Rachel Henry, soprano
is a recent graduate of Boston University’s School of Music with a Bachelor of Music degree
in Voice Performance. A native of Southwest Harbor, she is back on the island for the summer
before traveling and applying to graduate schools next winter. At Boston University she was
a member of the Chamber and Symphonic Choirs under the direction of Dr. Ann Howard Jones, Opera
Institute's Opera Workshop, and the nationally-acclaimed a cappella group, Terpsichore. She
has studied with Dr. Mark Goodrich, Dr. Amy Schneider, Sheila Kibbe and Carol Cramer. Aside
from singing with the Chorale this summer, Rachel will be giving a recital for the Schoodic
Arts Festival in Winter Harbor and working at George's Restaurant in Bar Harbor. This is her
fourth year singing in the Chorale and she is extremely excited to be a part of it again.
Donald Wilkinson, baritone
enjoys a distinguished career in concert, opera, oratorio, recital and contemporary
music and has appeared throughout the United States and Canada. In 1995 he made his European
debut performing the role of Dionysos in the World premiere of Theodore Antoniou’s opera,
The Bacchae, at the Acropolis in Athens, Greece. Since that debut he has appeared in
Germany (Kassel), France (Paris, Strasbourg, Saintes, Clisson, Ribeauvillé), and Holland
(Utrecht). Mr. Wilkinson has performed as soloist with Seiji Ozawa and the Boston Symphony
Orchestra, Christopher Hogwood and the Handel and Haydn Society (a U.S. tour of Bach’s
Missa Brevis in G Minor) and the symphony orchestras of Pittsburgh, Jacksonville, Springfield
(MA), Portland (ME), and Vermont.
Since 1984 he has been a soloist in Emmanuel Music’s famed Bach Cantata Series under the
direction of Craig Smith. Highly sought after for his interpretations of Bach, in 2003 he
made his debut at the Northwest Bach Festival (Spokane) in Bach’s Christmas Oratorio and
Mozart’s Requiem under the direction of Gunther Schuller. He has also appeared at the
Bach Festivals of Carmel and Philadelphia, and is featured on Emmanuel Music’s recordings
(Koch International Classics) of Bach’s Christmas cantatas, St. John Passion (1725 version),
and cantatas for the first and second Sundays after Trinity. His discography also includes the
title role on the internationally acclaimed Johnny Johnson by Kurt Weill on Erato Disques, Angels
with the Boston Camerata (Erato), John Harbison’s Recordare on Koch International Classics,
David Patterson’s song cycle Last Words on Albany Records, and The Jesuit Operas with Ensemble
Abendmusik recently released on Dorian Recordings. In 1990 he was awarded a fellowship to
Tanglewood. Mr. Wilkinson teaches voice at Phillips Academy Andover and maintains a private
studio at his residence in Nahant, MA. He has sung occasionally with the Mount Desert Summer
Chorale, most recently in last summer’s performances of Masses by Schubert and Haydn.
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