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Hix
baritone

Bio
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 and orchestral works with over 75 oratorio, cantata, and concert roles in his repertoire. He won 3rd Place in the American Prize in Art Song and Oratorio Performance in 2019. Hix has been featured as a soloist in concerts with the Oregon Bach Festival, Arizona Bach Festival, Boston Pops, Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra, Georgia Symphony, Santa Fe Symphony, New Mexico Philharmonic, Idaho Falls Symphony, San Juan Symphony, True Concord Voices and Orchestra, Tallahassee Symphony, New York City’s Trinity Lutheran Bach Vespers Series and the Tallahassee Bach Parley among others.
Included among his over 20 stage roles are Falke in Die Fledermaus, King George in 8 Songs for a Mad King, Melchior in Amahl and the Night Visitors, Noye in Noye's Fludde, the Drunken Poet in The Fairy Queen, Don Alfonso in Cosí fan tutte, Nick Shadow in The Rake’s Progress, and Bertouf in the world premiere of A Friend of Napoleon by Pulitzer Prize winning composer Robert Ward.
Hix recently completed a recording of solo bass cantatas by baroque composer Christoph Graupner. To order this recording please click here.

Photo credit Kathy Myrick - San Juan Symphony
Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival
Peter Maxwell Davies' 8 Songs for a Mad King
Santa Fe, New Mexico
August, 13 2025
Bach Cantatas BWV 111 Was mein Gott will, da g'scheh allzeit and BWV 178 Wo Gott der Herr nicht bei uns haelt
Bass Soloist
Albuquerque, New Mexico
September 18, 2025
UNM Faculty Spotlight Series
Poulenc's Le Bal Masqué
Baritone soloist
November 2, 2025
Song Recital with Marilyn Garst, piano
Featuring music of Schubert, Schumann, Brahms, Finzi, Bernstein, and Rodgers and Hammerstein
Universalist Unitarian Church
Durango, CO
April 24, 2026