Perhaps no vocalist of our time possesses a more exquisitely versatile instrument than the American baritone Jubilant Sykes. Known for bringing a unique dimension to the traditional career of the classically trained vocalist by drawing on gospel, jazz and folk influences to deliver performances in differing musical genre.

His unique gifts, have taken him from such diverse stages as the Metropolitan Opera, Carnegie Hall, Kennedy Center, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Arena di Verona in Italy, London’s Barbican Center to the New Orleans Jazz Festival, the Apollo Theater and Hollywood Bowl, among hundreds of other venues around the world.

Mr. Sykes has performed with a number of the world’s finest orchestras and conductors, including the Atlanta Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, BBC Symphony Boston Symphony and Boston Pops, Baltimore Symphony, Chicago Symphony, Dallas and Houston Symphonies, London Symphony, Louisville Symphony, Minnesota Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, San Francisco and Pittsburgh Symphonies, St. Louis, Seattle, and Vancouver Symphonies. He has worked with such conductors as Teddy Abrams, Marin Alsop, John Axelrod, Christoph Eschenbach, Marvin Hamlisch, Krisjan Jarvi, Andrew Litton, Keith Lockhart, Lorin Maazel, Wayne Marshall, Kurt Masur, John Nelson, David Robertson, Leonard Slatkin and John Williams.     

Jubilant has collaborated with such artists as Julie Andrews, Terence Blanchard, John Beasley, Renée Fleming, Josh Groban, Christopher Parkening, Patrice Rushen, Carlos Santana, Jennifer Warren, and Brian Wilson.