KAYLEEN SANCHEZ

SOPRANO

MUSIC

BEDLAM's second album, featuring Scottish, English, and Irish lute songs of the 16th and 17th centuries.

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Texts

Three song cycles composed by Paul Sánchez, pianist, performed by Kayleen and Paul Sánchez.

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Johnandrew Slominski and Kayleen Sánchez perform Schwanengesang using historical performance practice.

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Texts

BEDLAM's debut album,

featuring Scottish lute songs of the 16th century.

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Texts

VIDEOS

BEDLAM performs "Died For Love"

BEDLAM performs "Give Beauty All Her Right"

Recording session for "Music of George Morey" CD

BEDLAM performs "O Lusty May"

BIOGRAPHY

“Kayleen Sánchez' wonderfully sensitive interpretations evoke the full sway of Sappho’s fervent, impassioned imagination. Indeed, Sánchez' keen technical virtuosity manages to capture the finely shaded gradations of emotion that all three song cycles draw up from the well of human experience. Listen closely and you’ll discover that, long after the final syllable is sung, her voice still thrills along the spine.”

- Sherod Santos

"Soprano Kayleen Sánchez has the perfect voice, pure and unshakably direct in delivery.... [her] purity of voice and total control of her instrument is utterly remarkable...."

- Colin Clarke

"Sanchez has a pure, lyric voice which she uses with imagination."

- Henry Fogel

Photo By: Paul Sánchez

Kayleen Sánchez is an active performer, recording artist, and pedagogue. She is a founding member of the lute song duo BEDLAM. Recent BEDLAM engagements include the Phoenix Early Music Society, Pegasus Early Music, and the Rochester Early Music Festival. BEDLAM has been broadcast on Rochester’s WXXI, WWFM’s “Well-Tempered Baroque”, South Dakota Public Broadcasting, and Arizona PBS. BEDLAM released its debut album, BEDLAM (Athyr Records) in 2015, and their latest album, Died for Love (Soundset Recordings) was released in June of 2017. BEDLAM’s active touring schedule can found on their website at www.bedlamearlymusic.com.

American composer David M. Gordon praised her performance of his music as “deeply moving and extraordinarily precise,” and dedicated a large-scale song cycle, “Mysteria Incarnationis,” to Sánchez and her husband, pianist Paul Sánchez (CD release TBA). Kayleen is also featured on the CD Magus Insipiens (Soundset Recordings, 2016), performing song cycles composed by Paul Sánchez, and appears on the CDs West Meets East (Albany Records) and Music of George Morey (label TBA). She also recorded Schubert’s Schwanengesang with pianist Johnandrew Slominski on a Viennese-style fortepiano. Their recording has been released on the Soundset label, and features ornamentation and other historically-informed performance practices.

Sánchez received her Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degrees in Vocal Performance and Literature from the Eastman School of Music. She is on voice faculty at the College of Charleston in Charleston, SC.

LIVE

November 2, 2019

BEDLAM Recital | 1867 Sanctuary | Ewing, NJ

October 29, 2019

Rodrigo: A Life in Music | International Piano Series | Charleston, SC

October 6, 2019

BEDLAM Recital | Isle of Palms First United Methodist Church | Isle of Palms, SC

August 20, 2019

Vassilandonakis: La Tierra | San Francisco Int'l. Piano Festival | San Francisco, CA

August 17, 2019

Music of David M. Gordon | San Francisco Int'l. Piano Festival | San Francisco, CA

