Soprano

Donna Fagerhaug holds a Master of Arts degree in Church Music from Trinity Lutheran Seminary and a Bachelor’s of Music from the Conservatory at Capital University, both in Columbus, Ohio. She is the Choir Director at Celebration Lutheran Church in Chardon. Locally, she sings with Apollo’s Singers, and has been a member and frequent soloist with the Cleveland Lutheran A Cappella Choir, of which she has also served as an Assistant Director. Highlights of her solo career include the role of “Birdie” in Blitzstein’s Regina, and the recent regional premier of J. S. Bach’s newly discovered aria, Alles mit Gott und nichts ohn Ihn. Besides her classical training in the Western European languages, Donna has also sung in Spanish, Hebrew, Swahili, Xhosa, Chinese, Korean, and Urdu. In the past, she has taught both elementary music and high school choir and even had a short stint as a torch singer. Donna resides in a 93-year-old farmhouse in Richmond Heights, Ohio, with her husband and three children.