Originally from Ridgeway, VA, Jason Holmes, baritone was a senior at the Eastman School of Music, where he was a double major in music education and vocal performance. Jason studied voice with Dr. Constance Haas. He has performed in recital, opera, and oratorio. In addition to singing and accompanying, Jason has appeared as conductor with the Eastman Women’s Chorus and in the annual Messiah Sing, sponsored by the Eastman student chapter of the American Choral Director’s Association. Jason was also an active musician in Rochester outside the Eastman community. He was a church soloist and pianist, has been involved in community theatre, and has been choral rehearsal accompanist and a chorus member for the Mercury Opera Rochester. Also with Mercury Opera Rochester, he performed his first operatic role, in Puccini’s Madame Butterfly. For the 2006-2007 season, he was the Artistic Director Intern for the Amadeus Chorale.