Dashon Burton

Bass-baritone

2026–27 Performances

Performance archive

Programs and artists are subject to change.

Upcoming performances

Mozart’s Requiem

November 19, 21, and 22, 2026 · Seattle, WA
Seattle Symphony
S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Benaroya Hall
November 19, 7:30 p.m. · November 21, 8 p.m. · November 22, 2 p.m.

Program
Joseph Pereira: Virtù for solo timpani and string orchestra
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem

World premiere of Virtù.

Personnel
Xian Zhang, conductor
Ellie Dehn, soprano
Sarah Larsen, mezzo-soprano
Eric Ferring, tenor
Dashon Burton, baritone
Eric Schweikert, timpani (Virtù)
Seattle Symphony
Seattle Symphony Chorale

November 19 details · Tickets & program

Handel’s Messiah

December 18, 19, and 20, 2026 · Houston, TX
Houston Symphony
Jones Hall
December 18 and 19, 7:30 p.m. · December 20, 2 p.m.

Program
George Frideric Handel: Messiah

Personnel
Ken-David Masur, conductor
Joélle Harvey, soprano
Sun-Ly Pierce, mezzo-soprano
Nicholas Phan, tenor
Dashon Burton, baritone
Houston Symphony
Houston Symphony Chorus; Anthony J. Maglione, director

December 18 details · Tickets & program

Beethoven’s Ninth: New Year’s Celebration

January 1, 2, and 3, 2027 · Baltimore & North Bethesda, MD
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall & The Music Center at Strathmore
January 1, 8 p.m., and January 3, 3 p.m.: Meyerhoff · January 2, 8 p.m.: Strathmore

Program
Valerie Coleman: Umoja: Anthem of Unity
Ludwig van Beethoven: Elegiac Song
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 9, “Choral”

Personnel
Peter Oundjian, conductor
Joélle Harvey, soprano
Kelley O’Connor, mezzo-soprano
Issachah Savage, tenor
Dashon Burton, bass-baritone
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Baltimore Choral Arts Society; Anthony Blake Clark, music director

Tickets & program

Beethoven’s Ninth

February 6, 7, and 9, 2027 · Costa Mesa, CA
Pacific Symphony
Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall
February 6 and 9, 8 p.m. · February 7, 3 p.m.

Program
Jake Runestad: A Silence Haunts Me
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 9, “Choral”

Personnel
Alexander Shelley, conductor
Susanna Phillips, soprano
Kelley O’Connor, mezzo-soprano
Matthew Cairns, tenor
Dashon Burton, bass-baritone
Pacific Symphony
Pacific Chorale; Robert Istad, artistic director

February 6 tickets · February 7 tickets · February 9 tickets

What the Earth Remembers

March 14, 2027 · Towson, MD
Baltimore Chamber Orchestra & Handel Choir of Baltimore
Kraushaar Auditorium, Goucher College
3 p.m.

Program
Shawn Okpebholo: What the Earth Remembers
John Rutter: Lord, Make Me an Instrument
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Dona nobis pacem

World premiere of What the Earth Remembers, with text by Marcus Amaker.

Personnel
Brian Bartoldus, conductor (Okpebholo premiere)
Robert Moody, conductor (Rutter and Vaughan Williams)
Karen Slack, soprano
Dashon Burton, baritone
Baltimore Chamber Orchestra
Handel Choir of Baltimore
Catholic Community of South Baltimore Choir

Tickets & program

Bach’s St. Matthew Passion

March 21, 2027 · Minneapolis, MN
National Lutheran Choir & Bach Society of Minnesota
Central Lutheran Church
3 p.m.

Program
Johann Sebastian Bach: St. Matthew Passion

Presented as Passion and Mercy, marking the work’s 300th anniversary.

Personnel
Jennaya Robison and Matthias Maute, conductors
Aaron Sheehan, tenor, Evangelist
Dashon Burton, bass-baritone, Jesus
Clara Osowski, mezzo-soprano
Sonja DuToit Tengblad, soprano
National Lutheran Choir
Bach Society of Minnesota orchestra
Minnesota Boychoir

Tickets & program · National Lutheran Choir

Calder Quartet & Dashon Burton

March 24, 2027 · Tucson, AZ
Arizona Friends of Chamber Music
Leo Rich Theater
7:30 p.m.

Program
Christopher Cerrone: Quintet
Thomas Adès: Arcadiana
Samuel Barber: Dover Beach
Jessie Montgomery: Loisaida, my love
Caroline Shaw: By and By
Franz Schubert: String Quartet No. 14, “Death and the Maiden”

World premiere of Christopher Cerrone’s Quintet.