JENNIFER ELLIS (soprano) "offers a freshness of voice, fineness of timbre, and ease of production that place her in the front rank of early-music sopranos" (andante.com). She is emerging as one of the leading interpreters of the Baroque repertoire. She recently made her debut with the Washington Bach Consort singing Bach's "Jauchzet Gott" and Ascension Oratorio, and performed Vivaldi's Gloria with the New York Collegium with Andrew Parrott conducting. Her international career has included appearances with period instrument ensembles including American Bach Soloists, New York Collegium, Portland Baroque Orchestra, Santa Fe Pro Musica, Seattle Baroque Orchestra, Opera Lafayette, El Mundo, Apollo's Fire, Musica Angelica, Magnificat, Ensemble Solamente ( Budapest, Hungary), Ensemble Tourbillon ( Prague, Czech Republic), and Musica Aeterna ( Bratislava, Slovakia). Opera highlights include leading roles in Handel's Acis and Galata, Blow's Venus and Adonis, Pergolesi's La Serva Padrona, Duron's zarzuela "Salir el Amor del Mundo", and Purcell's Dido and Aeneas. A specialist in the music of Spain and Latin America, Jennifer has toured extensively in a program of villancicos and zarzuelas with Richard Savino and El Mundo, and has performed with Andrew Lawrence-King. In addition, Ms. Ellis has sung with the Mark Morris Dance Group and the Charlotte Symphony. She has been heard on many concert series and at festivals including Aston Magna, Houston Early Music, Music Before 1800, Connecticut Early Music, Carmel Bach, Pacific Music Festival in Sapporo ( Japan), and the Berkeley and Boston Early Music Festivals. Ms Ellis has recorded Villancicos y Cantatas for Koch, the works of Cozzolani (Gramophone editors pick, August 2002) for Musica Omnia, Carissimi Motets and Cantatas for Hungaroton, and Monteverdi Vespers of 1610 for Eclectra. She was awarded first prize in the Berkeley Piano Club Voice Competition, finalist in the Early Music America Medieval/Renaissance Competition, first runner up at the 2000 Bethlehem Bach Vocal Competition, and the Adam's Fellowship at the Carmel Bach Festival. Born in San Francisco and a graduate of the University of Michigan and the Guildhall School of Music in London, Jennifer currently lives in New York City.