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Jubilant Sykes

Sings Copland & Spirituals

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Blessed Assurance by Jubilant Sykes at the Strange Fire Conference
Jubilant Sykes with the Boston Pops
Mary, Did You Know by Jubilant Sykes in Grace Community Church Christmas concert
Kristjan Jarvi and Jubilant Sykes on Bernstein MASS
1 City Called Heaven  
2 Ride On, King Jesus  
3 Were You There?  
4 Weepin' Mary  
5 Go Down, Moses  
6 Leanin' On That Lamb  
7 My God Is So High  
8 Witness  
9 Set I: The Boatmen's Dance  
10 Set I: The Dodger  
11 Set I: Long Time Ago  
12 Set I: Simple Gifts  
13 Set I: I Bought Me A Cat  
14 Set II: The Little Horses  
15 Set II: Zion's Walls  
16 Set II: The Golden Willow Tree  
17 Set II: At The River  
18 Set II: Ching-A-Ring Chaw  
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"Jubilant Sykes is an artist who feels at home with all kinds of music--from Bach to Billboard Top 40 to Broadway standards." -- NPR's All Things Considered "Charismatic baritone Jubilant Sykes... gave a volatile and courageous performance." -- New York Times (performance review) Perhaps no vocalist of our time possesses a more exquisitely versatile instrument than the Grammy-nominated (Best Classical Recording 2010) American baritone Jubilant Sykes.

Jubilant Sykes Sings Copland & Spirituals shines with hallmark brilliance, a revelation of rich vocal timbre and expressive interpretation, and the results are stunning. Sykes' first recording with the London Symphony Orchestra, made at Abbey Road Studios, will endure as one of his finest--and, perhaps more than any other, help to define this great singer's artistry.

  • Jubilant Sykes set to perform spirituals with The Florida Orchestra / 89.7WUSF
    Posted At: October 18, 2023 12:00 AM
    Perhaps no vocalist of our time possesses a more exquisitely versatile instrument than the Grammy nominated Baritone Jubilant Sykes. Mr. Sykes brings a new dimension to the traditional career of the classically trained vocalist by drawing on gospel and jazz influences to deliver performances in differing musical genres that often leave audiences and critics searching for new superlatives.His unique gifts ha...
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  • tfw chats with Jubilant Sykes ahead of Siloam Springs - John Brown University date
    Posted At: October 7, 2022 12:00 AM
    tfw's BECCA MARTIN-BROWN writes….Normal life for popular baritone performer Jubilant Sykes was “being in and out of hotels and airports, the foreign and domestic flights — it was nonstop for awhile.” Then a pandemic changed everything.“The great thing about the pandemic for me was is it made me stop and be still,” says Sykes, who is back on tour and will stop Oct. 9 at John Brown University in Siloam Spring...
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  • Set for John Brown University, Jubilant Sykes speaks with KUAF's Of Note
    Posted At: February 27, 2019 12:00 AM

    Feelings of vulnerability led Grammy-nominated baritone Jubilant Sykes to pursue singing. Sykes, who performs this week in Northwest Arkansas at the Berry Performing Arts Center of John Brown University was painfully shy as a kid. "Singing was a way for me to express what I could not put into words" he admits. "As I got older and I was learning songs, that was the only way I could really say: 'y...
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  • The Fort Smith Symphony is Jubilant / Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
    Posted At: September 2, 2018 12:00 AM

    Jubilant Sykes says he could never have been John Legend. "People were more interested in me when I sang legit," he says. Calling his internationally praised and Grammy nominated baritone "legit" reinforces Sykes' low-key humility in the middle of a high-profile career. He's performed at the Metropolitan Opera, Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center and the New Orleans Jazz Festival, with Julie Andrew...
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  • Bernstein - Mass at Long Center is nothing less than a triumph / austin360
    Posted At: July 1, 2018 12:00 AM

