MargaretLiasMezzo-sopranoPhone:857.225.0244Email:margaret@margaretlias.comWebsite:www.margaretlias.comProudmemberoftheAmericanGuildofMusicalArtists“IntheSanctus,ahugegoose-bumpengendering“Hosannainexcelsis”fromthethrongofsingersburstforth,onlytobecounteredwithanopenlytouching,soul-searchingPieJesufrommezzo-sopranoMargaretLias,whosevasttone-scapecompelsalistener’stotalvigilance.”TheBostonMusicalIntelligencer(2015)“Mezzo-sopranoMargaretLiassangthe“PieJesu”withadarkandaffectingvoicethatlentasenseoflongingtothemusic.”TheBostonClassicalReview(2015)“MargaretLias’mezzowassecureatthehighestandlowestextremes,herburnishedtoneconsistentlyarresting.”SouthFloridaClassicalReview(2015)“Therich-tonedaltoMargaretLiasproclaimedcomforttothe“grievingsinner”withvocalpowerinreserve.”TheBostonClassicalReview(2014)“…withmezzo-sopranosMargaretLiasandLuthienBrackettprovidingthemostdramaticperformancesoftheevening.”TownTopics,Princeton,NJ(2014)“MargaretLias’singingwasbothwarmandhauntinginthe“AgnusDei.”TheBostonClassicalReview(2014)“Theoboeandoboed’amorewovesweetcountermelodieswithMargaretLias’slovelyaltovoice.”TheBostonClassicalReview(2013)“AltoMargaretLiaswasarrestingintheQuisedesaddexteramsolo.”TheBostonMusicalIntelligencer(2013)HighlightedSoloEngagementsUpcomingStravinsky–Threni:idestLamentationesJeremiaeProphetae,TheClevelandOrchestra,Cleveland,OH 2017UpcomingdeFalla–Psyché,KuhmoChamberMusicFestival,Kuhmo,Finland 2016UpcomingMozart–Requiem,ConcordChorus,Lexington,MA 2016UpcomingMozart–Requiem,ArcadiaPlayers,Northampton,MA 2016UpcomingDvořák–MassinDMajor,OratorioChorale,Brunswick,ME 2016UpcomingBach–St.MatthewPassion,MarshChapel,Boston,MA 2016Bach–BereitetdieWege,bereitetdieBahn,BWV132,EmmanuelMusic,Boston,MA 2015Handel–Messiah,SeraphicFire,Variouscities,FL 2015WorksbyBizetandothers–BrocktonSymphonyOrchestra,Brockton,MA 2015Mozart–Requiem,AssabetValleyMastersingers,Westborough,MA 2015Mendelssohn–Elijah,NewBedfordSymphonyOrchestra 2015Bach–Eswartetallesaufdich,BWV187,EmmanuelMusic,Boston,MA 2015Mozart–Requiem,TucsonChamberArtistsatLincolnCenter,NewYork,NY 2015Purcell–DidoandAeneas(Dido),StauntonMusicFestival,Staunton,VA 2015Beethoven–SymphonyNo.9,HandelandHaydnSociety 2015Berg–SiebenfrüheLieder,KuhmoChamberMusicFestival,Kuhmo,Finland 2015Bach-Liebt,ihrChristen,inderTat!,BWV76,Mendelssohn–OrestintheLord,fromElijah,EpiscopalChurchoftheAscension,NewYork,NY 2015Duruflé–Requiem,Op.9,BackBayChorale,Boston,MA 2015Haydn–TheCreation,HandelandHaydnSociety,Boston,MA 2015Bach-Wahrlich,wahrlich,ichsageeuch,BWV86,EmmanuelMusic,Boston,MA 2015Bach–St.JohnPassion,TheCathedralofAllSaints,Albany,NY 2015Bach–Weinen,Klagen,Sorgen,Zagen,BWV12,TucsonChamberArtists,Tucson,AZ 2015Haydn–LordNelsonMass,Hob.XXII:11,SeraphicFire,Miami&Ft.Lauderdale,FL 2015Rossini–Petitemessesolennelle,EmmanuelMusic,Boston,MA 2015Bach–Magnificat,andselectionsfromChristmasOratorio,PrincetonProMusica,Princeton,NJ 2014Bach–DazuisterschienenderSohnGottesBWV40,HandelandHaydnSociety,Boston,MA 2014Handel–Messiah,PhillipsAcademy,Andover,MA 2014Elgar–SeaPictures,Op.37,UnionCollege,Schenectady,NY 2014Duruflé–Requiem,Op.9,AssabetValleyMastersingers,AssabetRiverValley,MA 2014Bach–St.MatthewPassion,andsoloworksbyMonteverdi(Purtimirofrom“L’incoronazionediPoppea”),Britten(AbrahamandIsaac),Vivaldi(DixitDominus,rv595),Shatin(MarvelousPursuits),andothers, StauntonMusicFestival,Staunton,VA 2014Rheinberger–MissaPuerorum,Op.62;Bach–EinungefärbtGemüteBWV24,TheChurchoftheAdvent,Boston,MA 2014Schütz–MusikalischeExequien,Op.7,HandelandHaydnSociety,Boston,MA 2014

