The American mezzo-soprano, Sandy Sharis, obtained her Bachelor of Music degree in Voice Peformance from Furman University (2013-2017); her Master of Music degree in in Voice Peformance & Pedagogy from The Ohio State University (2018-2020); and is now pursuing an MMA degree in Early Music Voice at the Yale Institute of Sacred Music (since September 2022; expected graduation: August 2024). In 2019, she was named first place winner in the Great Lakes region of the NATS Artist Awards competition and the Wilson Vocal Competition at Ohio State, and she was also a finalist in the Kentucky Bach Competition.
Sandy Sharis is delighted to join the Yale Voxtet and especially enjoys performing in the choral and early music genres. Her summer training includes the Festival Lyrique de BelleIle-en-Mer in France (June 2015-July 2016), Norfolk Chamber Choir Institute (Yale), International Baroque Institute at Longy, Aquilon Music Festival (July 2019), and Duke Chapel ChorWorks. She has performed in the Duke Chapel Bach Cantata Series, as a staff singer at All Saints' Episcopal Church in Atlanta, Georgia (August 2021-August 2022), and will join Seraphic Fire and the Voces8 US Scholars Programme during the 2022-2023 season. |