Dr John Seesholtz

Dr. John Seesholtz, baritone, is the cofounder of the Canciones project, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the advancement of Latin American music throughout all stages of academia and former Director of Vocal Pedagogy at the University of Colorado. His most recent operatic performances include; Sarvaor (La Vida Breve), Germont (La Traviata), Baron Zeta (The Merry Widow), Sharpless (Madame Butterfly), Alvaro (Florencia en el Amazonas), Verdi’s Otello as Iago, Pangloss (Candide), Silvio (Pagliacci),Verdi's Falstaff as Ford, and his favorite role, Gianni Schicchi (title role). Some of his solo concert performances include Camina Burana, Brahm’s Requiem, Five Mystical Songs, Sea Symphony, and Dona Nobis Pacem by Vaughan Williams.

He has published multiple articles and curated music collections including: “Hyperadduction: A Pedagogic Approach for the 21st Century Voice Instructor,” “The AIDS Quilt Songbook and Its Uncollected Works,” “The Origin of the Verdi Baritone, ” “The Lost Songs of the AIDS Quilt Songbook,” and “Rethinking the Italian 24 Songs and Arias.” He is working on a website and multiple publications of song and aria representing Latin American countries and music that supports the Bel Canto methods and practices of the Romantic Period, “The Canciones Project: Expanding Bel Canto Canon Through the Innate Pedagogic Fluency of Latin American Spanish Art Song.” In the Fall of 2024, he traveled to the Michoacan region of Mexico where he performed, lectured and gave masterclasses at the Conservatrio de las Roseas, Facultad de Bellas Artest and the Universidad Michoacan de San Nicolas de Hidalgo.