Marjorie Bunday, mezzo-soprano

Hailing from Washington, DC, Marjorie Bunday is a critically acclaimed oratorio and concert singer known not only for her "bright, attractive mezzo" voice, but also for impressive range, versatility, and musicianship. She has been soloist (both contralto and mezzo-soprano roles) in numerous Bach cantatas, Bach St. John Passion, Vivaldi Gloria, Duruflé and Fauré Requiem, Handel Messiah and Dixit Dominus, Mozart Requiem, Pergolesi Stabat Mater, Monteverdi Vespers, and many other works; with choral groups that include Choral Arts Society, Washington Bach Consort, Alexandria Choral Society, Cantate Chamber Singers, Washington Choral Ensemble, Woodley Ensemble, and Washington Men's Camerata. Ms. Bunday appeared in 2007 with the Baroque Chamber Orchestra of Colorado (singing Monteverdi) and Denver Bach Society (Bach's B Minor Mass). In March 2009, she was the mezzo soloist for Mendelssohn's Elijah with the Catholic University of America Chorus & Orchestra, and in April 2009, she traveled with the chamber choir Musikanten to Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia as the soloist for Copland's In the Beginning. She has been an artist-in-residence with Helena Choral Week (Helena, Montana) each June from 2003-2009, and she has participated in multiple concerts in the Montana Early Music Festival. Ms. Bunday, in great demand as an ensemble singer, is a member of Armonia Nova, Hesperus, Opera Lafayette, Orpheus, and Washington Bach Consort. She is active in a variety of recording projects, choir work, and church music in the Washington area, including positions at Christ Church Georgetown and the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception (as a cantor). She is a frequent recitalist, dedicated to presenting new music as well as old - a January 2009 recital included a world premiere of Victor Kioulaphides' Seven Ancient Greek Lyrics (2007) for mandolin and voice (view on YouTube). Although perhaps best known as an "early music singer," she enjoys singing music from any time period and has added her voice to many other US and world premieres of art song, choral music, and chamber music. The upcoming season will include an Indiana performance in March 2010 of the music of Hildegard von Bingen with Armonia Nova.