Singer | Songwriter | Worship Leader | Poet | Rapper | Actress | Voice Over Artist
“I take a deep breath and step out on faith. Do it afraid.”
Sharon Irving Cochran is a dynamic, multidisciplinary artist whose work spans music, spoken word, and film. A singer, songwriter, poet, worship leader, voice-over artist, and actress, she first captivated audiences worldwide as the Golden Buzzer recipient on Season 10 of America’s Got Talent.
Her artistic journey has carried her from the pulpit of her grandfather’s church on the South Side of Chicago to Radio City Music Hall, prisons, NFL events, and stages around the world. Across sacred and mainstream spaces, Sharon’s voice and storytelling invite connection, healing, and transformation.
As a recording artist, Sharon released her debut album Bennett Ave., a collection of original songs and spoken word that reflects her emotional honesty, depth, and genre-defying approach. Her ability to improvise and create from a place of authenticity is deeply influenced by her father, Robert Irving III, a renowned jazz musician and former music director for Miles Davis.
In addition to music, Sharon has expanded her storytelling through spoken word film projects designed to inspire reflection and communal engagement. Her films are available for licensing and are used in a wide range of settings, from worship environments to conferences and creative gatherings. Her screen work also includes starring roles in the independent film A Thousand Questions and as Anna in the feature film Acts of God.
Known for blending vulnerability with conviction, Sharon is a passionate wordsmith whose work gives language to lived experience. Rooted in her faith yet unconstrained by category, she creates art that speaks to both spiritual depth and everyday human complexity, often shaped by her work in prisons, churches, and public spaces alike.
Her work has included delivering the keynote opener at the 2022 Dreamforce conference, one of the world’s largest gatherings for the global Salesforce community, where innovation, collaboration, and philanthropy intersect.
Grounded in family and creative partnership, Sharon shares life and work with her husband Quincy, with whom she co-founded Living Epistle in 2020. Together, they create and lead through music, mentorship, and shared vision. Motherhood—particularly her life with her daughter, Sky—has further deepened Sharon’s sense of presence, embodiment, and purpose, subtly shaping both her artistry and the pace at which she creates.
In her current chapter, Sharon is entering a season of creative renewal, exploring new music, visual storytelling, and a reimagined artistic identity that reflects both depth and freedom. Her work continues to alchemize lived experience into beauty, inviting audiences into spaces of honesty, embodiment, and restoration.
“We are all walking art,” Sharon often says. Fusing her love of fashion, music, and presence, she approaches creativity as a holistic expression of identity. Whether creating music that explores faith, love, justice, healing, and self-reclamation, spoken word, or genre-fluid projects for mainstream audiences, Sharon sees herself as a bridge builder, shifting atmospheres and inviting people into spaces of truth, beauty, and healing. As she reminds her audiences, “We are more than worshipers. We are shifters and changers of atmosphere.”
