"Standing alone at center stage, she lit up the proceedings with glowing, sweet tone and a radiant persona, which rightfully reaped some of the longest applause of the evening."
- San Francisco Classical Voice

A passionate interpreter of concert work, Ms. Sjöwall has given recitals in Japan, Italy, Latvia, Sweden and the United States. In 2009, she made her Carnegie Hall debut in A Carol Fantasy, a world premiere piece by Stephen Edwards, replacing an ill colleague one day before the performance. She has appeared as soloist with the Angeles Chorale (Rutter's Magnificat and Pärt's Magnificat), the UCLA Philharmonia (Mozart's Exsulate, jubilate) and the Greater Bridgeport Symphony. As a guest of the Music at Westwood series she has performed the soprano roles in Vaughan Williams' Dona nobis pacem, Bach's Magnificat, Haydn's Lord Nelson Mass, Handel's Messiah and the Brahms Requiem. In 2008, she premiered In the Garret, a song cycle by Christina Whitten Thomas, which received Second Place in the 2010 NATS Art Song Award Competition. (Visit the Media Page to listen to an excerpt of that performance.) She has also collaborated on several works with her husband, composer Marcus Sjöwall.

An active recording artist, Ms. Sjöwall can be heard singing the "Rapture Anthem" on the award-winning video game BioShock. On the latest album by Sparks, The Seduction of Ingmar Bergman, she is featured as the Hollywood Starlet. She has also been a guest soloist on Los Angeles County Museum of Art's Sundays Live.

Ms. Sjöwall's honors include two-time District Winner of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions as well as Winner of the Barnum Festival Jenny Lind Competition, the Long Beach Mozart Festival Vocal Competition, the Redlands Bowl Young Artist Auditions and the A.E.I.O.U. Nunzio Crisci Opera Scholarship. She was the Second Place Winner of the Palm Springs Opera Guild Competition in 2007, and has been a Finalist in the Czech Republic's International Antonín Dvorák Competition and the Palm Beach Opera Competition. A two-time Society of Singers Scholarship Recipient, she was selected to perform at the 16th Annual ELLA Awards honoring Gladys Knight. She has also received generous support from The Opera Buffs and from composer Stephen Edwards.

The path to singing for this Wisconsin native was a winding one. She took her first voice lesson while completing her B.A. in Political Science at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa. Wishing to experience life in another country, she moved to Japan after graduation to work as an English teacher. While living there, she was asked to give a concert to raise money for The Friendship Foundation, an experience that led her in a new direction. In June 2008, she received her M.M. from UCLA, where she was seen in the roles of Countess Almaviva (Le nozze di Figaro), Alice Ford (Falstaff), Helena (A Midsummer Night's Dream) and Lucy (The Threepenny Opera). She was also one of four UCLA singers to appear in recital with pianist Rakefet Hak at Teatro la Fenice. She currently lives in Los Angeles.