Known for her radiant, clear, and agile singing, soprano AMY BARTRAM sings repertoire from medieval to contemporary as a soloist and ensemble singer in the greater New York area. She has been a soloist in the Fauré Requiem, Purcell Come Ye Sons of Art, and Respighi Laud to the Nativity, and in countless works by Bach, Britten, Handel, Mozart, and Vivaldi. Her ensemble credits include Abendmusik, Clarion Choir, Musica Sacra, the NY Consort of Viols, Pomerium, and Vox Vocal Ensemble, in venues including Carnegie Hall, the Guggenheim, and the Morgan Library. Onstage, she has sung lead roles in operas by Copland, Kioulaphides, Leardini (Psiche, c. 1649), and Purcell; she sang and played medieval lute in the acclaimed GEMS NY production of the twelfth-century Play of Daniel at the Cloisters, CT Early Music Festival, and Rockport Music Festival. Early in her career, she was a member of Trinity Choir (Wall St.) and performed with REBEL Baroque, including broadcasts on WQXR and recordings of Haydn’s masses; she is a featured soloist on the bestselling Naxos CD, Christmas at Trinity.

Amy’s recordings of solo song include her latest, The Persistence of Song: Songs of Jonathan David (Centaur Records), and her CD with guitarist Jocelyn Nelson, Ma Guiterre je te chante: 16th century guitar solos and chansons. Amy premiered and recorded John Stone’s Daybreak in Alabama: A Langston Hughes Song Cycle with Stone on piano. The title track was selected for the Song of America radio series.

Some of her happiest moments have been spent singing the stratospheric soprano parts found in some Tudor-era choral music. She also relishes her collaborations with contemporary composers, including premieres of solo and choral works by Jonathan David, Jenny Johnson, James Kennerley, Ian Moss, and Christopher Mueller. Amy has been fortunate to perform songs by Christopher Berg and an aria by Lukas Foss, accompanied by the composers.

Amy has given concerts of medieval song, self-accompanied on medieval lute, and explored lute songs in four languages with lutenist Ekko Jennings in more than sixteen unique programs offered on series in NYC and NJ. As founder and artistic director of the medieval ensemble, Machicoti, she created twelve different programs for concerts in NYC over the six years the group was active. The vocal trio performed chant and Notre Dame polyphony from original notation, and works by Dufay, Machaut, Adam de la Halle, and others.

As a teaching artist, Amy has brought programs of early song (from ancient Greece to the sixteenth century) to classrooms and libraries. One program she designed was “Singing from Manuscript Sources,” which introduced enthusiastic audiences at the NY Public Library to medieval notation. Also a voice teacher, Amy holds an MA in vocal pedagogy from Westminster Choir College, and a BA in music from Vassar.