuing music through high school and college where she sang in acapella and classical groups that toured around the northeast. In 2007, Lilli moved to Bend, OR, where she joined the popular roots rock group Broken Down Guitars a few years later. Broken Down Guitars was the winner of 2012’s Last Band Standing; the prize money from this contest allowed them to record their first album, Passports, in 2013.
After playing for years with BDG and touring throughout the Pacific Northwest, Lilli left BDG to join local country outfit Dry Canyon Stampede in 2017. During the pandemic, Lilli set her sights on her first original album; a collection of 10 original songs that were written over the past 10 years and perfected during the slow, lonely days of lockdown.
Currently, Lilli plays locally throughout Central Oregon with a small offshoot of Dry Canyon Stampede called grits n’ gravy. Additionally, Lilli performs some of her original music with Mike Biggers and also with john shipe, a singer songwriter from eugene, oregon.
In addition to music, Lilli is a full time middle school science teacher at Elton Gregory Middle School in Redmond, Oregon. In her free time, she enjoys spending time in the mountains and hanging with her husband Dave and her feline daughter Splinter. She is incredibly thankful for her community, friends and family who support her musical endeavors and provide overwhelming encouragement and love.