Sarah Brailey

GRAMMY Award-winning soprano Sarah Brailey enjoys a versatile career that defies
categorization. Praised by The New York Times for her “radiant, liquid tone,” and by Opera UK
for “a sound of remarkable purity,” she is a prolific vocalist, cellist, recording artist, and
educator.

Sarah’s numerous career highlights include performing Handel’s_ L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il
Moderato_ with the Mark Morris Dance Group, serenading the Mona Lisa with John Zorn’s
Madrigals at the Louvre in Paris, and recording the role of The Soul on the world premiere
album of Dame Ethel Smyth’s The Prison, for which she received the 2020 GRAMMY Award
for Best Classical Solo Vocal Album. Other notable recent and upcoming projects include the
Angel in Handel’s La Resurrezione with Haymarket Opera; Julia Wolfe’s Her Story with the
Lorelei Ensemble and the Boston, Chicago, Nashville, National, and San Francisco Symphony
Orchestras; the Strauss Four Last Songs with The Experiential Orchestra; and David Lang’s
Song of Songs at the Barbican Centre.

Sarah is a member of Beyond Artists, a coalition of artists that donates a percentage of their
concert fees to non-profit organizations. Through Beyond Artists, she supports the Natural
Resources Defense Council, Friends of the Boundary Waters Wilderness, and the Animal
Welfare Institute. Dr. Brailey is the Director of Vocal Studies at the University of Chicago and
serves on the voice faculty of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. www.sarahbrailey.com