Jonathan Blanchard

Memphis & Atlanta GA, Tennessee, United States

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Memphis, the undisputed home of Blues, Rock & Roll, and Gospel, has long helped the world move to different grooves.  It is also the history of the city that kenneled the creative fire in the soul of classically trained Bass Vocalist, Jonathan Ashley Blanchard.  Born in November of 1976, Blanchard’s talent came to maturity while immersed in Memphis’s often raucous, inspirational, yet always divergent styles of music and art.    HIS VOICE: Possessing a voice comparable in depth and richness to the great Paul Robeson, Blanchard—in the spiritual tradition of an ancient Afrikan Griot—creates music that allows his deep, soulfully rich voice to blend naturally with his compelling dramatic instinct.  He movingly conveys the poignant words and melodies of the Negro Spiritual, and his unique style—“reminiscent of Al Jarreau, Bobby McFerrin, and Paul Robeson simultaneously”—offers great variety at any musical venue.   No one should miss him deftly rifting through Jazz licks, while he masterfully imitates the sounds emanating from a Jazz Band’s instrumental section.  His modernized and approachable style of singing creates such an uplifting song that it holds the enthusiasts of Popular, Classical, and Religious Song in sway.   Blanchard’s artistic tastes were first forged in grade school.  However, by the time he entered high school his artistic curiosity had led him to sing in various choruses, and to act in a number of community theatre productions.  While achieving the Bachelors of Science in Commercial Music and the Master of Science in Music Education Degrees from Tennessee State University, he learned to weave the various elements of his artistic nature into its magnetic style of delivery.  His artistry transcends Jazz Bistro & Concert Hall venues, and his stage credits include roles as diverse as The Priest in “Your Arms Too Short to Box with God”, Bernardo in “A Westside Story”, Simeon and Potifer in “Joseph’s Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat”, Caesar in “Scipio”, the Ex-Slave in “Do Lord Remember Me”, The Lion in “The Wiz”. Black Manalogues Atlanta’s14th Street Playhouse Drawn also to film, he has appeared as an extra in several movie block-busters, done voice-over work for local and national concerns, appeared on Memphis WREG – Live At 9 program. He has been the featured singing artist on the PBS film “Underground Railroad – Quilt Code”; for Georgia Public Broadcast.  Blanchard has also presented concerts, master classes, and demonstrations where his musical insights have captivated the imaginations of grade school, high school, and college students alike.   In conjunction with Opera Memphis’s Educational Outreach Program—Black Roots in Opera, Blanchard toured throughout Tennessee’s major metropolitan areas to help celebrate the Life & Artistry of Paul Robeson.   The Bass Vocalist has been engaged to appear at such venues as the: National Black Caucus of State Legislature; National Assembly of Links Inc; Alpha Kappa Alpha National Convention;  The Southern Union Conference of the Seventh Day Adventist Churches; The National Baptist Convention; and The Annual Georgia Sea Islands Art Festivals.  His operatic credits include affiliations with Capital City Opera; Atlanta Opera;  Walker Academy of Instrumental & Vocal Excellence; Opera Memphis and The  Atlanta Lyric Opera.  AmeriColor Opera Alliance  Guild  of Atlanta presented him in the title role of “Solomon”; The Seduction of King Solomon a work written especially for him by critically acclaimed composer . Other performances with Americolor Opera Alliance Guild include Madame C.J. Walker, Three Kings and a  Prince, The Herndons, The Great Divide and The Candlers of Callan.  Blanchard toured  North Dakota as York in Corp of Discovery, ( an Opera about the Lewis and Clark expedition written by Michael Ching, Artistic Director at Opera Memphis .     In addition he has performed concerts at Kent State University, Emory University, Johns Hopkins University, Thiel College, Miami Dade College, University of Findlay, Pellissippi State Commu nity College,  San Diego State University, Georgia Perimeter College Campuses, Kentucky State University, University of Memphis, Lincoln University, Tennessee State University and Oglethorpe College.

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