Biography
Marjorie Bunday (Mezzo-Soprano/Alto)
Marj has long been known to audiences in the Washington, DC metropolitan area for her
performances of music ranging from medieval to 21st century. Ms. Bunday is especially
well-versed in the early and baroque music repertoire for alto and mezzo-soprano, and she
has sung as a soloist for many Bach cantatas presented by the Washington Bach Consort.
She is in great demand as an oratorio singer, and has been alto or mezzo-soprano soloist in
performances of Mozart's Requiem, Bach's St. John Passion and Magnificat, Handel's
Messiah and Dixit Dominus, Duruflé's Requiem, Monteverdi's Vespers of 1610 (in Venice,
Italy; and Helena and Missoula, Montana), Beethoven's Fantasia in C minor (Choral Fantasy), Vivaldi's Gloria, and many
other oratorios. Recently, she appeared with the English early music ensemble Magnificat in a quintet performance of
Tudor music that was recorded for broadcast by NPR's Performance Today. She was featured last season with the
Washington Men's Camerata in a US premiere performance of Bohuslav Martinu's The Prophecy of Isaiah and has added
her voice to many US and world premieres including choral music, art song, and chamber music. Ms. Bunday has
appeared as a soloist with many DC-based ensembles, including the Washington Bach Consort, Alexandria Choral
Society, Four Nations Ensemble/Violins of Lafayette, Alexandria Chorale, Washington Choral Ensemble, Cantate Chamber
Singers, Bach Sinfonia, and Cathedral Choral Society. She regularly sings as a chorister with Palestrina Choir, Woodley
Ensemble, Opera Lafayette, and Washington Bach Consort, as well as with the eight-voice professional choir at St. Paul's
Episcopal Church, Rock Creek. In her spare time, Ms. Bunday enjoys collecting vintage costume jewelry, singing and
listening to popular music of the 1930's and 40's, and learning to dance the lindy hop and jitterbug.
