Festival Soloists: Kendra Colton

Soprano – Boston, MA

Kendra has appeared as soloist with major orchestras, ensembles and festivals including the Boston Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony, Minnesota Orchestra, Pittsburgh Symphony, Indianapolis Symphony, Houston Symphony, the National Symphony (Kennedy Center), the Handel & Haydn Society, Washington Bach Consort, Music of the Baroque and many others. She has appeared at the festivals of Tanglewood, Banff, and Ravinia, the Casals Festival, the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival and the Bethlehem Bach Festival.  Her operatic credits include Boston Lyric Opera, Boston Early Music Festival, International Handel Festival in Gottingen and four centuries of music in numerous productions for Milwaukee’s Skylight Opera. A proponent of new music as well, Miss Colton has been actively engaged in commissioning new works and reviving seldom-heard repertoire from the past fifty years. Kendra’s solo CDs include Le Charme, a collection of French of songs and He Brought Me Roses, 25 lieder by Joseph Marx. She has also recorded the St. John Passion and Cantata BWV 133 for Koch International Records with Emmanuel Music, where she performs regularly in recitals, oratorios and their weekly cantata series.

• On a personal note, Kendra enjoys sports, arts and crafts, and taking pictures.