Marianne M. Sandborg

Marianne M. Sandborg was Resident Artist of Voice at Roanoke College till 2023. At Second, she is organist and soloist. As a soprano, her career has included performances with Opera Roanoke, Roanoke Symphony Orchestra, Roanoke Valley Choral Society and Orchestra, Blacksburg Master Chorale, and Salem Choral Society. Marianne and her husband, Jeffrey, were the 1998 winners of the Perry F. Kendig Award for Excellence in the Arts.

Her competition awards include the New York Oratorio Competition and the Yrjö Kilpinen International Voice Competition. Additionally, she was first prize winner in the Philadelphia Cathedral/Diana Barnhart American Art Song Competition. Marianne is included in the International Who’s Who of Professionals® and Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers®, and is a past member of the National Association of Teachers of Singing. She is currently a member of the Roanoke Chapter of the American Guild of Organists.