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| Soprano, Sonya Headlam maintains an
active performance schedule in the NYC area. Described as having
a voice of “liquid tone”, her engagements span the genres of art song,
concert and operatic works. She began the Fall season with a
concert of music by women composers in New York City. Sonya’s
concert engagements have included Faure’s Requiem, Haydn’s Missa
Brevis: St Joannis de Deo, The Messiah, Berlioz’s Les nuits
d’été, Vivaldi’s Gloria and most recently Mahler’s Fourth
Symphony with the Bronx Orchestra. Sonya’s recent sang a recital
of 19th and 20th century art songs on the Trinity Church Recital Series
at the historic St. Paul’s Chapel in downtown Manhattan. She
recently sang Vaughn Williams’ Dona Nobis Pacem with the Greenwich
Choral Society and a concert at the Donnell Library in NYC in
December. In February she made her debut with the Master Singers
of Milwaukee as soloist in Brahms’ German Requiem.. Equally comfortable on the operatic stage, Sonya’s roles include Frasquita in Carmen, Musetta in La Bohème, Barbarina in Le Nozze di Figaro and Laurie in The Tender Land. Increasingly involved in the contemporary music scene, Sonya was a featured artist in two world premiers: Michael Sahl’s Katrina, Voices of the Lost, performed at the Tribeca New Music Festival and Richard Thompson’s The Mask in the Mirror in an event sponsored by the city and presented by the City University of New York. Upcoming engagements include a performance of The Creation with One World Symphony and Brahms’ German Requiem with the Master Singers of Milwaukee. Sonya a native of Ohio received her training from Miami University and Mannes College of Music and is currently under the tutelage of Katherine Johnson. 10/20/08 |