Addy Sterrett
Soprano
Addy Sterrett is a soprano based in Los Angeles. Her interests include sacred music, performing new works, and singing with choirs. Recent highlights include singing background vocals during Björk’s Cornucopia tour, LA Master Chorale’s staged production of Schütz’s Musikalische Exequien directed by Peter Sellars at the Salzburg Festival, and the premiere of William Cooper’s St. Luke Passion, in which she sang the role of Jesus. Addy is the 2022 recipient of the Linn Maxwell Keller Distinguished Bach Musician Award, earning her the top prize and a future engagement with the Grand Rapids Symphony. She is a roster member of the Los Angeles Master Chorale and has been a featured soloist for Handel’s Messiah and the Faure Requiem. She has also sung with Seraphic Fire, Bach Collegium San Diego, Ensemble Altera, Audivi, Tonality, and Voices of Ascension.
Addy graduated from the Yale University Institute of Sacred Music in Early Music Voice Performance. Raised in a small town in northern Michigan, Addy studied at Interlochen Arts Academy before her education and professional engagements afforded her to travel all over the United States, Europe, and Asia. Addy is the daughter of two foresters and is deeply inspired by the beauty of our world, spending every moment possible hiking, camping, or simply engaging with nature.