Andrea Graichen is a frequent soloist in the Greater Portland area, performing a wide variety of alto and mezzo-soprano repertoire. She sang the mezzo-soprano solo in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 in the gala opening concerts of the Portland Symphony Orchestra’s (PSO) 100th anniversary season. She also sang the role of Mother Jeanne in the PSO’s presentation of Poulenc’s opera Dialogues of the Carmelites. Ms. Graichen appeared as the alto soloist with Portland’s ChoralArt in a 2025 concert featuring Mozart’s Credomesse and the world premiere of the organization’s innovative commission on an historic event in Portland’s history, FIRE! At Blue Hill Bach, she has sung in Handel’s Israel in Egypt Festival Finale concert and in a vocal quintet for Blue Hill’s “Birthday Concert for Johann Sebastian Bach” featuring Jesu, meine Freude BWV 227 and Felix Mendelssohn’s setting of Jesu, meine Freude. Solo repertoire includes Mozart’s Parto! Ma tu ben mio (La Clemenza di Tito), Schubert’s Der Hirt auf dem Felsen, Robert S. Cohen’s Alzheimer’s Stories, Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater, Poulenc’s Gloria, Stravinsky’s Mass, Mendelssohn’s Elijah, Britten’s Ceremony of Carols, Bach’s Mass in B minor BWV 232, Handel’s Messiah, Mozart’s Coronation Mass, Regina Coeli, and Requiem, Raminsh’s Magnificat, plus many smaller works, among them Strozzi’s Lagrime Mie, Ballio’s The Old Bridge at Florence, Monteverdi’s Lamento d’Ariana, and Caldara’s Pompe inutili aria from Maddalena ai piedi di Cristo. Ms. Graichen was a member of the ChoralArt Camerata, Singers, and Masterworks Chorus from 1998 to 2022. She was also a longtime member of the St. Mary Schola early music ensemble. She studied voice with mezzo-soprano Kathleen Grammer. She earned a B.S. in Nutrition from the University of Texas.