Michael Hix

Baritone Michael Hix has been praised by critics for his “expressive voice” and “commanding stage presence.” His career highlights include performances at Carnegie Hall, Tanglewood Music Center, Boston’s Symphony Hall, and Vienna’s Musikverein. 

Hix is a sought-after performer of concert/orchestral works with over 70 oratorio/cantata/concert roles in his repertoire.  His album of solo bass cantatas of Baroque composer Christoph Graupner “My Faith Stands Firm” was recently released by the Affetto Label.  He won 3rd Place in the American Prize in Art Song and Oratorio Performance in 2019.  European performances include the bass solos in Haydn’s Lord Nelson Mass and Heligmesse at the International Haydn Festival in Vienna, Austria and song recitals in Leipzig, Dresden, Lobau, and Lindlar Germany.  He has been featured as a soloist in concerts with the Boston Pops, Oregon Bach Festival, Arizona Bach Festival, Durango Bach Festival, Santa Fe Symphony, Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra, Georgia Symphony, New Mexico Philharmonic, Idaho Falls Symphony, San Juan Symphony, Tallahassee Symphony, Tupelo Symphony, Montgomery Symphony, Brevard Symphony Orchestra, Santa Fe Desert Chorale, True Concord Voices, New York City’s Trinity Lutheran Bach Vespers Series and the Tallahassee Bach Parley among others. 

 Included among his over 20 stage roles are Mad King George in Peter Maxwell Davies’ Eight Songs for a Mad King, Falke in Die Fledermaus, Germont in La Traviata, Don Alfonso in Cosí fan tutte, Nick Shadow in The Rake’s Progress, the Drunken Poet in The Fairy Queen, Grosvenor in Patience, Lord Mountararat in Iolanthe, Scaramba in El Capitan, Noye in Noye’s Fludde, and Bertouf in the world premiere of A Friend of Napoleon by Pulitzer Prize winning composer Robert Ward.

Dr. Hix holds a Bachelor of Music degree in Music Theory from Furman University, Masters degrees in both Voice and Historical Musicology from Florida State University and a Doctorate of Music in Voice Performance from Florida State University. He is a Professor of Voice and Chair of the Department of Music at the University of New Mexico. You can follow Hix on social media @mhixbaritone and learn about upcoming performances on his website www.michaelhixbaritone.net