MARGOT ROOD, SOPRANO

Margot Rood performs a wide range of repertoire that include return appearances with Washington Bach Consort, Handel & Haydn Society, Seraphic Fire, True Concord, and Kinnara Ensemble. Solo appearances include Handel’s Messiah with Tafelmusik BaroqueOrchestra and Bach Collegium San Diego. Margot has been featured in Bach’s St. Matthew Passion with Edinburgh’s Dunedin Consort, Bach’s Mass in b minor with the Handel and Haydn Society, and Vivaldi’s Gloria with Seraphic Fire. She has recorded with Boston Early Music and Blue Heron, whose recording of Music from the Peterhouse Partbooks Vol. 5, won the Gramophone Award for Early Music. She is a recent recipient of the St. Botolph Club Foundation's Emerging Artist Award for her work in new music as a core member of Boston’s Lorelei Ensemble, an all-female vocal ensemble dedicated to the performance of new music. She made her Carnegie Hall debut in the world premiere of Shawn Jaeger’s Letters Made with Gold. Margot holds performance degrees from the University of Michigan and McGill University.