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2024 Links Scholarship Recipient: Holden Turner, baritone

Holden James Turner, a Baritone from Rochester, NY, was most recently seen in the role of Perseus in Nkeiru Okoye’s "We've Got Our Eye On You" at the Eastman School of Music, and also seen as a featured soloist with Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra. He's been honored to perform as a Baritone Soloist for the Finger Lakes Opera on numerous occasions, The Rochester Oratorio Society, SUNY Geneseo Symphony Orchestra and Festival Singers, Ithaca College Symphony Orchestra, and many more in and out of the community of Rochester. Mr. Turner has worked with a vast amount of artists ranging from Jon Batiste to Martin Katz. He has studied under the direction of Nicole Cabell and Marc Webster and has been a Young Artist and Professional Fellow at Songfest in the Summers of 2017 and 2023. He will be a Tanglewood Fellow in the Summer of 2024.

The Links Scholarship, a cooperative effort between the Rochester, New York Chapter of The Links, Incorporated, and the Eastman School of Music, recognizes and celebrates the extraordinary talent and academic achievement of an African-American scholar musician.

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