Vocalist Ishan Johnson to Perform at Brookhaven Lab, May 18
April 19, 2005
UPTON, NY - Vocalist Ishan Johnson, a Riverhead native and the youngest soloist ever to sing with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, will give a performance at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory on Wednesday, May 18, at noon in Berkner Hall Auditorium. Sponsored by Brookhaven Science Associates, the company that manages Brookhaven Lab, the concert is free and open to the public. All visitors to the Laboratory age 16 and older must bring a photo ID.
At the age of 21, Ishan Johnson performs repertoire ranging from Baroque vocal works, oratorio, and opera to contemporary vocal works. A graduate of Riverhead High School who has studied voice locally at the East End Arts Council School of Music, Johnson is currently a student at Boston University School of Fine Arts. His fine bass-baritone voice is heard regularly with the Boston Pops, Georgia Mass Choir, and at the Tanglewood Music Festival.
In 2003, Johnson made his Carnegie Hall debut as soloist in Beethoven's Choral Fantasy with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and, in 2004, he performed the same work with the Newton Community Chorus and Orchestra. Johnson has been honored as a Coca-Cola Scholar and a Stephen Phillips Scholar, and he has been inducted into the National Urban League Achievers Society.
Call 631 344-2345 for more information about the concert. The Laboratory is located on William Floyd Parkway (County Road 46), one-and-a-half miles north of Exit 68 of the Long Island Expressway.
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