Senator John Horhn to emcee Opera Mississippi national winners concert

JANS – Senator John Horhn will join the cast as the emcee of Opera Mississippi’s upcoming Vibrations concert featuring winners of the John Alexander National Vocal Competition Sunday, February 2, 2025, 3:00 p.m. at St. Dominic Chapel (894 Lakeland Dr., Jackson, MS).  Senator Horhn has been a Mississippi State Senator for 32 years, where he is a champion for small business development and the City of Jackson.

He serves parts of Hinds and Madison counties in District 26. Prior to his current elected position, Senator Horhn was the program manager at the Mississippi Arts Commission, director of the Mississippi Film Office, director of the Mississippi Tourism Office, and executive director of the Governor’s Office of Federal/State Programs. An accomplished actor and storyteller, he is a member of the Screen Actors’ Guild, and has appeared in numerous TV and film projects.

Vibrations is a concert spotlighting the exceptional talent of the eight 2024-2025 winners of the John Alexander National Vocal Competition. These vocal performance artists have now been nationally recognized and were chosen from over 300 singers who auditioned from around the nation. Honoring the legacy of Meridian native and internationally acclaimed tenor John Alexander, this prestigious event celebrates vocal excellence while supporting the next generation of classical and musical theatre artists. 

Sponsored by the Robert M. Hearin Foundation, Vibrations continues to uphold John Alexander’s legacy by fostering opportunities for rising stars. This year’s winners include Hayley Abramowitz, a dynamic Washington, DC-based soprano; Natalie Corrigan, a Mexican-American mezzo-soprano and Glimmerglass Festival alum; Ruby Dibble, an Artist Diploma student at Juilliard; Boston-based soprano Alexandra Henderson; Page Michels, a Juilliard Artist Diploma soprano; Geoffrey Schmelzer, a baritone and Resident Artist at the Academy of Vocal Arts; Alexandra Wiebe, an award-winning soprano and voice science researcher; and Ilana Starr, a two-time Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition award winner. The pianist for the concert will be Jackson-based Tyler Kemp, an outstanding Mississippi College staff pianist, who is well-known to Mississippi audiences.

Admission is free; donations accepted.

For more information, visit  www.operams.org.