August 15, 2019

Festival Kickoff | San Francisco Int'l. Piano Festival | San Francisco, CA

July 13, 2019

Sánchez Art Songs | Music at Grazhda Festival | Catskills, NY

July 11, 2019

BEDLAM | Private House Concert | Hunter, NY

May 30, 2019

"American Voices" Recital | Dakota Sky Foundation | Sioux Falls, SD

May 20–24, 2019

Resident Artist | Baylor Communio | Leakey, TX

April 13, 2019

Adjudicator | Kentucky Bach Choir Competition | Lexington, KY

April 5–7, 2019

BEDLAM | Pegasus Early Music Concert Tour | Western NY

March 9, 2019

Works by Vassilandonakis and Hart | College of Charleston | Charleston, SC

March 2, 2019

Art Songs by Paul Sánchez | University of Mississippi | Oxford, MS

February 8, 2019

Magnetic South | Charleston Symphony Orchestra | Charleston, SC

December 17–22, 2018

Recording | Mysteria Incarnationis by David M. Gordon | Charleston, SC

December 10–11, 2018

BEDLAM | Recording Sessions | Charleston, SC

November 2, 2018

BEDLAM | 1867 Sanctuary | Ewing, NJ

October 12, 2018

Magnetic South | Charleston Symphony Orchestra | Charleston, SC

October 8, 2018

BEDLAM | CofC Second Monday Series | Charleston, SC

September 29, 2018

Recital of American Music | Autunno Musicale | Caserta, Italy

September 10, 2018

Works by David M. Gordon | CofC Second Monday Series | Charleston, SC

August 17, 2018

Art Song Recital | New Piano Collective | San Francisco, CA

July 20, 2018

BEDLAM Lute Song Recital | The Music House | Greenville, NC

June 4–5, 2018

BEDLAM | Piccolo Spoleto Festival Celtic Arts Series | Charleston, SC

May 14–18, 2018

Resident Artist | Baylor Communio | Leakey, TX

April 20–22, 2018

Paul Sánchez Art Songs | MSU Song Cycle Conference | East Lansing, MI

April 14, 2018

BEDLAM plays at McCann's Irish Pub, 6:30–9:30pm | Seabrook Island, SC

March 18, 2018

BEDLAM, featuring Beth Arnold & Dieter Hennings | Lexington, KY

March 11, 2018

BEDLAM, featuring Beth Arnold & Dieter Hennings | Isle of Palms, SC

February 23, 2018

Songs of Sappho | Sappho Conference | Charleston, SC

December 20, 2017

In Concert with Paul Sánchez | Carlton UMC | Carlton, NY

December 11, 2017

BEDLAM | Taylor Music Group Celtic Christmas | Charleston, SC

November 3–5, 2017

BEDLAM | Lute Song Workshop | Ewing, NJ

October 20–21, 2017

BEDLAM Performance and Masterclass | Cary School of Music | Cary, NC

September 11, 2017

BEDLAM | Second Monday Series | College of Charleston, SC

August 18–20, 2017

Art Song Recitals | New Piano Collective | San Francisco, CA

June 25, 2017

BEDLAM | Concerts on the Hill | Portsmouth, NH

June 11–16, 2017

Festival Artist | Dakoty Sky Academy | Sioux Falls, SD

May 27, 2017

Art Song Recital with Paul Sánchez | Piccolo Spoleto | Charleston, SC

April 1–2, 2017

Concerts | Taylor Festival Choir | South Carolina

March 2017

Recording Project with pianist Johnandrew Slominski | Rochester, NY

February 23, 2017

BEDLAM Lute Song Recital | University of North Carolina, Wilmington

February 18, 2017

Recital with pianist Paul Sánchez and tenor Ted Federle | High Point, NC

February 11–12, 2017

Concerts | Taylor Festival Choir | South Carolina

January 2017

BEDLAM Recording Project | Charleston, South Carolina

December 12, 2016

BEDLAM | A Celtic Christmas | Charleston, SC

December 11, 2016

BEDLAM | A Celtic Christmas | Savannah, GA

November 4–6, 2016

BEDLAM | Lute Song Workshop | Pennsylvania

September 18, 2016

BEDLAM | Cooper River Baptist Church | North Charleston, SC

June 2016

Taylor Music Group | Spoleto Festival USA | Charleston, SC

April 22–24, 2016

BEDLAM | Lute Song Workshop | Washington, D.C.

April 10, 2016

Voces Intimae | Zion Lutheran Church | Dallas, TX

March 21, 2016

Music of David M. Gordon | Wheaton College | Wheaton, IL

March 18, 2016

Music of David M. Gordon | Baylor University | Waco, TX

February 7, 2016

Music of Paul Sánchez | Baylor University | Waco, TX

February 3, 2016

BEDLAM | Zion Lutheran Church | McGregor, TX

February 2, 2016

BEDLAM | University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | Belton, TX

February 1, 2016

BEDLAM | McLennan Community College | Waco, TX

November 21, 2015

BEDLAM | Soli Deo Gloria | Chicago, IL

November 21, 2015

BEDLAM | Baker Memorial UMC | St. Charles, IL

November 20, 2015

BEDLAM | Wheaton College | Wheaton, IL

November 19, 2015

BEDLAM | Grace Lutheran Church | River Forest, IL

September 25, 2015

BEDLAM | Phoenix Early Music Society at ASU | Tempe, AZ

September 25, 2015

BEDLAM | Glendale Community College | Glendale, AZ

June 11–12, 2015

Festival Artist | Dakota Sky International Piano Festival | Sioux Falls, SD

GALLERY

Publicity photo by Paul Sánchez	Publicity photo by Paul Sánchez	Far Song: Kayleen and Paul Sánchez
Far Song: Kayleen and Paul Sánchez	Deborah Fox, Laudon Schuett, and Kayleen Sánchez after a BEDLAM concert for Pegasus Early Music and NYS Baroque, in April 2019.	BEDLAM: Kayleen Sánchez and Laudon Schuett
BEDLAM: Kayleen Sánchez and Laudon Schuett	Publicity Photo by Paul Sánchez	Publicity Photo by Paul Sánchez
Publicity Photo by Paul Sánchez	Publicity Photo by Paul Sánchez	Kayleen Sánchez as Euridice in Gluck's Orfeo. Photo by Nic Minetor.
Kayleen Sánchez as Euridice in Gluck's Orfeo. Photo by Nic Minetor.	Kayleen Sánchez as Euridice in Gluck's Orfeo. Photo by Nic Minetor.	Kayleen Sánchez in Purcell's Dido and Aeneas with Chicago's Haymarket Opera Company. Photo by Benjamin Brachi.
Kayleen Sánchez in Purcell's Dido and Aeneas with Chicago's Haymarket Opera Company. Photo by Benjamin Brachi.	BEDLAM: Kayleen Sánchez and Laudon Schuett. Publicity Photo by Paul Sánchez.	BEDLAM: Kayleen Sánchez and Laudon Schuett. Publicity Photo by Paul Sánchez.