Mary Bonhag, soprano is a 2007 winner of the University of Michigan Concerto Competition. She is an avid supporter of new music and is equally at home on the concert and operatic stages. Mary has performed in Italy, Germany, South Africa, Hawai'i, and much of the continental U.S. She has soloed with the University of Michigan Chamber Choir, University Choir, and Arts Chorale as well as the Lehigh University Orchestra, University (of Michigan) Symphony Orchestra, the U-M Contemporary Directions Ensemble, and the Superior Chamber Orchestra. She has performed as part of the Fontana Chamber Arts Festival of Kalamazoo, MI, the Maui Classical Music Festival, Strings in the Mountains, Cactus Pear Music Festival, among others. Last summer, she premiered a new chamber opera by Evan Premo as part of the Pine Mountain Music Festival called "The Diaries of Adam and Eve", and also premiered a new chamber piece by Curtis Curtis-Smith. Currently living in Ann Arbor, she has become an active performer in the Detroit area. Mary is co-founder of "Duo Borealis" with double bassist/composer Evan Premo, performing eclectic concerts of folk, classical, and original music. A recent graduate from the University of Michigan with a B.M. in vocal performance, she studies with Carmen Pelton.