Specializes In:
Voice, new music, early music, innovation, audition preparation, performance preparation, diction, voice theory, healthy vocalization and musicianshipBiography
A dynamic musician motivated by conceptual diversity, Sarah has dedicated herself to the collaborative practice of evocative communication through music. The 2012-2013 season holds performances with the Phoenix Collective, Canzon and Musik Barock, the Little Opera Company, and as part of the 2013 WSO New Music Festival, Cluster New Music + Integrated Arts Festival, and Agassiz Summer Chamber Music Festival. Independently, Sarah is in the process of curating a gallery recital featuring 5 new works for voice and electronic by emerging Canadian composers. She is also looking forward to working with her duo partner, pianist Christopher Kayler, on a second Home Routes house concert tour through Manitoba and Saskatchewan.
Since moving to Winnipeg in 2008, Sarah has been honored to have the support of the Orville J Derraugh Memorial Scholarship, the Manitoba Registered Music Teachers’ Association, the Women’s Musical Club of Winnipeg, and the University of Manitoba. She was also invited to compete in the semi-finals of the 2011 E-Gré National Music Competition and the 2012 Doris McLellan Competition for Solo Performance.
Education/Training
Bachelor of Music degree at the University of Colorado at Boulder College of Music and graduate studies at the University of Manitoba Marcel A Desautels Facutly of Music.