Bradley Fuller
Originally from Greenwood, SC, Bradley Fuller has maintained a deep interest in classical music since the age of six. With piano lessons throughout grade school and involvement in marching and concert bands on the saxophone, Bradley further developed musical abilities as well as an appreciation for the importance of arts education.
After high school, he pursued a Bachelor of Arts in Music at the University of South Carolina, studying under Phillip Bush. Bradley also acquired an economics degree while there. During the summer months, he gained media experience working for the McCormick Messenger newspaper as a reporter and advertising sales representative. In his free time, Bradley likes to read, explore the outdoors, go thrifting, and play piano.
Stories
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Harnessing the Transformative Power of Art with Mena Mark Hanna, Incoming Head of Spoleto Festival U
September 17, 2021For the first time in over three decades, Spoleto Festival USA will have a new general director. In July, the festival announced that Mena Mark Hanna will take over the position outgoing director Nigel Redden has held for 35 years. Hanna’s move to Charleston in October will... -
Glow Lyric Theatre Rekindles Live Performances
August 17, 2021In this interview which aired Monday, August 16 th, Sonatas & Soundscapes host Bradley Fuller speaks with Glow Lyric Theatre co-founder and executive director Christian Elser about the theatre’s 2021 festival season. Elser shares about the productions Rock Opera, Passione... -
The Show Goes On with Charleston Opera Theater
May 04, 2021It can be tricky enough to get a performing arts organization up and running in a relatively normal year. Add the venue closures, economic difficulties, and wariness of public singing that accompany a global pandemic to the situation, and the challenge becomes a considerable... -
Fifteen Bassoons in the Forest: Brad Balliett’s Arboretum Coming to Congaree National Park
April 07, 2021Arboretum is a work of music inspired by trees—and for the nature-loving bassoonist who wrote it, a passion project on two levels. “I’ve always been really into nature since I was a little kid, and my professional path has diverged away from it,” composer Brad Balliett says... -
Colour of Music Festival Spotlights Black Classical Artists
February 02, 2021Launched in Charleston in 2013, the Colour of Music Festival continues to highlight Black classical artistry and musicianship even as it has expanded well beyond the city that hosted its inaugural season. “The mission was something that was carefully crafted, and it’s still... -
Beethoven's First Piano Concerto with Phillip Bush
February 17, 2020Not long after his arrival in Vienna in late 1792, a young Ludwig van Beethoven was beginning to make an impression in the musical city. The Austrian capital had only a year prior lost one of its other famous residents—Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart—and Beethoven showed promising...