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The Canadian baritone, Jonathon Adams, received Canadian High School Diploma (Edmonton) in 2008). He studied at Victoria Conservatory of Music in Edmonton, Alberta (2010-2011: Class of Nancy Argenta); The Royal Academy of Music (2011-2012: Class of Sarah Walker); and the Conservatorium van Amsterdam (Masters degree in Early Music Singing 2013-2017: Class of Xenia Meijer). He has also attended the Tafelmusik Baroque Summer Institute (June 2011: Ivars Taurins, Ann Monoyios, Peter Harvey), The American Bach Soloists Academy in San Francisco (July 2011: Judith Malafronte, Max van Egmond), The Dutch National Opera Academy (2014/2015: Class of Rosemary Joshua), Stuttgart Bach Akademie (Residency August 2017: Dorothee Mields, Peter Harvey), Fondazione Giorgio Cini Residency (January 2018: Sacred Music of Jan Dismas Zelenka - Václav Luks); and Britten-Pears Young Artist Programme (August 2019: J.S. Bach Cantatas - Philippe Herreweghe). He also studied privately with and Emma Kirkby (2011-2012), Edith Wiens (2012-2013) and Olivier Lallouette.
Jonathon Adams has appeared as a soloist under Masaaki Suzuki, Philippe Herreweghe, Laurence Equilbey, and Alexander Weimann, among others, with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, and Toronto Symphony Orchestra, the Washington Bach Consort (Director: J. Reilly Lewis), Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra (Director: Jeanne Lamon), Ricercar Consort (Director: Philippe Pierlot), B'Rock, Vox Luminis (Director: Lionel Meunier), Nederlandse Bachvereniging (Director: Jos van Veldhoven / Shunske Sato), and Il Gardellino (Director: Marcel Ponseele). He has performers as an ensemble member in the Amsterdam Baroque Choir (Director: Ton Koopman), Theatre of Early Music (Director: Daniel Taylor), Stichting Bachcantates Tilburg (Director: Arjan van Baest), and Luthers Bach Ensemble in Groningen (Director: Tymen Jan Bronda). In 2021 they were named the first artist-in-residence at Early Music Vancouver.
Selected Past Engagements (* denotes performances as a soloist) include: Residentie Bach Ensemble* (November 26-2, 2016: Kloosterkerk, Den Haag); Luthers Bach Ensemble* in W.A. Mozart Requiem (May 4-7, 2017: Groningen / Appingedam); Unitate Melos* (May 24-25, 2017: Münster Germany); Amsterdam Baroque Choir Tour (March 11-2, 2018: The Netherlands / Château de Versailles); Amsterdam Baroque Choir + Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam (March 20-25, 2018: Amsterdam); Il Gardellino* at Festival Bach à Pâques (March 30-April 2, 2018: Saint Maixent l’École France); Amsterdam Baroque Orchezstra & Choir in J.S. Bach's Mass in B minor BWV 232 (August 29-September 18, 2018: Palma de Mallorca Spain, Stuttgart Germany, Osaka Japan, Tokyo Japan, Sapporo Japan, Gent Belgium, Ascona Italy); Castello Consort* (October 4-7, 2018: Grote Kerk, Haarlem, the Netherlands); Il Gardellino in J.S. Bach's Weihnachts-Oratorium BWV 248 Tour (December 16-22, Antwerpen Belgium, Heerlen the Netherlands, Hasselt Belgium, Brugge Belgium; ripieno); Ensemble BachPlus* in J.S. Bach's Matthäus-Passion BWV 244 Aria/Pilatus) (April 14, 2019: Hamme Belgium; Arias/Pilatus); Nieuw Bach Ensemble* in J.S. Bach's Johannes-Passion BWV 245 (April 15-19, 2019: Utrecht/Amsterdam; Arias/Pilatus); Vox Luminis/B'Rock Orchestra* in Purcell/Charpentier Tour (April 27-May 4, 2019: Gent Belgium, Groningen the Netherlands, Brugge Belgium); L’Harmonie des saisons* in George Frideric Handel's Messiah (December 13, 2020); Against the Grain Theatre & the Toronto Symphony Orchestra* - G.F. Handel's Messiah / Complex.
They have lectured and led workshops at the Universities of Toronto, Manitoba, British Columbia, Alberta (Augustana), Bard College, Festival Montréal Baroque, and the Juilliard School.
Jonathon Adams was featured in Against the Grain Theatre’s 2020 film MESSIAH/COMPLEX, in Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui’s MEA CULPA with Ballet Vlaanderen, and on Jessica McMann’s most recent album ‘Prairie Dusk’. |
