Mrs. Onstad has been seen on many stages with MassOpera, Odyssey Opera, Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Cambridge Cambridge Ensemble, Greater Worcester Opera, Longwood Opera, Boston Opera Collaborative, New England Conservatory Opera Theatre, New England Light Opera, Juventas New Music Ensemble, Providence Opera, Fargo-Moorhead Opera, as well as many different performances within Germany, Austria, England, and Italy, including performances with the Frieberg Opera Theatre during her summer contract in 2007. Mrs. Onstad is a passionate advocate for outreach within schools, nursing homes, and in her community. While completing her undergraduate studies, Mrs. Onstad sang in schools with the outreach team of the Fargo-Moorhead Opera. While studying at New England Conservatory in 2009, she performed a holiday quartet with three colleagues at schools, nursing homes and other venues. She has been seen collaborating with NEMPAC, Music Street, Opera on Tap to name a few. A performer of great determination, Mary-Alexandra has participated in many prestigious opera programs, such as the Berkshire Choral Festival (2003) as a student scholarship winner in Santa Fe, NM, the Bay Summer Opera Theatre Institute in San Francisco (2005), Oberlin in Italy Opera Festival in Urbana (2004), University of Miami at Salzburg, Austria (2003), and Saltnote Stageworks Opera Festival (2008). Recent roles include Rosalinda in Die Fledermaus, Fiordiligi in Cosi fan tutte, the Vixen in Jancek’s Cunning Little Vixen, Barbarina in Le Nozze di Figaro, and the Sandman in Hansel and Gretel to name a few.