{"id":4888,"date":"2016-06-22T17:20:22","date_gmt":"2016-06-22T17:20:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/somainfo.org\/?page_id=4888"},"modified":"2016-07-19T18:07:52","modified_gmt":"2016-07-19T18:07:52","slug":"audience-choice-award-jon-janacek","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/soma-info.org\/?page_id=4888","title":{"rendered":"Audience Choice Award : Jon Janacek"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tenor<\/span><\/h3>\n

Recipient of the Birgitt van Wijk Audience Choice Award<\/h4>\n

\"\"<\/span><\/a><\/span>Jon Janacek (dramatic tenor) has a Bachelors degree of Music in Vocal Performance from Baylor University where he performed as one of the Armed Guards in The Magic Flute, Simone in Gianni Schicchi, and Olin Blitch in Carlisle Floyd’s Susannah. Other roles include Peter in Hansel and Gretel with the Waco Lyric Opera and the Temple College Opera, Alfio in Cavallaria Rusticana, Canio in I Pagliacci,\u00a0 Rodolfo in La Boheme, and Bacchus in Ariadne auf Naxos all with Kingwood Summer Opera and sang the role of the Official Registrar in HGO’s 2015 production of Madame Butterfly.\u00a0 He has been a regional winner of the graduate men’s division of the Texoma NATS\u00a0Vocal Competition and a regional finalist and Encouragement Award Winner of the Met Opera National Council Auditions.\u00a0 An experienced concert artist, he has been a featured soloist in performances of Beethoven’s Choral Fantasy, Faure’s Requiem, Handel’s Messiah, Mozart’s Missa Brevis, Vivaldi’s and Pergolesi’s \u00a0Magnificats, Polenc’s Gloria, Mendelssohn’s Elijah, Bach’s Cantata For Unto Us a Child is Born, Orff’s Carmina Burana, Dvorak’s Te Deum and Saint-Sa\u00ebns Christmas Oratorio.\u00a0 He has appeared with the Baylor Symphony and Choral Union, the Central Texas Choral Society, members of the Waco Symphony Orchestra and the Kingwood Chorale and Chamber Orchestra.<\/span><\/p>\n

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