A frequent oratorio and concert artist, soprano Nacole Palmer recently moved to Maine from New York City, where she was based for 14 years. Carnegie Hall debut: Handel’s Messiah with the Oratorio Society of New York. Lincoln Center debut: Bach’s Christmas Oratorio with the Riverside Choral Society. Other solo credits include acclaimed Bach’s St. John Passion and Orff’sCarmina Burana with Seraphic Fire of Miami; Haydn’s Creation with the Ulster Choral Society; Mozart’sMass in C Minor with The Choir of Trinity Wall Street, and Graun’s Cleopatra e Cesare with The Clarion Music Society. Solo recordings include the soprano role of Haydn’sTheresienmesse, Schopfungsmesse, and Harmoniemesse from Haydn’s Complete Masses with Trinity Wall Street and conductor Jane Glover (NAXOS label), and an upcoming recording ofSongs of Ishmael, a song cycle that was written for Ms. Palmer and fellow soprano Molly Quinn by conductor/composer James Blachly. Nacole is the co-artistic director of Zenith Ensemble, a new professional vocal ensemble that is based in Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont. www.nacolepalmer.com, www.zenithensemble.com