    Leonard Bernstein‘s "Mass" is about nothing less than a profound loss of faith, Not just personal, but also national, even universal. Premiering in 1971 during some of the most grim days of the Vietnam War, the great composer's theatrical take on the traditional Mass structure was to deconstruct it and put it back together. In this case, last week's cover of Austin360 predicted the triumphant outco...
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  • Jubilant Sykes who has travelled the world singing the Celebrant in Bernstein's epic MASS, was superb in RSNO performance / HeraldScotland
    Posted At: May 7, 2018 12:00 AM

    IN some respects Leonard Bernstein's epic MASS is, as my mother would say, "a load of old toot".  Somehow, however, the megalithic mess that is Bernstein's MASS drew you into its post-sixties hippy embrace, despite the fact that it veers crazily between being a Billy Graham evangelical crusade and nigh-blasphemous Judeo-Christian parody of scripture and liturgy. Bernstein wants to have it all wa...
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  • 11 yr old is among the over 350 musicians and singers in RSNO - Leonard BernsteinMASS / Glasgow Live
    Posted At: May 5, 2018 12:00 AM

    Over three hundred and fifty musicians and singers will appear on-stage at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall today, to present one of Leonard Bernstein's rarely performed works. The Royal Scottish National Orchestra (RSNO), RSNO Chorus, RSNO Junior Chorus, musicians and singers from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (RCS), and the Absolute Trio will perform Leonard Bernstein's MASS – infrequently pe...
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  • Jubilant Sykes brings his signature love-hate relationship with Bernstein Mass to True Concord performance / Tucson.com
    Posted At: January 23, 2018 12:00 AM

    Baritone Jubilant Sykes says he has a love-hate relationship with Bernstein's Mass, which he will perform with True Concord Voices & Orchestra at Centennial Hall. "It's a very emotionally tough piece to capture from beginning to end. It just wears on you emotionally," he said. "I'm always drained afterwards and I think I'll never do it again. But it's also very compelling, the story and...
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  • Jubilant Sykes Q&A with Louisville Public Media
    Posted At: March 12, 2017 12:00 AM

    Many will remember Jubilant Sykes' booming voice from his role as Celebrant in the 2015 Louisville Orchestra production of Bernstein's "Mass." Now, the Grammy award-winning baritone is back to sing with the orchestra again for "Sacred and Profane," a classics concert that compares and contrasts the music of composers in sacred traditions, as well as those of a decidedly secular focus. In this case, Sykes...
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  • Jubilant Sykes awes Hamilton audience / The Spectator
    Posted At: September 15, 2016 12:00 AM

    The Hamilton community was in for a treat this past weekend. The Schambach Center for Music and the Performing Arts presented a concert that featured Jubilant Sykes, a world-renowned baritone singer, in Wellin Hall. Sykes is known for his unique repertoire of songs influenced by a classical, jazz and gospel musical background. Christopher Parkening, classical guitar virtuoso, and Mark Rice, pianist, acco...
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  • Jubilant Sykes Takes the Stage in 1776 / Theatremania
    Posted At: March 31, 2016 12:00 AM

    With "Fear and Trembling," Noted Baritone Jubilant Sykes Takes the Stage in 1776. Sykes plays Richard Henry Lee in the upcoming New York City Center Encores! production. The name Jubilant Sykes may not ring a bell with theatergoers, but in the world of music, the baritone has performed all over the world in venues ranging from the Metropolitan Opera to the Deutsche Oper Berlin. He also served as the feat...
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  • Jubilant Sykes: 'Sings Copland & Spirituals' shines with hallmark brilliance, a revelation of rich vocal timbre and expressive interpretation
    Posted At: November 11, 2010 12:00 AM

    "Jubilant Sykes is an artist who feels at home with all kinds of music--from Bach to Billboard Top 40 to Broadway standards." NPR's All Things Considered  Charismatic baritone Jubilant Sykes... gave a volatile and courageous performance." -- New York Times Perhaps no vocalist of our time possesses a more exquisitely versatile instrument than the Grammy-nominated (Best Classical ...
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