Tonia D'Amelio (soprano), a native of New York City, enjoys an active career performing with numerous Bay Area ensembles, including AVE, American Bach Soloists, the Philharmonia Chorale, The Pacific Collegium, City Concert Opera Orchestra, inQuire, and Volti. In recent seasons she has been featured as the soprano soloist in the Vaughan Williams Mass with American Bach Soloists, performed Vivaldi's Nulla in mundo pax sincera and Gerald Finziís Dies Natalis with the Pacific Collegium, and sang the role of Piacere (ìPleasureî) in City Concert Opera Orchestra's production of Handel's Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno.