Amy Van Roekel, Soprano

Amy Van Roekel, Soprano, native of Michigan, was awarded Third Prize in the 2001 Washington International Competition for Singers.  Ms. Van Roekel is increasingly in demand as a concert soloist.  During the 2001-2002 season, she made her debut with the North Arkansas Symphony Orchestra as soprano soloist in their program 'A Night at the Opera,' and celebrated her Carnegie Hall debut as soprano soloist in Mozart's Requiem with MidAmerica Productions.  In July she returned to her native Michigan to sing a solo recital at Kalamazoo College.  The 2002-2003 season will begin with performances of Messiah with both the Louisiana Philharmonic, and the Santa Fe Symphony.  In the spring she will debut with the Washington Chorus singing the Monteverdi Vespers, and in May she will debut with Kalamazoo's Bach Society singing his Mass in B Minor.

Recent concert engagements include concerts with the National Symphony Orchestra, the Mostly Mozart Festival at Lincoln Center, the Baltimore Choral Arts Society, the Kalamazoo Symphony, the Fairfax Symphony, and the Bach Works Society and Grace Church Choral Society of New York City.  As a recitalist she has performed with the Steans Institute at the Ravinia Festival in Chicago, the Friday Morning Music Club and the Arts Club of Washington.

On the operatic stage she has performed roles with Florida Grand Opera, Central City Opera, Annapolis Opera, Chautauqua Opera, Opera Theater of Northern Virginia, and FBN Productions in South Carolina.  Ms. Van Roekel enjoys a wide variety of music in her repertoire, with a special affinity for lesser known pieces and new works, including the title role of both The Secret of Suzanne and in Victor Herbert's lost opera Madeleine for the Opera Theatre of Northern Virginia.  In the summer 2001, Amy made her debut as Frasquita in Carmen with Opera of the Hamptons.

Named a winner of the National Symphony Orchestra's Concerto Competition, Ms. Van Roekel was also a Mid-Atlantic region finalist of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions.  She holds degrees from the University of Michigan and the University of Maryland.