Sarah began training as a singer and actor from a very young age, participating in Youth Theatre Groups, Choirs and Singing Schools. She began singing professionally at the age of 16 fronting Cover Bands for many years, and performing Solo Vocal Appearances. She was the Lead Singer for an original band called Q the Band at the age of 17, for which she helped write the songs, some of which received Triple J airplay as well as other radio play. During this time she also worked recording jingles for Commercials and TV shows and completed a Certificate IV in Commercial Music.
At the age of 20 Sarah combined her Acting and Singing talents and ventured into Musical Theatre playing the role of Cosette in the musical Les Miserables, followed by Electra in Gypsy. This inspired her to audition for the best training institution for Musical Theatre in Australia at the time, and was one of 18 accepted into WAAPA’s Bachelor of Arts in Musical Theatre Degree.
Some of Sarah’s Solo Singing highlights have been:
- Carols in the Domain (Sydney) 2006 – Lead Vocalist in Song Of Joy
- Sydney Theatre Awards 2009 – Featured Entertainer
- Premier’s Christmas Gala Concert 2006
- Tell Me On A Sunday 2008 – recorded vocals (Kookaburra)
- National Anthem for Harness Racing 2009 and 2010
- Ovarian Cancer Research Ball 2010 – Featured vocalist
Sarah’s Professional Theatre Credits include:
- The Barber of Seville – Contessa (Opera Australia)
- LoveBITES - (Whitebox Productions)
- Milli, Jack and the Dancing Cat – Milli (Monkey Baa)
- Songs For A New World (Devansean Productions)
- The Travelling (Yellowglass Theatre Company)
- The Silver Donkey (Kookaburra)
- Elegies – Barbara Finn (Meredith Shaw)
Other musicals: Bat Boy (Meredith Parker); Sweet Charity (Ursula March); Pal Joey (Francine); Shakers (Adele); Crazy For You; Bobbin Up. Sarah has shared stages with artists such as Guy Sebastian, the Wiggles, David Campbell, Toni Lammond, Lisa McCune, Rachael Beck, James Morrision, Bardot and Georgie Parker. She has worked with Directors such as Nancye Hayes, Tony Sheldon, John Milson and Sir Richard Bonyer. She has performed for the likes of John Howard, Barry Crocker and Toni Lammond. In recent years Sarah has performed at the Sydney Opera House, the Sydney Entertainment Centre, The Seymour Centre (Sydney), the State Theatre (Sydney), the Perth Entertainment Centre and the Perth Exhibition Centre, just to name a few.
At the start of 2009, Sarah relocated from Sydney to Melbourne and took on the role of Vocal Manager at the Ministry of Dance. In Sydney, around her performing schedule, she taught for Kidz on Stage, The McDonald College of the Arts, Pro-Create Productions and Kick Performance Group. She directed a Production of Aladdin in 2007 which showcased 90 children and showed for 6 shows at the Tom Mann Theatre in Sydney.
In July 2010, Sarah was privileged to attend the Choice for Voice Conference at the Royal Academy of Music in London, where she met some of the leading Vocal coaches in the world and learnt some new vocal techniques being explored around the globe and has enjoyed sharing these with her students.