Sophia Santiago
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Biography
Sophia Santiago has performed as a soprano soloist and pro choral artist across the New York Metropolitan Area. She appears frequently as a soloist with ensembles like the Mendelssohn Chorus of Philadelphia and Cincinatti Vocal Arts Ensemble.
Sophia received her bachelor’s degree at Westminster Choir College and completed her Master’s Degree in Vocal Performance at Manhattan School of Music, studying with voice teacher Shirley Close. She won first place at the Spazio e Musica competition in Vicenza, Italy in 2022 and performed with early music ensemble I Musicalli Affetti. She was also a New York District Winner in the Laffont competition of 2022.
Recent engagements include the American Bach Soloist Academy, participating in the Hugo Wolf Liedduo Competition in Stuttgart, Germany, and performing with The Crossing.
mendelssohn cHORUS OF pHILADELPHIA
Dido and aeneas
Sophia performs as Belinda in Dido and Aeneas with the Menselssohn Chorus of Philadelphia.
10/ 18
2025
uPCOMING eNGAGEMENTS
oPERA PHILADELPHIA
Arts on Center Stage: dillworth park
As a part of Center City District’s Arts on Center Stage series; Soprano Sophia Santiago and colleagues will perform a selection of American and opera classics, accompanied by Michael Lewis on piano for an outdoor concert in the shadow of City Hall organized by Opera Philadelphia. This concert is free an open to the public!
7/ 23
2026
The Bach choir of bethlehem
Bach at noon
July’s Bach at Noon features music important local Pennsylvania Moravian histories. Members of the Bach Choir of Bethlehem join with the local Moravian ensemble Unitas to perform J.F. Peter’s jubilant Freudenpsalm, composed in 1783 to celebrate the end of the Revolutionary War. Sophia Santiago joins a quintet of soloists for this unique recording of J.F. Peter’s Freudenpsalm.
7 / 14
2026
PAST eNGAGEMENTS
April 2026
J.S. Bach: Master of Instruments and Voice
The West Jersey Chamber Orchestra joins featured soloist Sophia Santiago in one of Bach’s most celebrated works, Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen (BWV 51). This concert was presented in the acoustically rich sanctuary of First Presbyterian Church of Moorestown.
March 2026
Premier of sLEEPER’S aWAKE by gregory Spears
Sophia made her solo debut on the Academy of Music stage with Opera Philadelphia as a Godmother in the world premier of Sleeper’s Awake by Gregory Spears.
March 2026
VAE TO THE HANDS: CUTTING EDGE ART
Sophia appeared as a soloist with VAE in Ohio for Caroline Shaw’s To the Hands; A multi-media rich journey that blurs the boundaries between choral tradition, visual art and social reflection.
March 2026
Schubertiade
Listen to lieder selections by Schubert performed by Sophia Santiago and pianist Benjamin D’Annibale on the fortepiano. An intimate afternoon recital in the parlor at the Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion.
Oct 2025
Dido and Aeneas: Belinda
Sophia Santiago performs as Belinda from Dido and Aeneas with the Mendelssohn Chorus of Philadelphia.
APRIL 2025
Lieder RECITAL
German Romantic Lieder performed by Sophia Santiago and pianist Benjamin D’Annibale at the First Prebyterian Church of Moorestown as part of the West Jersey Chamber Music Concert Series. The livestream performance includes selections by Schubert and Wolf.
Sept 2024
Hugo woLF aKADEMIE liedduo competition
The first round video of Sophia Santiago and pianist Benjamin D’Annibale in the Hugo Wolf Akademie 2024 Liedduo Competition.
August 2023
American bach soloist academy
Soprano soloist in Jesu, der du meine Seele, BWV 78 singing the duet “Wir eilen mit schwachen doch emsigen Schritten” and soloist in the Bach Magnificat in D Major, BWV 243 for the trio “Suscepit Israel.”
Oct 2022
I musicali e affetti
Winning first place in the 16th edition of the International Baroque Singing Competition – Fatima Terzo Award 2022, Sophia Santiago performs a solo concert series “Amor sacro e amor profano” in Vicenza and Modena, Italy with early music ensemble I Musicalli Affetti headed by Fabio Missagia.
April 2021
Camerata Nova
MSM Camerata Nova and soprano soloist Sophia Santiago conducted by George Manahan. The livestream of the performance includes Trois poèmes de Stéphane Mallarmé by Ravel and Improvisations sur Mallarmé no. 1 by Boulez.