Mezzo-soprano Elisa Sutherland gives detailed, stylistic performances of early and new music with “soul-infused expressiveness and unselfconscious joie de vivre.” In the world of early and chamber music, Ellie has been featured and explored repertoire with ensembles including American Bach Soloists, Apollo’s Fire, Arcana New Music Ensemble, Contemporaneous, The Crossing, Filament, Lorelei, Quicksilver Baroque, Roomful of Teeth, Seraphic Fire, TENET, the Choir of Trinity Wall Street, and Variant 6. She has sung for over 25 commercial recordings (including three GRAMMY-winning albums) and was a soloist on The Crossing’s GRAMMY-nominated album, “Boenhoffer.” 

In addition to being a core member of Alkemie, Ellie is a core member of Ekmeles, a sextet dedicated to exploring microtonal tuning and extended vocal techniques. She has workshopped and premiered new compositions by composers Ted Hearne, Julia Wolfe, Erin Gee, Michael Gordon, Christopher Trapani, David Lang, Zosha Di Castri, Shawn Jaeger, John Luther Adams, Hannah Kendall, Caroline Shaw, Yaz Lancaster, Michael Gilbertson, Gavin Bryars, Joanne Metcalf, Kile Smith, Pablo Chin, L J White, and many more.

Ellie graduated from Northwestern University with a Bachelor of Arts in Creative Writing, a Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance, and a Master of Music in Vocal Performance. Born in Milwaukee, WI, she now lives in Brooklyn with her cat, Anton, and an unruly monstera deliciosa.