Mikalia Bradberry
Mikalia Bradberry, instructor, is a mezzo-soprano currently based out of Minneapolis, Minnesota. Born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma to Niagara Falls natives, she received her Bachelor of Music in vocal performance from Abilene Christian University and her Master of Music in vocal performance from the University of Minnesota Twin Cities.
Ms. Bradberry’s operatic highlights include Carmen in La Tragedie de Carmen and Madame de Croissy in Poulenc’s Les Dialogues de Carmélites as well as Lucretia in Britten’s The Rape of Lucretia. She is the inaugural winner of St. Croix Valley Opera’s vocal competition of 2021 and was a qualified competitor for the Metropolitan Opera’s Laffont Competition.
She had the honor of performing as a soloist in Mahler’s Second Symphony with Mississippi Valley Orchestra in February of 2024. Additionally, Ms. Bradberry performed in Samuel Coleridge Taylor’s Atonement, and Meg Blaine with the Oratorio Society of Minnesota in August of 2024, marking the first time both pieces have been performed in the last 100 years. She was a recent soloist in two performances of Mozart’s Requiem as well as a soloist for Andrea Ramsey’s Suffrage Cantata. Ms. Bradberry will perform as a soloist for the 6th time in the lecture recital, I Too Sing America: The Friendship & Collaboration of Margaret Bonds and Langston Hughes at Arkansas Tech University in August 2025.
Ms. Bradberry has led masterclasses for various non major voice classes at the University of Minnesota as well as a masterclass for Southern Baptist University in Bolivar, Missouri and Colorado State University. She’s served as teaching artist for An Opera Theatre in Minneapolis and as the President and Student Conductor of the A Cappella Chorus at Abilene Christian University. Ms. Bradberry has also had the pleasure of serving on the DEI committee for Opera Oriented Projects of Minnesota.
Mikalia is such a natural teacher and coach. She has an innate ability to pick up the subtlest energies, the hesitations, the blocks – and gracefully coaches you through. As a 53 year old who literally is learning from the ground up, I’m so appreciative of her ability to both support me AND challenge me.
– MacPhail Voice Student
What’s been an especially pleasant surprise is that while of course I’m learning a lot about how to sing better from her — I’m also learning some good tips on how to be a better human. She regularly drops amazing wisdom bombs – I’ve started taking notes in our sessions!
I’m in learning and development for my own profession, so when it comes to evaluating educational experiences I can be a tough judge. Mikalia in my opinion is five-star all the way!
