Mezzo-soprano Sandy Sharis especially enjoys performing chamber music and concert repertoire. She has performed with ensembles such as Servire, the VOCES8 US Scholars, Seraphic Fire, and Yale Schola Cantorum, and will debut with Franklin Chamber Choir this summer. Sandy has also been featured as both a chorister and soloist under Dr. Philip Cave at Duke Chapel ChorWorks in works such as Delalande's Quemadmodum desiderat cervus and Monteverdi's Tirsi e Clori, as well as in Bach cantatas 117 and 192 and Praetorius' Nun komm der Heiden Heiland on their Bach Cantata Series. Sandy regularly performs early chamber music as a staff singer at St. Thomas' Episcopal Church in New Haven, CT (Dr. Noah Horn) and at All Saints' Episcopal Church in Atlanta, GA (Dr. Kirk Rich). 

Recent highlights include stepout solos in Vaughan Williams' Serenade to Music with Seraphic Fire and the New World Symphony (Patrick Quigley) and concert solos at the Yale Institute of Sacred Music, such as Bach’s Magnificat (Dr. Felicia Barber), Bach’s Weihnachtsoratorium (David Hill), Sumaya's Albricias mortales (Ryan Rogers), and Amy Beach’s Canticle of the Sun (David Hill), which was commercially recorded in Spring of 2023.

While studying at The Ohio State University, Sandy was selected a winner of their Concerto Competition, the Wilson Vocal Competition, the Graduate Vocal Achievement award, and the regional NATS Artist Awards competition (Great Lakes). At OSU, she performed as a soloist and chorister in Corigliano's Fern Hill and Britten's Rejoice in the Lamb with the Symphonic Choir, and as a soloist with the Men's Glee Club at the 2020 OMEA Conference. She also performed the roles of Cherubino in Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro and Le Prince Charmant in Viardot's Cendrillon. 

As a conductor, Sandy has held positions as director of the Furman University Chancel Choir, student conductor of Furman Singers, and chorus master at Aquilon Music Festival. Sandy plans to start one or more performance-based music organizations in the state of Georgia in an effort to cultivate local talent and expand the professional opportunities available to Georgia-based musicians.

Sandy holds a Bachelor of Music degree in vocal performance from Furman University and master’s degrees in voice performance and pedagogy from The Ohio State University. Sandy is currently studying for her M.M.A. degree in Early Music, Oratorio, and Art Song at Yale’s Institute of Sacred Music.