Alfreda Burke and Rod Dixon have presented secular and sacred recitals across the country. They have designed a sacred music program that presents German Lieder, French Chansons, Italian art songs, Operatic arias, duets, American art songs, Spirituals, Hymns, Broadway music and popular music. They weave Biblical stories, scriptures and personal experiences from Television, appearances with Opera companies, Symphonies and Concerts into an evening filled with music and laughter.
Too Hot To Handel
Too Hot to Handel, The Jazz-Gospel Messiah: Sunday, December 4, 2011, 3:00pm, Detroit Opera House; Saturday, January 14, 2012, 7:30pm and Sunday, January 15, 2012, 3:00pm, Auditorium Theatre.
Alfreda Burke and Rodrick Dixon have guest starred in the Chicago’s Auditorium Theatre and Rackham Symphony Choir production at the Detroit Opera House for the past nine years.
Howard Reich, Chicago Tribune said “Too Hot To Handel was presented to honor the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. …Too Hot to Handel expressed a message of peace and exultation that was entirely appropriate for the occasion.”
2010 PBS Special, Hallelujah Broadway!
Hallelujah Broadway was recorded in Central Prague for American Public Television in 2010 (EMI/Manhattan Records). The show is a feast of inspired vocal performances set in the baroque magnificence of the Cathedral of St. Simon and St. Jude, home to the Prague Symphony. It will star three featured soloists -the amazing American tenor Rodrick Dixon, the powerful soprano from the Chicago Symphony Alfreda Burke, and the marvellous Irish Tenor Anthony Kearns. The show features as a special guest one of Broadway’s leading ladies – Linda Eder. The DVD/CD was released September 14, 2010.
Alfreda Burke’s vocal artistry has been described as “voluptuous, creamy and luxuriant” (Howard Reich, Chicago Tribune); and she has appeared in concert throughout North America and in Europe. For classical music bookings, contact John Miller, Pinnacle Arts Mgmt., Inc., link to Alfreda Burke’s website and visit http://www.facebook.com/people/Alfreda-Burke/100001464074161
Artist
Tenor Rodrick Dixon
Rodrick Dixon possesses a tenor voice of extraordinary range and versatility that has earned him the respect and attention of leading conductors, orchestras and opera companies throughout North America. For classical music bookings, contact John Miller, Pinnacle Arts Mgmt., Inc., link to Roderick Dixon’s website and visit http://www.facebook.com/people/Rodrick-Dixon/100001421174042
Rodrick Dixon’s new classical recordings!
Composer Olly Wilson’s Of Visions and Truth: A Song Cycle and Mary D. Watkins’ Five Movements in Color has been released on Albany Records in July. The album is entitled Recorded Music of the African Diaspora. Visit discography for purchase! View on YouTube – OLLY W. WILSON: “If We Must Die”
Zemlinsky’s Der Zwerg (James Conlon, Los Angeles Opera, 2008) DVD/DVD Blu-ray was released on Arthaus Musik, September 27, 2010 in Europe; and October 26, 2010 in the US.
Welcome
Duet Concert Program
Alfreda Burke and Rod Dixon have presented secular and sacred recitals across the country. They have designed a sacred music program that presents German Lieder, French Chansons, Italian art songs, Operatic arias, duets, American art songs, Spirituals, Hymns, Broadway music and popular music. They weave Biblical stories, scriptures and personal experiences from Television, appearances with Opera companies, Symphonies and Concerts into an evening filled with music and laughter.
Too Hot To Handel
Too Hot to Handel, The Jazz-Gospel Messiah: Sunday, December 4, 2011, 3:00pm, Detroit Opera House; Saturday, January 14, 2012, 7:30pm and Sunday, January 15, 2012, 3:00pm, Auditorium Theatre.
Alfreda Burke and Rodrick Dixon have guest starred in the Chicago’s Auditorium Theatre and Rackham Symphony Choir production at the Detroit Opera House for the past nine years.
Howard Reich, Chicago Tribune said “Too Hot To Handel was presented to honor the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. …Too Hot to Handel expressed a message of peace and exultation that was entirely appropriate for the occasion.”
2010 PBS Special, Hallelujah Broadway!
Hallelujah Broadway was recorded in Central Prague for American Public Television in 2010 (EMI/Manhattan Records). The show is a feast of inspired vocal performances set in the baroque magnificence of the Cathedral of St. Simon and St. Jude, home to the Prague Symphony. It will star three featured soloists -the amazing American tenor Rodrick Dixon, the powerful soprano from the Chicago Symphony Alfreda Burke, and the marvellous Irish Tenor Anthony Kearns. The show features as a special guest one of Broadway’s leading ladies – Linda Eder. The DVD/CD was released September 14, 2010.
http://www.theatermania.com/emailer/process_in.cfm/id/123532
http://www.examiner.com/documentary-in-national/hallelujah-broadway
http://www.kcet.org/shows/hallelujah_broadway/hallelujah-broadway.html
Hallelujah Broadway is a Mind The Gap Films Production. For more information, go to www.hallelujahbroadway.com and www.MindtheGapFilms.com
Artist
Soprano Alfreda Burke
Artist
Tenor Rodrick Dixon
Rodrick Dixon’s new classical recordings!
Composer Olly Wilson’s Of Visions and Truth: A Song Cycle and Mary D. Watkins’ Five Movements in Color has been released on Albany Records in July. The album is entitled Recorded Music of the African Diaspora. Visit discography for purchase! View on YouTube – OLLY W. WILSON: “If We Must Die”
Zemlinsky’s Der Zwerg (James Conlon, Los Angeles Opera, 2008) DVD/DVD Blu-ray was released on Arthaus Musik, September 27, 2010 in Europe; and October 26, 2010 in the US.
Siamsa Na NGael
In Celebration of the Celtic Arts
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
7:30 PM
Tickets are available through
Symphony Center Box Office
312-294-3000 or www.cso.org