Soprano Gertrude Bradley performs a tribute to Joel Graham, accompanied by pianist Greg Schreiner, at this African Americans for LA Opera recital.

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Gertrude Bradley is a lyrico-spinto soprano who loves to sing Spirituals, art songs, contemporary Gospel, and Broadway show tunes. Her vast classical repertoire includes arias from the opera's La Rondine, Aida, La Forza Del Destino, Madama Butterfly, Tosca, Carmen, Otello, Tannhaüser, La Wally, and Adriana Lecouvreur, to name a few.

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Bradley has sung previous recitals for AALAO and appeared in the LA Opera production of Porgy and Bess at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. She has also sung on prestigious stages including the Hollywood Bowl, Disney Concert Hall, Avery Fischer Hall in Lincoln Center, Madison Square Gardens, Carnegie Hall in New York, and the Philharmonie in Berlin Germany — as well as throughout the world.

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With over 30 years of experience in musical theatre, Bradley has performed in Crystal Cathedral's The Glory of Christmas and The Glory of Easter productions, toured with the Whispers in their production of Thank God the Beat Goes On. She is a host, teacher, and musician on Open Door Communications Network program “The Lord Reigns”.

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Greg Schreiner is the pianist, narrator and producer of Hollywood Revisited (www.hollywoodrevisited.com). As a pianist, Schreiner has performed as soloist with the Los Angeles Concert Orchestra, Santa Monica College Symphony, UCLA Symphony Orchestra, Cypress Orchestra and performed at the opening ceremonies of the 1984 Olympics. Schreiner is the accompanist for the Mansfield Chamber Singers of Beverly Hills, has performed the Shostakovitch 2nd Piano Concerto for the PBS series In Search of Wisdom, and recently performed Saint-Saens Carnival of the Animals with the Santa Monica College orchestra. He's been on the piano faculty at Santa Monica College since 1986 and at Cerritos College since 1989. Schreiner holds Master Degrees in piano performance from UCLA and Western Illinois University.

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A portion of Schreiner's 500+ piece movie costume collection are on display at the Hollywood Museum. He has also appeared on numerous television programs including AMC’s Hollywood Fashion Machine, A &E’s The Incurable Collector, Entertainment Tonight, The Montel Williams Show and on Turner Classic Movies.

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This event is part of The Ebell's slate of Black History Month programming.

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