Handel–Samson,HandelandHaydnSociety(coverfortheroleofMicah) 2014SoloworksbyHandel,J.S.Bach,Monteverdi,andothers,ChamberMusicSocietyofCentralVirginia,Richmond,MA 2014“H+HandtheMuseumofAfricanAmericanHistorycelebrateNationalWomen’sHistoryMonthwithaconcertfeaturingworksbyBrahms,ClaraSchumann,FannyMendelssohn,andPaulineViardotforviolin,voiceandfortepiano.”Boston,MA 2014Vivaldi–Gloria,rv589,HandelandHaydnSociety,Boston,MA 2014Bach–Magnificat,SeraphicFire,Variouscities,FL 2014Bach–MassinBminor,HandelandHaydnSociety,Boston,MA 2013Wadsworth-PresentandFuture(worldpremiere),StauntonMusicFestival,Staunton,VA 2013Vivaldi–Gloria,rv589,StauntonMusicFestival,Staunton,VA 2013Vierne–LesAngélus,Triptyquepourchantetorgue,TheChurchoftheAdvent,Boston,MA 2012Handel–TeDeuminDMajor(“QueenCaroline”),TheChurchoftheAdvent,Boston,MA 2012Haydn–MassinB-flatMajor(“Teresienmesse”),TheChurchoftheAdvent,Boston,MA 2012Langlais–Missainsimplicitate,TheChurchoftheAdvent,Boston,MA 2012“TheWorldofWashington:ManandMythinMusic”Columbia’sMusick,Cambridge,MA 2012Weber–MassinE-flatMajor(“Freischütz”),DedhamChoralSociety,Dedham,MABeethoven–FantasyforPiano,ChorusandOrchestra 2012Debussy-Quantj'aiouylatabourinfromTroisChansonsdeCharlesd'Orléans,SkylarkVocalEnsemble,Atlanta,GA 2012Villa-Lobos–Magnificat-Alleluia,DedhamChoralSociety,Dedham,MA 2011Mozart–MissaBrevisinFMajor(K.192),TheChurchoftheAdvent,Boston,MA 2011VaughanWilliams–MassinGminor,TheChurchoftheAdvent,Boston,MA 2011Mozart–RequiemMassinDminor(K.626),GrotonSchool,Groton,MA 2011Handel–IsraelinEgypt,HandelandHaydnSociety,Boston,MA 2011Handel–Messiah,TrinityChurch,Boston,MA 2006-2010Bach–Johannes-Passion,BWV245,TrinityChurch,Boston,MA 2008VaughanWilliams–Magnificat,EpiscopalCathedralofSt.Philip,Atlanta,GA 2006Duruflé–Requiem,Op.9,ColumbusSymphonyOrchestra,Columbus,GA 2005Sowerby–SelectedpsalmsettingsforaltoandorganRorem–Selectedpsalmsettingsforaltoandorgan, AmericanGuildofOrganistsConferenceRecitalEpiscopalCathedralofSt.Philip,Atlanta,GA 2004Duruflé–Requiem,Op.9,EpiscopalCathedralofSt.Philip,Atlanta,GA 2004Howells–SelectedsongsforvoiceandpianoEpiscopalCathedralofSt.Philip,Atlanta,GA 2003Distler–DieWeinachtsgeschichte,Op.10,TheAtlantaSingers,SpiveyHall,Atlanta,GA 2003arr.Bennett–TheManyMoodsofChristmas(ChristmaswithRobertShaw)AtlantaSymphonyOrchestraChorus,Atlanta,GA 1998EnsembleWorkAtlantaSymphonyOrchestraChorus&ChamberChorus,Atlanta,GA–RobertShaw,ConductorChristEpiscopalChurch,Pittsford,NY–MichaelMessina,OrganistandChoirMasterConcertChoraleofNewYork,NewYork,NY–JamesBagwell,ChorusDirectorCopleySingers,Boston,MA–BrianJones,DirectorEmmanuelMusic(supplemental),Boston,MA–RyanTurner,ArtisticDirectorHandelandHaydnSociety,Boston,MA–HarryChristophers,ArtisticDirectorLoreleiEnsemble(supplemental),Boston,MA–BethWiller,ArtisticDirectorMusicaSacra,NewYork,NY–KentTritle,MusicDirectorNewYorkChoralArtists,NewYork,NY–JosephFlummerfelt,ChorusDirectorNewYorkCityOperaRenaissance,NewYork,NY–MichaelCapasso,GeneralDirectorPrincetonProMusica,Princeton,NJ–RyanJamesBrandau,ArtisticDirectorSalemUnitedChurchofChrist,Rochester,NY–EdwardTaylor,ChoirMasterSeraphicFire,Miami,FL–PatrickDupréQuigley,ArtisticDirectorSkylarkVocalEnsemble,Atlanta,GA–MatthewGuard,ArtisticDirectorSt.JamesEpiscopalChurch,Birmingham,MI–KentMcDonaldSt.Paul’sLutheranChurch,Pittsford,NY–JeremyBruns,ChoirDirectorTheAtlantaSingers,Atlanta,GA–DavidBrensinger,ArtisticDirectorTheCathedralofSt.Philip,Atlanta,GA–BruceNeswick,OrganistandChoirMasterTheChurchoftheAdvent,Boston,MA–MarkDwyer,OrganistandChoirMasterTrinityChurchintheCityofBoston,Boston,MA–MichaelKleinschmidt,OrganistandChoirDirectorTrinityPresbyterianChurch,Atlanta,GA–NormanMackenzie,OrganistandChoirDirectorTrueConcordVoices(formerlyTucsonChamberArtists),Tucson,AZ–EricHoltan,ConductorVoicesofAscension,NewYork,NY–DennisKeene,ArtisticDirector

