Biography

Elisabeth Myers (Soprano)

Elisabeth Myers, soprano, sings with a number of music ensembles in the Washington area, including Countertop,
Carmina, Illuminare, and Musica Oriana, and is a cantor in the parish choir of the Church of Ascension and St. Agnes in
Washington, D.C.  Elisabeth has sung with the London Symphony Chorus, the Choral Arts Society of Washington, the
Alexandria Chorale, and Choralis, and performed for more than a decade with the Washington Revels in its annual
Christmas Revels production.  In 2006, she was a soloist and guest chorister for a benefit concert of Messiah in the historic
St. Lawrence Church in Ludlow, Shropshire, in England, under the direction of Richard Tunnicliffe.

       Elisabeth studies voice with Barbara Hollinshead and receives coaching from Professor Patricia Miller, Director of
Vocal Studies and Artist in Residence at George Mason University, and from Michael Parker.  While in college at Hunter
College of the City University of New York, Elisabeth sang in the Collegium Musicum under the Direction of Russell Oberlin
and with The Canby Singers under the direction of Edward Canby.  

       Elisabeth is a partner in the law firm of Husch Blackwell Sanders LLP, specializing in the area of energy.  Over the
years, she has incorporated her love of music into her legal practice by assisting non-profit arts organizations.  Elisabeth
served as Chair of the Board of the Alexandria Performing Arts Association for many years.  In 2000, Elisabeth was a
founding Co-Chair of the Board of Choralis and sang with Ēchos, its chamber group, and with National Chamber Singers,
the predecessor of Ēchos.  In 2003, Elisabeth assisted in the founding of the Washington Early Music Festival.  Elisabeth
currently is President of the Board of early music vocal ensemble, Chantry, and serves on the Board of the D.C. American
Guild of Organists Foundation.  

       Elisabeth was born in Nice, France, and grew up in London, England, where she first sang with the London Symphony
Chorus at the age of 17 during her last year of high school at the American School in London.  An early music enthusiast,
Elisabeth also loves to sing jazz and bossanova.
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