Sonja DuToit Tengblad
Sonja DuToit Tengblad has appeared as the soprano soloist for the American Guild of Organists National Convention, Helmuth Rilling's lecture concert of Brahms' Ein Deutsches Requiem at St. Olaf College, and Dominick Argento's 80th birthday celebration concert where the Minneapolis Star Tribune reported her to have given "the most affective performance of the evening". A versatile performer and lover of new music, Ms. Tengblad premiered the role of Maria in Diego Luzuriaga's El Niño de los Andes with VocalEssence and was the soprano soloist for the American premiere of Siegfried Matthus' Te Deum, and for the world premiere of Carol Barnett's The World Beloved, A Bluegrass Mass (available through Clarion recordings). Last year’s highlights include Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro as Susanna, Haydn's Die Shöpfung as Eva with Boston University's Marsh Chapel Choir and Collegium and the Boston University Chamber Chorus, and Bach's Mass in B Minor as the soprano soloist with Boston's Back Bay Chorale where the Boston Herald praised her voice as “light but intriguing, with easy flexibility and upper-range sweetness.” An active ensemble singer, Ms. Tengblad performs with the 5-time Grammy-nominated ensemble Conspirare of Austin, Texas, the Oregon Bach Festival Chorus, the Lorelei women's ensemble (performing early and new music), and the Handel and Haydn Society. Ms. Tengblad made her Carnegie Hall debut this spring as the soprano soloist for John Rutter's Requiem.