American soprano Kendra Colton is a versatile singer who performs repertoire from Baroque opera and oratorio to contemporary music. Trained in the United States and Europe, she appears regularly in solo recital, with symphony orchestras, and often at major music festivals on both continents. She has developed a niche for herself in the oratorios and sacred works of Bach, Brahms, Haydn, Handel, Mendelssohn, Mozart and Schubert. She is also recognized for her skill as an interpreter of contemporary chamber music and has given several premieres.

Ms. Colton has been a featured soloist with such organizations as Aston Magna, Banff Opera Centre, Bethlehem Bach Festival, Boston Early Music Festival, Boston Lyric Opera, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Casals Festival in Puerto Rico, Carmel Bach Festival, Emmanuel Music of Boston, Göttingen Handel Festival, Houston Symphony, Indianapolis Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Milwaukee Symphony, Minnesota Orchestra, Pittsburgh Symphony, Tanglewood Festival and the Washington Bach Consort.  Among the conductors with whom Ms. Colton has worked are Harry Bicket, Greg Funfgeld, Paul Goodwin, Bernard Haitink, John Harbison, J. Reilly Lewis, Sir Neville Marriner, Nicholas McGegan, John Nelson, Heiichiro Ohyama, Seiji Ozawa, Martin Pearlman, Helmuth Rilling, Ken Slowik, Craig Smith, Bruno Weil and Benjamin Zander.

Kendra Colton is a graduate of Oberlin College and the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music with Master of Music degrees in singing and piano. Ms. Colton's discography includes recordings for the Chandos, Koch, Boston Records, and Stereophile labels. She also recorded two solo CD's - Le Charme, a collection of French art songs and He Brought Me Roses, 25 Lieder by Joseph Marx.

Ms. Colton performs in Handel’s Messiah December 5-7 at Symphony Hall. Her last performance with the Society was in "Handel's Favorite Sopranos" in March 2005.