Paul Sperry

A student writes: "Mr. Sperry, in addition to being a prominent performer, is an intelligent, witty, and kindhearted master teacher. "

Paul Sperry, American lyric tenor, is dedicated to preserving the song recital. He has worked extensively with such masters of art song as Pierre Bernac, Jennie Tourel and Paul Ulanowsky (Lehmann’s accompanist).

Today Mr. Sperry is widely appreciated for his master classes at schools including the Eastman School of Music, the University of Southern California, Oberlin College Conservatory of Music, the Cleveland Institute of Music, Harvard and Yale. Since 1984 he has taught 19th- and 20th-century song at The Juilliard School and Manhattan School of Music. In 1987 he became the Director of “Joy In Singing,” an organization in New York City dedicated to helping young singers in the field of art song.

Hailed by the New York Times as "one of today's leading song recitalists," Paul Sperry has championed the music of living American composers, having premiered works by such composers as William Bolcom, Richard Hundley, Stephen Paulus, Nicholas Thorne and Charles Wuorinen.