{"id":149,"date":"2013-07-04T02:54:31","date_gmt":"2013-07-04T02:54:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/operaforacause.com\/?page_id=149"},"modified":"2016-08-05T10:21:45","modified_gmt":"2016-08-05T15:21:45","slug":"bio-alex-baritonebass","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/operaforacause.com\/?page_id=149","title":{"rendered":"BIO &#8211; Alex Baran (Baritone\/Bass)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/operaforacause.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/AlexPORTRAITS_0164.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-344 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/operaforacause.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/AlexPORTRAITS_0164-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"View More: http:\/\/photocaptiva.pass.us\/opera-gala\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/operaforacause.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/AlexPORTRAITS_0164-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/operaforacause.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/AlexPORTRAITS_0164-681x1024.jpg 681w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/a>Alex Baran is a transplant from Southern Ontario to Manitoulin Island. He was Executive Director of the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra from 2003-2008. For over 20 years he was a Toronto broadcaster on classical music station CJRT-FM (now JAZZ-FM). He has served as organist and choir director in a number of churches including the Anglican Church of the Epiphany in Sudbury.<\/p>\n<p>His principal voice coaches have been Tina Torlone (Toronto) and Michael Warren (New York). He sang with Sudbury\u2019s Octatonic Decadence for 2 seasons, founded Voices North on Manitoulin Island, is active in community musical theatre and has taught voice privately. He has twice served as a judge for the JUNO awards (choral\/vocal category) and has also juried for both The Canada Council for the Arts and the Ontario Arts Council. He is a graduate of the University of Toronto where years studying political science and Chinese language failed to dampen his love for music.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alex Baran is a transplant from Southern Ontario to Manitoulin Island. He was Executive Director of the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra from 2003-2008. For over 20 years he was a Toronto broadcaster on classical music station CJRT-FM (now JAZZ-FM). He has &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/operaforacause.com\/?page_id=149\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/operaforacause.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/149"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/operaforacause.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/operaforacause.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/operaforacause.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/operaforacause.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=149"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/operaforacause.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/149\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1850,"href":"https:\/\/operaforacause.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/149\/revisions\/1850"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/operaforacause.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}