ELISABETH ELIASSEN (mezzo-soprano/alto) has performed regularly throughout the Bay Area as a soloist and chamber musician since 1982, in musical styles ranging from Medieval chant through late 20th Century and new music. In addition to her work with the American Bach Soloists, she has sung as soloist and ensemble member with many organizations, including San Francisco Renaissance Voices, Sanford Dole Ensemble, the Pacific Mozart Ensemble, AVE (Artists' Vocal Ensemble), Paul Hillier's Theatre of Voices, the Baroque Arts Ensemble, and the California Bach Society. She is a freelance soloist/section leader at various churches and synagogues in the San Francisco Bay Area. Ms. Eliassen has recorded for Harmonia Mundi, Koch International, Delos and Dorian Sono Luminous labels. A poetic diarist, Ms. Eliassen's work from the collection "Songs of a Soul Journey", "Brief Encounters with Fluidity" and unpublished manuscripts has been set to music by composers James Hurd, Ken Malucelli, Sanford Dole, Carson Cooman and Michael Kaulkin.

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