McCormack, Elijah

Elijah McCormack

Elijah McCormack, male soprano, performs across the United States and abroad, garnering praise for his “fresh timbre” (South Florida Classical Review) and “expressive sophistication” (Dallas Morning News). He has performed as both a soloist and chorus member in works such as Bach’s St. John Passion, St. Matthew Passion, Christmas Oratorio, and B Minor Mass; as well as Theile’s St. Matthew Passion, Pärt’s Passio, Handel’s Messiah, and more, with organizations such as Seraphic Fire, Washington Bach Consort,

The Crossing, American Bach Soloists, Dallas Bach Society, Ensemble Altera, ChamberQUEER, Classical Uprising, ANIMA Early Music, and Ars Lyrica Houston. Opera credits include IN Series’s The Return of Ulysses (Telemachus), Haymarket Opera’s L’incoronazione di Poppea (Amore/Valletto), IlluminArts Miami’s The Turn of the Screw (Miles), and Lowell House Opera’s world premiere of NIGHTTOWN (Bell[x] Cohen). He was the first place winner of the 2024 Handel Aria Competition, and placed second in the 2023 competition of the Oratorio Society of New York. He was a finalist in the Grand Rapids Symphony’s Keller Distinguished Bach Musician Award, and a semifinalist in the Poeme Harmonique Corneille Baroque competition. He received his Master's degree in Historical Performance at Indiana University, where he studied with Steven Rickards. He received his Bachelor’s degree in studio art at Skidmore College.