Ellen Chickering, Soprano sings extensively in the New England area. Her 1998-99 season included a "Three Divas" concert in Wethersfield, Ct., Soprano 1 in Mahler's Eighth Symphony with the Boston Philharmonic, Amelia in Verdi's Un Ballo In Maschera with the Concord Symphony, and the title role in Puccini's Suor Angelica with the Boston Academy of Music. As a winner of the joy in Singing Contest, Ms. Chickering made her New York Recital Debut at Alice Tully Hall. She has made four concert tours to Japan singing Handel's Messiah, and Beethoven's Ninth Symphony. In addition, her concert repertoire includes Verdi's Requiem, Britten's War Requiem, and Strauss' Vier Letzte Lieder with such orchestras as the Minnesota Orchestra, the Milwaukee Symphony, the Colorado Springs Symphony, the Civic Symphony of Boston, and the Portland Symphony. Reviewers have hailed her singing as "sensational", "powerful and technically sophisticated", and "superb in spin of tone" (the Denver Post, the Boston Globe).