Soprano Amanda Sidebottom is known for her “luminous,” clear tone and versatile musicianship. An active soloist, choral singer, and chamber musician, she performs music ranging from Renaissance polyphony to newly commissioned works. Recent solo credits include Handel’s Messiah, Bach’s St. John Passion, Scarlatti’s Stabat Mater, Charpentier’s Te Deum, and Boismortier’s Printemps. This season she has joined the Trinity Wall Street Choir for performances of Bach’s Mass in B Minor and Easter Oratorio. Last season she sang in Holy Trinity Lutheran’s long-running Bach Vespers series and joined the New Haven–based ensemble Yale Choral Artists for concerts led by William Christie and Mark Morris. Amanda can be heard with Etherea Vocal Ensemble on the group’s albums Hymn to the Dawn and Ceremony of Carols (both on Delos). The debut concert season of Well-Tuned Words included concerts in four states, with a fringe concert at the Berkeley Festival. The 2012–13 season opened with a collaboration between WTW and Brooklyn Baroque. The duo made its first European tour in the fall of 2012, giving recitals in Milan (Sforza Castle), Paris, and Amsterdam; harpsichordist Rebecca Pechefsky joined them in Milan and Amsterdam. WTW’s 2013–14 season opened with a second European Tour, featuring concerts in Basel and Berlin. An avid proponent of historical performance, she has worked with such luminaries as Ellen Hargis, Stephen Stubbs, and Grant Herreid and has been invited to participate in workshops in Vancouver, Seattle, and Boston. She has performed in fringe concerts at early-music festivals in Boston and Berkeley with the New York Continuo Collective and the award-winning Ensemble Lipzodes. She has also worked with the early-music chamber ensemble The Soul’s Delight. In addition, as a member of the New Haven– based Etherea Vocal Ensemble, she performs works of the 19th and 20th centuries for upper voices. A founding member and now artistic director of the chamber choir Conflitti di voci, she has sung in acclaimed performances of major oratorio works with New York’s Grand Tour Orchestra. Amanda holds a master’s degree in early music from Indiana University. For more information, visit amandasidebottom.com. |
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