Biography

Sarah studied music at King’s College London and Guildhall School of Music & Drama.  She then furthered her studies on the ENO repetiteur course.  She now works as a vocal coach & accompanist, based in North London.

She has worked with Opera Box , Opera Spezzata, Gala Opera, Opera Amazons,  Highbury Opera Theatre and Opera School Wales as repetiteur and performance pianist/keyboard player.

She is Accompanist & Assistant Director of the versatile London choral group Eclectic Voices, whose wide range of repertoire includes specially-commissioned new works.  She is also the Director of the choir’s youth division, Highbury Youth Choirs.

Sarah has enjoyed fruitful recital partnerships with Byron Jackson (bar), Laure Meloy (sop), Michael Harper (countertenor ) and I Gemelli vocal ensemble. She plays for The Apollo Chamber Choir, The American International Church and Islington Music Centre.

She has worked on many shows for Highbury Opera Theatre, including Kurt Weill’s Lost in the Stars; Britten’s Noyes Fludde; Jonathan Dove’s Tobias and the Angel; Scott Stroman’s jazz musical As You Like It; James Macmillan’s Clemency; Tales & Fables and Fever Pitch – The Opera by Stroman/Collison and most recently their new based on the Michael Palin play The Weekend.   

With Opera Amazons she showcased Patience & Sarah, a new opera by Paula Kimper based on Isabel Miller’s novel for the Hebden Bridge Festival.