Now based in New York City, soprano Ellen Robertson recently graduated from Yale University with a Master of Musical Arts in Early Music Voice, where she was a member of the Voxtet ensemble at the Institute of Sacred Music, specializing in song, oratorio, and vocal chamber music. During her time at Yale, she performed as a soloist in major works such as Bach’s Mass in B Minor, Handel’s L’Allegro, il penseroso, ed il moderato, and Haydn’s Stabat Mater. Last fall, she made her professional debut as an orchestral soloist, singing Dvorák’s Te Deum with the Champaign-Urbana Symphony Orchestra. She also recently made her Carnegie Hall debut, singing music of Charles Ives at Weill Recital Hall. Ms. Robertson has participated in young artist programs at Finger Lakes Opera and Sarasota Opera. Operatic roles include Mimì (La bohème), Diana (Jake Heggie’s If I Were You), and Euridice (Orfeo ed Euridice). She holds additional degrees in voice from the Eastman School of Music and the Bienen School of Music at Northwestern University. While at Eastman, she was a recipient of the Renée Fleming Award. At Yale, she received the Edwin Stanley Seder Scholarship from the Institute of Sacred Music, and upon graduating, she was awarded the Simon Carrington Prize in Concert Voice from the Yale School of Music. An avid lover of choral music, she has sung with The Crossing, the Chicago Symphony Chorus, the Grant Park Festival Chorus, the Choir of Trinity Wall Street, Yale Choral Artists, and Yale Consort.