Philip Candilis

Baritone Philip Candilis has studied with the eminent baritone, Robert Honeysucker, for the past four years, reviving a passion that had lain dormant while he completed medical training. Dr. Candilis also studied voice the late Todd Duncan -- Gershwin's first Porgy and the first black American to perform with the New York City Opera.

Candilis, a physician-ethicist at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, began studying music at age six with pianist Katherine Homer Fryer, daughter of Metropolitan Opera contralto Louise Homer. His first appearances as a vocal soloist came at age seventeen at the National Cathedral and Washington Bach Festival. As a member of Todd Duncan's studio in Washington, D.C., Candilis appeared as a principal with the Choral Arts Chamber Chorus in a televised performance at Wolf Trap, in a performance of Schubert lieder on WGMS radio, and in operatic roles from Verdi to Humperdinck. As a researcher at the National Cancer Institute, Candilis directed the N.I.H. Singers's group of healthcare colleagues performing for the patients, families, and communities of the National Institutes of Health.

In Massachusetts Dr. Candilis is a frequent performer with Chorus pro Musica and Boston Concert Opera.

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