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Sylvia
V.C. Twine,
mezzo-soprano, is a native of Washington, DC. Her artistry has been described
as “powerfully affecting” and her voice as “ravishing and lush.” She has
appeared at the White House, Smithsonian Institution, DAR Constitution Hall and
on Concert stages throughout the U.S., Canada, and abroad in oratorios and
operas including Verdi’s Requiem, Handel’s Messiah, Britten’s Albert Herring and
Ravel’s L’enfant et les Sortileges. Other orchestral appearances include the
Michigan Pops Orchestra, the German-American Chorale and Orchestra of Hanau,
West Germany and the Georgetown Orchestra. Ms. Twine participated with George
Shirley and members of the Savannah Symphony Orchestra in the acclaimed 1998
premiere of Montage for Martin, a contemporary oratorio, a role that will be
reprised in January 2005 in Seattle, Washington at the Benaroya Hall. She has
performed under the baton of composer/conductors Donald McCullough, and John Rutter. Her most recent performances include the Sylvia Lee Memorial Concert at
the John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts and in concerts as a soloist with
the National Spiritual Ensemble throughout the US.