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The Messiah, Alto Soloist – The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
Celebrate the holidays with one of classical music’s most beloved traditions and join the SPCO for our extremely popular annual performances of Handel’s Messiah. SPCO Artistic Partner Jonathan Cohen and the SPCO will be joined by an all-star roster of vocal soloists, and renowned vocal ensemble The Singers.
Find out more »John Holiday in Recital – The Kennedy Center For The Performing Arts
2017 Marian Anderson Vocal Award Winner: John Holiday in Recital. Named for the groundbreaking African American contralto, the Marian Anderson Vocal Award recognizes a young American singer in opera, oratorio, or recital repertory with outstanding promise for a significant career. Given annually by the Kennedy Center, the award offers a cash prize, a residency at Washington's Duke Ellington School of the Arts, and a recital co-presented by WNO and the Kennedy Center's Fortas Chamber Music Concerts. This year's winner, gifted…
Find out more »Western Connecticut State University – Soloist
John Holiday joins the School of Music at Western Connecticut State University for the kickoff to their naming campaign for the Marian Anderson Initiative. John Holiday, winner of the Kennedy Center 2017 Marian Anderson Vocal Award, will perform at WestConn's Community Birthday Celebration to honor Marian Anderson at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 27, the 121st anniversary of Anderson’s birth. Don't miss this opportunity to hear Holiday perform in the Veronica Hagman Concert Hall in our Visual and Performing Arts Center.
Find out more »We Shall Not Be Moved, the role of John Blue, at The Dutch National Opera (European Premiere)
On the run after a series of tragic incidents, five North Philly teens find refuge in an abandoned, condemned house in West Philadelphia at the exact location that served as headquarters of the MOVE organization, where a 1985 standoff with police infamously ended with a neighborhood destroyed and 11 people dead, including five children. This self-defined family is assuaged and even inspired by the ghosts who inhabit this home and begin to see their squatting as a matter of destiny…
Find out more »We Shall Not Be Moved, the role of John Blue, at The Dutch National Opera (European Premiere)
On the run after a series of tragic incidents, five North Philly teens find refuge in an abandoned, condemned house in West Philadelphia at the exact location that served as headquarters of the MOVE organization, where a 1985 standoff with police infamously ended with a neighborhood destroyed and 11 people dead, including five children. This self-defined family is assuaged and even inspired by the ghosts who inhabit this home and begin to see their squatting as a matter of destiny…
Find out more »Recital at East Carolina University
Award-winning countertenor John Holiday brings his versatile repertoire and love of new music to the stage of East Carolina University, where he will present a masterclass and recital.
Find out more »Masterclass at East Carolina University
Award-winning countertenor John Holiday brings his versatile repertoire and love of new music to the stage of East Carolina University, where he will present a masterclass and recital.
Find out more »Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms, Soloist – Los Angeles Philharmonic
Maestro Gustavo Dudamel conducts Bernstein's Chichester Psalms at Walt Disney Concert Hall. This performance will be John's debut performance with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, under the baton of Maestro Dudamel.
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