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SOLO PERFORMANCES
Orchestra/oratorio
Alameda Mozart Festival
Bangor Symphony Orchestra
Baroque Choral Guild
Bay Area Women’s Philharmonic
Berkeley Symphony
Blue Hill Bach
California Chamber Symphony
Oakland Symphony
Pacific Mozart Ensemble
Redwood Symphony
San Francisco Ballet
San Francisco Chamber Orchestra
Sacramento Symphony
Santa Cruz County Symphony
Opera
Amador Valley Opera Theater
American Opera Festival of the Sierra
Berkeley Opera
The Lamplighters
The Leather Factory
Maine Grand Opera
Marin Contemporary Opera
Marin Opera
Pocket Opera
Oakland Opera
San Francisco Opera
Stonington Opera House
West Bay Opera
Chamber music and recitals
Ariel, a contemporary vocal ensemble
Back Cove Contemporary Music Festival
Bagaduce Chamber Players
Berkeley Contemporary Chamber Players
Bradley University
Cadenzato Chamber Music Series
Castine Arts Association
Composers Chamber Players
Composers, Inc.
Elan Fine Arts/Rockport
The Festival at Sandpoint
Hesperian Ensemble
Iskra
Konzertanz
Kronos Quartet
MA FISH CO.
Modus Novus
National Flute Association/Washington DC
Noh Oratorio Society
Now! Music Festival
Old First Concerts/San Francisco
Old St. Mary’s Noontime Concerts
Parma Music Festival/Portsmouth NH
Performances at Six/S.F. Performances
Roerich Gallery/New York
San Francisco Contemporary Music Players
Trinity Concerts/Berkeley
University of California/Santa Cruz
University of California/Berkeley
University of Maine/Orono
Vanderkay Summer Music Series
Women Composers Concerts/U. Maine
“A twelve-minute opera for unaccompanied soprano, King Harald’s Saga, was first on the program. The work is drawn from a medieval account of the Norse king’s failed invasion of England, just a few weeks prior to the Norman Conquest of 1066. Besides representing eight different characters, the singer begins each of the opera’s three brief ‘acts’ with a spoken prologue summarizing what she is about to sing.
Marcia Gronewold gave an expressive, beautifully focused performance of this fascinating and demanding piece.”