In 2001, Ms. Arnold became the only vocalist ever to be awarded first prize in the Gaudeamus International Interpreters Competition. Later that year, she claimed first prize in the Louise D. McMahon International Music Competition. She has received critical acclaim for her performances with MusicNOW, New York New Music Ensemble, eighth blackbird, Boston Modern Orchestra Project, International Contemporary Ensemble, Fulcrum Point, Fromm Players, Callisto Ensemble, Chicago Chamber Musicians, and June in Buffalo.

In 2003 Ms. Arnold joined the faculty of the University at Buffalo. She is an active participant in the creation and commissioning of new works. Her recordings include Luciano Berio’s Sequenza III on Naxos, and a 2006 Grammy Nominated performance of George Crumb’s Ancient Voices of Children on Bridge Records. In 2004, Ms. Arnold was the featured guest artist at both the First International Festival of Contemporary Music in Morelia, Mexico, and a special memorial concert for Luciano Berio at the Parco della Musica in Rome. She sang at the 2004 Lucerne Festival, and participated in a ten-city tour with the composer George Crumb in celebration of his 75th birthday, culminating in a performance at the Library of Congress.

In 2005 she appeared with Ensemble 21 at the Miller Theater in a rare performance of Ferneyhough's Etudes Transcendantales. In 2006-07 Ms. Arnold toured Armenia and the west coast of the U.S. with violin virtuoso Movses Pogossian in Kurtág’s monumental Kafka Fragments, of which their recording will be issued on Bridge Records later this year. Recently she premiered Philippe Manoury’s Cruel Spirals with the International Contemporary Ensemble. In April 2008, she will be the featured performer in a concert of the complete chamber songs of Igor Stravinsky at the Morgan Library.

photo credit: Liz Linder