Professional Experience
Willow Pedersen is a DC-based soprano specializing in early music and small ensemble singing. Willow is an alternate for the 2026 Bethlehem Bach Competition and is on the sub list/roster for Washington Bach Consort.
Willow sings in one-on-a-part and small ensembles at several churches around the DC area, including the National Cathedral and the National Shrine (Basilica), where she recently sang on a Christmas album recorded by Acis productions.
She has performed with Vox Vocal Ensemble (director, George Steel) at the Isabella Gardner Museum in Boston and is on the pro core roster for Cathedral Choral Society under GRAMMY-nominated conductor Steven Fox.
Training
Willow has attended Amherst Early Music Festival’s Ensemble Singing Intensive working closely with countertenor Geoff Williams (New York Polyphony) and soprano Dr. Anna Lenti. Willow also worked with Molly Quinn at Spire Chamber Ensemble Choral Conducting Institute, Drew Minter at the Baroque Opera Workshop Queens College, and Dana Marsh and Jeffrey Smith at the Indiana University Schola Cantorum. In 2023, Willow attended Seraphic Fire’s Professional Choral Institute at Aspen Music Festival and School working with Rebecca Myers.
Willow studies with Dr. Kate Vetter Cain and with Molly Quinn and coaches with Margot Rood.
