Bradley Sharpe is a countertenor specializing in early music and oratorio based in Southern California. He has been a featured soloist in international performances of J.S. Bach’s Magnificat BWV 243 and Joby Talbot’s Path of Miracles with the Yale Voxtet and Yale Schola Cantorum, and has been a soloist under conductors such as Masaaki Suzuki, Nicholas McGegan, Grete Pedersen, and Simon Carrington. Recent solo engagements include Johann Hasse’s Miserere in C Minor at Lincoln Center, Bach’s St. John Passion and Cantata BWV 79, and Handel’s Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne with Simon Carrington at the Norfolk Choral Festival. Last season Mr. Sharpe performed Mendelssohn’s Elias with the Yale Voxtet and Bach Collegium Japan under the direction of Masaaki Suzuki, as part of Bachfest Leipzig. Mr. Sharpe earned a Master’s degree in Early Music Voice from the Yale Institute of Sacred Music where he studied with renowned Bach evangelist James Taylor, and a Bachelor’s degree in voice from California State University, Fullerton, where he studied with Dr. Mark Goodrich. He currently resides in the L.A. area, and performs with the choir of St. Thomas the Apostle in Hollywood, CA, and Bach Collegium San Diego.