Bradley Fuller
Host/Producer, SC Public Radio's Sonatas and SoundscapesOriginally 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.
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Ahead of her appearance with the South Carolina Philharmonic on Saturday for a concert marking the centennial of Rhapsody in Blue, Downes reflects on the scope and legacy of George Gershwin's most iconic work. -
The keyboard instrument’s collaborative side is set to be showcased in a range of performances at this year’s BravoPiano! Festival, presented by the Hilton Head International Piano Competition. -
The renowned bassist and rising violinist prepare to take the stage at Johnson Hall on Saturday for a performance featuring a duo the father-son team wrote together and other selections of a not-quite-so-classical sort—including fiddle tunes. -
The original version of Edmund Thornton Jenkins’ Lowcountry-inspired orchestral rhapsody is set to be performed for the first time in the composer’s home state on Saturday, part of a Gaillard Center presentation culminating the Colour of Music Festival's Black History Month Concert Series. -
Musicians from the University of South Carolina's Wind Ensemble and Experimental Music Workshop are set to sonically transform the museum for the premiere of a "poetic recreation of natural environments" by composer Michael Pisaro-Liu. -
Carrie Allen Tipton's From Dixie to Rocky Top: Music and Meaning in Southeastern Conference Football is a dive into a previously-neglected area of musicological research: the origins and cultural significance of some of the most recognizable tunes in the "football-haunted" South. -
The 22-year-old pianist and Honens prizewinner is back in South Carolina, excited for the chance to take on two formidable piano concertos in a single program. -
"Let go, in some ways, of the idea of perfection," the pianist says. "Make the thing in front of you the best it can be." -
The Chicago Sinfonietta Music Director looks forward to playing "the biggest instrument in the room" for one of her favorite programs: orchestral works by Florence Price, Michael Abels, and Antonín Dvořák. -
Soprano Nicole Heaston shares insights into the musically and psychologically intense title role she's singing in Charleston through June 10th.
