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Onstad, Ingela-2

Ingela Onstad soprano

Soprano Ingela Onstad, a native of Santa Fe, has enjoyed a varied international career in opera, concert work, and contemporary music. Operatic highlights include performances at Dresden’s Staatsoperette, Oldenburgisches Staatstheater, Landestheater Schleswig-Holstein, UNM Opera Theatre, and Santa Fe Opera in roles including Musetta in La bohéme, Pamina and Papagena in Die Zauberflöte, Nannetta in Falstaff, Mabel in Pirates of Penzance, and the title role in Suor Angelica. She also sang the roles of Merab and Michal in the staged production of Handel’s oratorio Saul in Oldenburg, Germany. Highlights of her career as an oratorio soloist include Orff’s Carmina Burana, Charpentier’s Te Deum, Haydn’s The Creation, and Bach Cantatas 84 and 140. She recently completed a recital tour of Germany with Dr. Michael Hix and Professor Michael Schuetze.

A sought-after interpreter of contemporary works, she has sung Kristine in Antonio Bibalo’s Fräulein Julie, Bubikopf in Viktor Ullman’s Der Kaiser von Atlantis, and created the role of Andia in Gordon Kampe’s ANOIA. She performed Schoenberg’s Pierrot Lunaire and Joseph Schwantner’s Sparrows with New Music New Mexico, and Feldman’s Rothko Chapel with Chatter. She was also recently featured with songs of Hilda Paredes with New Music New Mexico at the Robb Composers’ Symposium. Her 2014-2015 season includes Haydn’s “Lord Nelson” Mass, Handel’s Messiah, and Bach Cantatas 32, 209, and 140.

Onstad completed her undergraduate degree at McGill University, where she studied with Professor William Neill. She earned a Master of Music degree at the University of New Mexico, where she studied with Professor Leslie Umphrey. She maintains private voice studios in Albuquerque and Santa Fe.  www.ingelaonstad.com

Meet the Musicians

FIRST VIOLIN
Carmelo de los Santos
Karen McKinnon Concertmaster Chair
Sarah Tasker •••
Assistant Concertmaster
Ana María Quintero Muñoz
Joan Wang +
Heidi Deifel ++
Juliana Huestis
Barbara Rivers
Nicolle Maniaci
Barbara Scalf Morris

SECOND VIOLIN
Rachel Jacklin •
Carol Swift •••
Julanie Lee
Jessica Retana ++
Liana Austin
Lidija Peno-Kelly
Sheila McLay
Brad Richards

VIOLA
Laura Chang
Kimberly Fredenburgh •••
Allegra Askew
Christine Rancier
Laura Steiner
Michael Anderson
Lisa DiCarlo
Joan Hinterbichler
Laura Campbell

CELLO
Amy Huzjak
Jonathan Flaksman •••

Carla Lehmeier-Tatum
Ian Mayne-Brody
Dana Winograd
David Schepps
Lisa Collins
Elizabeth Purvis

BASS
Mark Tatum •••
Katherine Olszowka
Terry Pruitt
Marco Retana
Frank Murry

FLUTE
Valerie Potter
Esther Fredrickson
Jiyoun Hur ••+
Noah Livingston ••++

PICCOLO
Esther Fredrickson

OBOE
Kevin Vigneau
Amanda Talley

ENGLISH HORN
Melissa Peña ••+
Rebecca Ray ••++

CLARINET
Marianne Shifrin
Lori Lovato •••
Jeffrey Brooks

E-FLAT CLARINET
Lori Lovato

BASS CLARINET
Jeffrey Brooks

BASSOON
Stefanie Przybylska •
Denise Turner

HORN
Peter Erb •+
Allison Tutton
Andrew Meyers
Maria Long ••••

TRUMPET
John Marchiando
Brynn Marchiando
Sam Oatts ••

TROMBONE
Aaron Zalkind
Byron Herrington

BASS TROMBONE
David Tall +
Robinson Schulze ++

TUBA
Richard White

TIMPANI
Micah Harrow •+

PERCUSSION
Jeff Cornelius
Kenneth Dean
Emily Corneliu

Principal •
Associate Principal ••
Assistant Principal •••
Assistant ••••
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One-year position ++
Half-year position +++