Concert & Evensong - Edward Thomas Bland, Baritone

Name: Concert & Evensong - Edward Thomas Bland, Baritone
Start: 2025-11-09T17:00:00-05:00
Location: Episcopal Church of the Ascension Hickory

Schedule

Sun, 09 Nov, 2025 at 05:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Episcopal Church of the Ascension Hickory | Hickory, NC

Join us for an evening of beautiful music and worship in a beautiful sacred space with baritone Edward Thomas Bland. The half-hour concert will be followed by a service of Evensong led by the Parish Choir.
The event is free and open to the public. A freewill offering will be collected.
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Praised for his “signature warm sound” (Palm Beach Daily News), baritone Edward Thomas Bland is a graduate of Lenoir-Rhyne University (2020), where he studied under Dr. Judith Burbank. He holds a Master of Music from the Eastman School of Music (2022), where he studied with Robert Swensen. Career highlights include singing in Wigmore Hall, London, England (2022), and working as a Benenson Young Artist with Palm Beach Opera in West Palm Beach, Florida (2022-2024). He also served as a soloist with the Hickory Choral Society (2023), during their presentation of Robert Cohen’s "Alzheimer’s Stories". Edward’s first love is Art Song, which will be the primary focus of his recital. He is currently pursuing a Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Lenoir-Rhyne University.