Soprano Sian Ricketts enjoys a multi-faceted career as a singer and a period woodwinds specialist.  As a soprano soloist, Ms. Ricketts has recently performed in C.P.E Bach’s St. John Passion, Handel’s Messiah, Arvo Pärt’s Passio, and Bach’s St. Mark Passion. In demand as a consort and ensemble singer, Ms. Ricketts currently sings with the choir of St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church in New York, and will make her debut with the Santa Fe Desert Chorale this season. She has also sung with the Newberry Consort Women’s Vocal Ensemble, and with Apollo’s Singers, the resident chorus of the Apollo’s Fire Baroque Orchestra. Performing on Baroque oboe, recorders, and shawm, recent engagements include concerts with the Newberry Consort (IL), Bach Collegium Fort Wayne (IN), Denton Bach Society (TX), Queen City Musicians (WA), and Baroque Band (IL). She is also a co-artistic director and founding member of Alkemie, an ensemble specializing in medieval music. Ms. Ricketts holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in historical performance practice from Case Western Reserve University with concentrations in voice and baroque oboe. She has also earned degrees from the Cleveland Institute of Music and Northwestern University.