After earning a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Choral Education from Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin, Sarah moved to Chicago where she began her professional singing career. Starting as a member of the chorus at the Lyric Opera of Chicago for five seasons, she spent another five years as a solo artist performing both domestically and internationally. Following a decade of performing full-time, Sarah spent the next 25 years as an arts educator and administrator in Connecticut and Western Massachusetts. Sarah was named a Surdna Arts Fellow in 2006, a Shining Star in Teaching Excellence in 2011 and was awarded the Harold Grinspoon Award for Teaching Excellence in 2016. Sarah was a 2018 recipient of the Rod Clarke Endowment to Support Advanced Faculty Degrees and earned a Master's degree in Theater Education from the University of Northern Colorado. In 2021, she was the recipient of the J.P. Mandler Teaching Award for Excellence in Classroom Teaching and was acknowledged by the University of Chicago for excellence in teaching and mentorship. Locally, Sarah is on the voice faculty at Central Connecticut State University and sings professionally with Voce, Concora, Congregation Beth Israel, Hartford Chorale and the Asylum Hill Congregational Church Sanctuary Choir. Singing always brings Sarah back to her first love - making music with her friends, serving harmony, and one another, the best way she knows how.