RecordingAgócs:TheDebrecenPassion(BMOP/Sound)Forthcoming(ensemble) BostonModernOrchestraProject/LoreleiEnsemble,GilRose,ConductorTheFourQuartersofJerusalem(ensemble) CollaborationbetweenRoseoftheCompass(NinaStern)andtheCathedralChoirofSt.JohntheDivine,KentTritle,ConductorTheCreation(CORO2015)(soloist/ensemble) HandelandHaydnSociety,HarryChristophers,ConductorMessiah(CORO2014)(ensemble) HandelandHaydnSociety,HarryChristophers,ConductorForgottenDreams(2014)(soloist/ensemble) SkylarkVocalEnsemble,MatthewGuard,ConductorJoytotheWorld:AnAmericanChristmas(CORO2013)(ensemble) HandelandHaydnSociety,HarryChristophers,ConductorDeepRiver–AprogramofAmericanmusicfeaturingspiritualsbyMosesHogan(ACADigital2007)(soloist/ensemble) TheAtlantaSingers,WallaceHinson,ConductorAntiphonica(ACADigital2006)(ensemble) TheAtlantaSingers,DavidBrensinger,ConductorThouEverBlessedMorn(TheCathedralofSt.Philip2004)(ensemble) TheCathedralChoirsofSt.Philip,BruceNeswick,ConductorDvorák:StabatMater(Telarc1999)(ensemble) AtlantaSymphonyOrchestraandChorus,RobertShaw,ConductorHolst:ThePlanets(Telarc1997)(ensemble) AtlantaSymphonyOrchestraandChorus,RobertShaw,ConductorTraining1993-1995AttendedtheUniversityofRochester,EastmanSchoolofMusic,Rochester,NY1990-1992ParticipatedintheEastmanSchoolofMusic:CommunityEducationProgram,Rochester,NY1987Beganvoicestudies1980-1987StudiedpianowithEleanorJ.Auld,Birmingham,MI

VoiceCoachesSharonDanielsWalterHuffFlorenceKopleffFrancescoPedriniCatherineWyn-Rogers

VoiceTeachersMarciaBaldwinAliceEngramD’AnnaFortunatoJaneGünter-McCoyClaudiaWaite

ConductorsJamesBagwellJonathanBarnhardRyanJamesBrandauHarryChristophersMarkDwyerRobertEatonJohnFinneyJosephFlummerfeltMatthewGuardPabloHeras-CasadoEricHoltanWalterHuffScottAllenJarrettDennisKeeneMichaelKleinschmidtNormanMacKenziePacienMazzagattiBruceNeswickGianandreaNosedaFrancescoPedriniPatrickDupréQuigleyCarstenSchmidtWilliamFredScottRobertShawKentTritleRyanTurnerK.ScottWarrenIanWatsonRichardWebsterRossWood