Simon Barrad will sing the baritone solos with the Cincinnati Fusion Ensemble in Brahms’ German Requiem. Exact time of concert TBA.
In a first of its kind collaboration between Cincinnati Song Initiative and The Cincinnati Holocaust and Humanity Center, Simon Barrad will present an original program of music by Jewish composers in and around the Holocaust. The songs will be punctuated by liturgical music found in the world renowned Birnbaum collection of music manuscripts housed at Cincinnati’s own Klau Library at Hebrew Union College. This concert will commemorate the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the death camp at Auschwitz.
Ken Griffiths plays piano with Simon, and the concert will take place at Reakirt Auditorium located in Cincinnati’s historic Union Terminal.
Check back for more information and exact timing of the concert, and see https://www.cincinnatisonginitiative.org/
Simon Barrad will join Conspirare in Austin, Texas for a showcase of extraordinary works for voices and instruments by today’s boldest compositional voices.
Simon Barrad once again joins Grammy winning ensemble, Conspirare for a concert in Austin, Texas. Frank Martin’s masterwork Mass for Double Choir is the centerpiece of this concert showcasing works for double choir. Enjoy the interplay of double choir as brought to life by the world-class singers of Conspirare. Khalil Gibran’s poem “On Friendship” begins the evening in a luminous setting by Eriks Esenvalds. The program also includes “I Would Rather Die Than Hate You,” a setting of Martin Luther King’s words, by composer Paul Ayres, William Harris’ “Faire is the Heaven” and Jonathan Dove’s The Passing of the Year.
Tickets from $20-$65, students $10 with valid ID.
Simon Barrad will join Berkeley’s Cantata Collective as the baritone soloist for an evening of two Bach cantata. All Cantata Collective concerts are free.
Simon Barrad will sing the baritone solos in Bach’s transcendent St. Matthew Passion. Maestro Julian Kuerti conducts a double orchestra, double chorus, and soloists, in this production filled with meditative, dramatic, and beautifully personal music. Accompanied by images from artists Peter Paul Rubens and Angelino Medoro, the KSO will retell the epic tale of the passion of Christ in dramatic fashion in their Lenten season production.
More info and tickets at https://www.kalamazoosymphony.com/calendar/bach-st-matthew-passion-julian-kuerti-conductor
Simon Barrad will sing the baritone solos in Faure’s transcendent Requiem with the Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra and Vocal Arts Ensemble conducted by Eckert Preu.
Simon Barrad will join Cincinnati’s Slavic Voices for a concert of Slavic Art Song.
Simon Barrad will be returning to Wise Temple in Cincinnati to be the cantorial soloist for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur services.
Yom Kippur Morning at Wise Center
Simon Barrad will be returning to Wise Temple in Cincinnati to be the cantorial soloist for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur services.
Kol Nidre at Plum Street Temple
Simon Barrad will be returning to Wise Temple in Cincinnati to be the cantorial soloist for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur services.
Rosh Hashanah Morning at Wise Center
Simon Barrad will be returning to Wise Temple in Cincinnati to be the cantorial soloist for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur services.
Rosh Hashanah Evening at Plum Street Temple
Simon Barrad will join Conspirare once again for the inspiring oratorio “Considering Matthew Shepard” by Craig Hella Johnson. Simon will make his Ravinia solo debut singing the baritone solos at this performance.
More info at https://www.ravinia.org/ShowDetails/1681/considering-matthew-shepard
Simon Barrad will sing in the special birthday tribute to composer and Token Creek Festival artistic director, John Harbison. Simon will sing songs by Harbison with the composer himself at the piano.
Info and tickets at http://tokencreekfestival.org/
Simon Barrad will return this summer to the Marlboro Music Festival in Marlboro, Vermont for six weeks of chamber music headed by co-artistic directors Mitsuko Uchida and Jonathan Biss. Public concerts are every Saturday and Sunday from July 13 - August 11 and Friday evenings July 26 - August 9. Repertoire is decided on a weekly basis from the repertoire being rehearsed at the festival.
For more information visit https://www.marlboromusic.org/
Simon Barrad will sing the role of Count Paris in Gounod’s classic telling of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Ramón Tebar conducts, Matthew Ozawa directs, and Nicole Cabell and Frédéric Antoun sing the title roles in this co-production with Minnesota Opera.
For more information, visit https://www.cincinnatiopera.org/romeo-and-juliet/
Simon Barrad will sing the role of Count Paris in Gounod’s classic telling of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Ramón Tebar conducts, Matthew Ozawa directs, and Nicole Cabell and Frédéric Antoun sing the title roles in this co-production with Minnesota Opera.
For more information, visit https://www.cincinnatiopera.org/romeo-and-juliet/
Simon Barrad will return to Queen City Opera to sing the roles of Kilian and Ottokar in their production of Weber’s Der Freischütz or The Magic Bullets. It will be sung in the original German with English dialogue between musical numbers.
For more information visit http://queencityopera.org/Upcoming.html
Simon Barrad will return to Queen City Opera to sing the roles of Kilian and Ottokar in their production of Weber’s Der Freischütz or The Magic Bullets. It will be sung in the original German with English dialogue between musical numbers.
For more information visit http://queencityopera.org/Upcoming.html
Simon Barrad will join pianist Awadagin Pratt in a performance of Schubert’s greatest masterpiece, Winterreise as the opening concert of the Art of the Piano festival.
