Biography

Lydia Saylor (soprano) has been a soloist in her native NYC and abroad. Operatic roles include Gretel (Humperdinck Hänsel und Gretel), Adele (J. Strauss Die Fledermaus), Morgana (Handel Alcina), and Hypsipyle (Cavalli Il Giasone). As a soloist with orchestra she has performed Bach St. John Passion, Zelenka Magnificat, Copland Eight Poems of Emily Dickinson, Fauré Requiem, Mendelssohn Elijah, Vaughan Williams Magnificat, and Bach Jauchzet Gott. Lydia has premiered solos in choral-orchestral works including A Festival of Psalms by Kerensa and David Briggs, Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass by David Stern, and A Child is Born by Bruce Saylor. As an ensemble soloist abroad she has performed works by Holly Herndon in Singapore and by her sister Evelyn Saylor in the UK and Europe. Lydia loves performing contemporary music and has performed songs and chamber music by Steve Reich, Lukas Foss, Joel Mandelbaum, Mathew Rosenblum, Ben Yarmolinsky, and her father Bruce Saylor. She received her Master of Music from the Aaron Copland School of Music at Queens College, where she was a winner of both the Concerto Competition and the Bach Competition. She was a fellow at Bach Institute at Emmanuel Church in Boston, and is a current Trailblazer with Tenet Vocal Artists. She is a member of the NYC-based Alegría Ensemble.