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Sharon Mabry

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Newport, TN, The United States

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Mystery, Music, Memoir

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Prior to novel-writing, Sharon Mabry, who is an award-winning mezzo-soprano soloist and recording artist, premiered works by more than forty composers and made nine critically acclaimed recordings.

She is the author of two books about music, Exploring Twentieth-Century Vocal Music (Oxford Univ. Press, 2002, 2009) and The Performing Life: A Singer’s Guide to Survival (Scarecrow Press, Rowman & Littlefield, 2012). In addition, Mabry established a long tenure as professor of music at Austin Peay State University, where she received the university’s highest award for creativity (the Richard M. Hawkins Award) and for teaching (the Distinguished Professor Award). Sharon Mabry is an East Tennessee native from Newport, TN. She currently lives in Cla ...more

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Average rating: 4.53 · 100 ratings · 46 reviews · 5 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Postmaster's Daughter 4.50 avg rating — 76 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Blue Box and Memories that Live in the Bones it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 11 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Performing Life: A Singer's Guide To Survival 4.63 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2012 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Exploring Twentieth-Century Vocal Music: A Practical Guide to Innovations in Performance and Repertoire 3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2002 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	[Exploring Twentieth-Century Vocal Music: A Practical Guide to Innovations in Performance and Repertoire] [Author: Mabry, Sharon] [July, 2002] by Sharon Mabry (Goodreads Author), Unknown Author 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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I'm excited to tell you that the audio book for The Postmaster's Daughter is now available on Audible and Apple Books and will be on other sites soon. I read the book so you can hear it in my voice and get an idea of the East Tennessee accent for many of the characters. it was a very interesting process and it includes a Bonus. The book ends with the song that was written by George Mabry for the c Read more of this blog post »

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Blade

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All He Has Left

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A great read! Fast paced and always giving new clues and reasons to keep reading. Interesting characters and not a waste of time!
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