Sylvia Leith, mezzo-soprano, is a soloist and consort singer. She has appeared as a soloist with the Baltimore Symphony, Winston-Salem Symphony, Lancaster Symphony, Washington Bach Consort, Oregon Bach Festival, St. Thomas Fifth Avenue, American Classical Orchestra, Riverside Choral Society, Cantata Collective, and the Bach Choir of Bethlehem, among others. Known primarily for her performances of the high baroque works of Bach and Handel, she is equally at home singing repertoire of the Romantic era including Mahler, Elgar, and Brahms, as well as 20th-century and newly composed works. Ensemble Altera, Seraphic Fire, Skylark, True Concord, TENET, Lorelei, Ekmeles, the Oregon Bach Festival Chorus, the Crossing, and the Choir of Trinity Wall Street. She is a founding member of the Polyphonists. Sylvia won first prize in the 2024 Bethlehem Bach Aria Competition, and was a 2024 Virginia Best Adams vocal fellow at the Carmel Bach Festival. www.sylvialeith.com