Hailed as a “standout … whose heartfelt invocation of peace in ‘Rejoice greatly’ had listeners dabbing at tears” by the New York Times, GRAMMY®-nominated soprano Margaret Carpenter Haigh captivates audiences with her “flawless intonation” and “perfect vocalism” (Classical Voice North Carolina) in “superbly sung” (Early Music America Magazine) performances.
Treasured performances include the North American premiere of Huang Ruo’s Book of Mountains & Seas; David Del Tredici’s virtuosic An Alice Symphony with Portland Symphony and Ballet; Bach’s St. Matthew Passion with the choirs of Trinity Wall Street and Saint Thomas Church, Fifth Avenue; Couperin’s Leçons de Ténèbres in the Easter at King’s Concert Series in King’s College Chapel, Cambridge; Handel’s Messiah under Dame Jane Glover; and a highly publicized and ground-breaking soprano interpretation of the Evangelista role in Bach’s St. John Passion at the 2024 Baldwin Wallace Bach Festival to celebrate the 300th anniversary of the work’s creation.
Recent solo recording credits include Handel’s Israel in Egypt with Apollo’s Fire and Desmarest’s Circé with the Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra.
A native of Charlotte, North Carolina and graduate of UNC-Greensboro, Margaret is a grateful recipient of the Gates Cambridge Scholarship and holds the M.Mus from the University of Cambridge and the D.M.A. in Historical Performance from Case Western Reserve University, where her dissertation was supervised by Susan McClary. She has lectured widely, including at the University of Iowa, Harvard University, Peabody Institute, and Indiana University, and has served on the faculties of the Oklahoma Arts Institute at Quartz Mountain and Vocal Fellows Program at Bach Akademie Charlotte. Margaret is a member of The Choir of Trinity Wall Street.
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