Mark Sprinkle

Tenor Mark Sprinkle‘s singing has been described in the press as “expressive,” “very rewarding,” “outstanding,” “vivid,” and “supremely stylish.” As a soloist and ensemble singer, he has worked with a diverse list of conductors, such as Seiji Ozawa, Christopher Hogwood, William Christie, Roger Norrington, John Nelson, Andrew Parrott, Grant Llewellyn, and Craig Smith. He is a long-time member of Blue Heron, singing with the ensemble from its beginnings, and can be heard on their 2018 Gramophone award-winning recording of music from the Peterhouse Partbooks. Mr. Sprinkle has sung the Evangelist in Bach Passions with the Handel & Haydn Society, the Boulder Bach Festival, the Oriana Singers of Vermont, Seraphim Singers, Boston’s Chorus Pro Musica, and the Andover Choral Society, among others. He has appeared as a soloist with Concerto Palatino, with the Handel & Haydn Society in Bach’s St. Matthew Passion and Monteverdi’s 1610 Vespers, and in concerts with Christopher Hogwood in Jordan Hall. He has collaborated with the Boston Early Music Festival, the Boston Camerata, the Mark Morris Dance Group, Emmanuel Music, Boston Baroque, and many others, and performed at festivals in Bergen, Norway; Vancouver; Edinburgh; and Aldeburgh, UK. He was a founding member of the Cambridge Bach Ensemble and a fellow of the Britten-Pears School and has recorded for the Blue Heron label, as well as Dorian, Koch, Harmonia Mundi, Decca, Arabesque, and Telarc.