Bradley Sowell is currently in his second year of the doctoral program at the Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music at the University of Memphis in Memphis, Tennessee. He studies voice with Dr. Randal Rushing. Most recently, Mr. Sowell served as Lecturer of Voice and Aural Skills at Georgia College in Milledgeville, Georgia. He primarily taught major and non-major voice lessons. In addition to studio teaching, Mr. Sowell was also a classroom teacher. He taught aural skills, diction, music appreciation, and vocal methods. Aside from being a teacher at Georgia College, he was also a music director and performer at the university. He served as music director for a fully staged production of the musical, Cabaret, by John Kander and Fred Ebb. He performed recitals regularly during the concert season as well as having been asked to be a soloist on several occasions.
Mr. Sowell is an emerging recitalist and concert soloist. Most recently, he performed with the University of South Dakota Opera in their production of Zoom Speed Dating Tonight! by Michael Ching. He was the baritone soloist for the Georgia College Choral Ensembles’ performance of Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana. He has performed with the South Dakota Symphony Orchestra as well as the University of South Dakota Opera in roles such as Doganiere in La Bohème, Bartolo in Le nozze di Figaro, as well as Dr. Blind and Ivan in Die Fledermaus. Along with mainstage works, he has performed in a variety of opera scenes. Those roles include Escamillo in Carmen, Masetto and Il Commendatore in Don Giovanni, Publio in La Clemenza di Tito, Dr. Falke in Die Fledermaus, Bill Corey (Belcore) in The Elixir of Love, and Golaud in Pelléas et Mélisande.
Mr. Sowell received his Master of Music (Vocal Performance) from the University of South Dakota and his Bachelor of Music Education (Choral Music Education) from Georgia College.
