Resident Artists

Marianne Sandborg

Marianne Sandborg is Resident Artist (Voice).  She is a graduate of Old Dominion University and the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana.  She has performed frequently with the Roanoke Symphony Orchestra under current director Maestro David Wiley and former conductor Victoria Bond; Opera Roanoke, under current Artistic Adviser Steven White and former director Craig Fields; and Roanoke Valley Choral Society, under Jeffrey Sandborg, among others.  Ms. Sandborg's collaborations include American composers Daniel Pinkham and Gunther Schuller, in addition to RSO's former composer-in- residence Margaret Brouwer, and Roanoke College faculty member Gordon Marsh. Her awards include the Perry F. Kendig Award for Excellence in the Arts, New York Oratorio Competition, and the Yrjö Kilpinen International Voice Competition.  She was first-prize winner in the Philadelphia Cathedral/Diana Barnhart American Art Song Competition, and is included in the International Who's Who of Professionals® and Who's Who Among America's Teachers®.  She is organist/soloist at Second Presbyterian Church, Roanoke.