Sharon Quattrin Soprano Sharon Quattrin's concert repertoire spans the Baroque to the Contemporary periods. She is an active soloist performing with ensembles and orchestras such as the Southwest Michigan Symphony Orchestra, Northbrook (IL) Symphony, Music of the Baroque, the Albany (NY) Symphony Orchestra, the Elgin (IL) Choral Union and Elgin Symphony Orchestra, Concertante di Chicago, Rockefeller Bach Soloists, The University of Chicago Symphony Orchestra, The Dupage Symphony and Chorus Angelorum of Northwest Indiana. Also a regular performer of the quarter-tone works of John Eaton and many other contemporary composers, the "silvery-voiced soprano" (Chicago Tribune) has premiered and performed numerous chamber operas, chamber works and solo pieces with contemporary ensembles in NY and Chicago including the New York New Music Ensemble, Callisto Ensemble, Contemporary Chamber Players, CUBE Contemporary Chamber Ensemble, The University of Chicago Young Composer's Series and The Chicago Ensemble. Hailed for her "brilliant sounds" and "charming stage presence", Ms. Quattrin's operatic roles include Gretel in Hansel and Gretel, both Susanna and the Countess in Le Nozze di Figaro, Micäela in Carmen, Madame Lidoine in The Dialogues of the Carmelites, Anne Egerman in A Little Night Music and various Gilbert and Sullivan roles. Other Chicago credits include the role of Papagena in The Magic Flute with Highland Park Opera Theatre this past summer at the Ravinia Music Festival and also the role of Josephine in Light Opera Work's production of H.M.S. Pinafore. Ms. Quattrin is a past winner of the Metropolitan Opera National Council North Carolina District and Southeast Regional competitions; has performed at summer operatic festivals in Italy, Israel and Germany; holds a master of music in vocal performance from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, and a bachelor of science in music education from Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana. Upcoming engagements include soprano soloist in Brahm's German Requiem with the Elgin Choral Union and the Elgin Symphony Orchestra and the role of Valencienne in The Merry Widow with Light Opera Works in Evanston, IL.