Saturday, May 25, 6:30pm
Werner Recital Hall
More information about the festival and tickets at:
https://artofthepiano.org/concert/awadagin-pratt-simon-barrad-2019-art-of-the-piano-festival-2/
Simon Barrad will be joining Cincinnati’s Vocal Arts Ensemble in this special presentation of Craig Hella Johnson’s piece Considering Matthew Shepard. The piece chronicles the life, kidnapping, and murder of Matthew Shepard, with an emphasis on healing the wounds opened on that day 20 years ago.
For more information visit http://mayfestival.com/concerts-and-events/2019-may-festival-season/festival-extra-considering-matthew-shepard/
Simon Barrad will rejoin his long-time Finnish collaborative partner, Joel Papinoja, to mark 100 years of diplomatic relations between the United States and Finland. This private event will take place at the Finnish Embassy in Washington DC.
Simon will sing solos and choruses with Collegium Cincinnati in Bach’s renowned and stunning Mass in B minor.
More information at https://www.collegiumcincinnati.org/b-minor.html
Simon will once again be joining Conspirare on their national tour of Considering Matthew Shepard, composed by Conspirare’s artistic director, Craig Hella Johnson. The piece chronicles the life, kidnapping, and murder of Matthew Shepard, with an emphasis on healing the wounds opened on that day 20 years ago.
For more information visit https://live.stanford.edu/calendar/april-2019/considering-matthew-shepard
Simon Barrad will be joined by his favorite pianist, Kseniia Polstiankina Barrad for this intimate recital at Hebrew Union College. Programming will meld sacred and secular, with both well known hits and hidden gems.
This concert is free and open to the public. More information at https://jewishcincinnati.org/calendar/community-calendar/huc-jir-cincinnati---sharff-shulman-fund-classical-concert-1533760410
Simon Barrad will join pianists Kseniia Polstiankina Barrad and Stephen Variames in the world premieres of two song cycles with texts written by non-verbal autistic youth and set to music by composers Tariq Al-Sabir and Stephen Variames.
Lynx Project seeks to bring awareness and understanding to autism through these songs, and everyone is welcome to attend the concert. Sensory relief space will be available and the audience may come and go as needed.
More information and tickets at https://www.lynxproject.org/concerts/2019/3/2/world-premiere-of-autism-advocacy-project-2018-19
Simon Barrad will rejoin the Grammy award winning ensemble for two performances featuring the music of composer Jake Runestad.
January 18, 8PM
January 19, 8PM
606 W. 15th Street, Austin, TX 78701
Simon Barrad will sing the role of Danilo in Opera Project Columbus’ production of “The Merry Widow”
Friday, January 11 - 7:30
Sunday, January 13 - 3:00
Lincoln Theater
769 E Long St
Columbus, OH 43203
Tickets: http://www.operaprojectcolumbus.com/performances/
Simon will sing the baritone solos and in the chorus with Collegium Cincinnati in Handel’s most popular oratorio.
https://www.collegiumcincinnati.org/2018-2019-season.html
Join Simon and other Queen City Opera stars for an afternoon of opera highlights with the QCO orchestra. Simon will be singing Largo al factotum from the Barber of Seville, Verdi’s famous Don Carlos/Rodrigo duet and more!
http://queencityopera.org/Upcoming.html
Come see Simon premiere two song cycles by local composers setting texts written by Cincinnati youth who are primarily non-verbal and have autism.
Simon will perform a concert of American and Slavic songs on this Christ Church Cathedral afternoon concert series.
Simon will join the Cincinnati Fusion Ensemble for an evening of Art Song, Choral Music, and Organ Music.
Simon Barrad will be joining Conspirare on their national tour of Craig Hella Johnson’s dramatic new work “Considering Matthew Shepard.” Performances are semi-staged with projected images relating to the story.
For more information, exact dates and locations see: https://conspirare.org/event/considering-matthew-shepard-encore-2018/
Simon will be singing Keiko Fujiie’s NAGASAKI - Wilderness Mute with the composer at the piano. This multi-media production with dancers and video clips is free and open to the public.
In conjunction with the opening of Nuclear Fallout: The Bomb in Three Archives, on Friday, September 21, 2018, at 7:30 PM the Foundry Theater at Antioch College will also host a performance of NAGASAKI – Wilderness Mute, a collaborative multidisciplinary work, involving music, image, poetry and Butoh dance, inspired by the nuclear bombing of Nagasaki on August 9, 1945. The work aims to raise awareness about the dangers of a new nuclear escalation on a worldwide level, in light of the current international political and military tensions. Nuclear attacks and nuclear disasters, those past and those looming today, have devastating environmental effects on a global level, impacting directly on our lives and those of future generations. The work speaks of the dehumanization and irreversible damage caused to planet Earth, our global home, forcing us to consider all decisions about nuclear armament, politics, and power.
Simon Barrad will be joining Cincinnati Opera for some greatest hits at the Zoo.
For one night each summer, Cincinnati Opera returns to its first home, the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden, where performances were held from 1920 to 1971. Join hosts Evans Mirageas, The Harry T. Wilks Artistic Director of Cincinnati Opera, and Thane Maynard, Director of the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden, in celebrating the Zoo Opera days with a special free concert featuring a colorful cast of singers and zoo animals.
Originally cancelled due to inclement weather, the concert has been rescheduled for Monday, September 17, 2018 at 6:00 p.m. (Please note the start time has changed to accommodate an earlier sunset.) Those who held tickets to the original event have been mailed new tickets for the rescheduled concert. No additional tickets will be issued at this time.
