Kendra Colton

Kendra Colton, Soprano, is a versatile singer who performs repertoire from Baroque opera and oratorio to contemporary music. Trained in the United States and Europe, she appears regularly in solo recital, with symphony orchestras, and often at major music festivals on both continents.

She has developed a niche for herself in the oratorios and sacred works of Bach, Brahms, Haydn, Handel, Mendelssohn, Mozart, and Schubert. Acclaimed for her performances of Handel and Mozart operas, she is also recognized for her skill as an interpreter of contemporary chamber music and has given several premieres.

Ms. Colton has been a featured soloist with such organizations as the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Minnesota Orchestra, Houston Symphony, Göttingen Handel Festival, Indianapolis Symphony, Milwaukee Symphony, Pittsburgh Symphony, Casals Festival in Puerto Rico, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Boston Lyric Opera, Carmel Bach Festival, Boston Early Music Festival, Washington Bach Consort, Santa Barbara Chamber Orchestra, Pro Musica, and the Bethlehem Bach Festival. Among the conductors with whom Ms. Colton has worked are Helmuth Rilling, Seiji Ozawa, Nicholas McGegan, John Nelson, Heiichiro Ohyama, Harry Bicket, Paul Goodwin, J. Reilly Lewis, John Harbison, Greg Funfgeld, and Bruno Weil.

Ms. Colton's discography includes recordings for Koch, Boston Records, and Stereophile labels. She also recorded two solo CD's : Le Charme, a collection of French art songs, and He Brought Me Roses, 25 Lieder by Joseph Marx.