
Baritone Thomas Jones
has appeared with orchestras, opera companies, choral ensembles
and on recital series throughout North America, Europe and the West
Indies. Richard Buell of The Boston Globe calls the vocal and stage
presence of Thomas Jones "irresistible". Anthony Tommasini
of The New York Times proclaims that Mr. Jones sings "with
plush sounds and musical vigor".
Solo engagements include Santa Fe Symphony,
The Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, San Francisco's Philharmonia
Baroque Orchestra, Boston's Handel & Haydn Society, The Apollo
Chorus of Chicago, The San Francisco City Chorus and Orchestra,
The Vancouver Chamber Choir and The Canadian Broadcast Orchestra,
The Phoenix Bach Choir, The Phoenix Chamber Orchestra, New York's
St. Cecilia Orchestra, Baltimore Choral Arts Society, The Pacific
Chorale and The Pacific Symphony in Southern California, The Louisville
Bach Society at The Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts, The
Masterworks Chorus and Orchestra of Washington, DC, The Northeastern
Pennsylvania Philharmonic Orchestra, The Bucks County Choral Society
and The Philadelphia Festive Arts Orchestra under conductor Robert
Page.
Festival
appearances include Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Berkshire Choral
Festival, The Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival, Great Waters Music
Festival and Monadnock Music. Opera companies include Boston Lyric
Opera, The Harrisburg Opera Company of Pennsylvania and Opera New
England. In the Boston area, appearances include The Pro Arte Chamber
Orchestra, Boston Civic Orchestra, The Back Bay Chorale, Coro Allegro,
The Worcester Symphony, The Nashua Symphony, The Masterworks
Chorale, and Cape Cod Symphony.
Mr. Jones has appeared with well over 150 choruses
throughout The USA, appearing under the baton of notable maestros
such as Christopher Hogwood, Nicholas McGegan, Thomas Dunn, John
Alexander, Jon Washburn, Daniel Beckwith, Joel Revzen, Robert Page,
John Oliver, Tom Hall, Gerald Mack, Jung-Ho Pak, and Stephen Simon.
In the summer of 2000, Mr. Jones sang a concert
tour of Denmark, Sweden and Norway, including performances at Tivoli
Gardens in Copenhagen.
Thomas Jones was a semifinalist in the International
Bel Canto Foundation Vocal Competition and a semifinalist in the
New York Oratorio Competition.
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