Wedding Ceremony: from £275 |
With piano/organ/keyboard: from £434 |
Hailing from Carrickfergus, Sarah is a mezzo soprano performing at a wide variety of events; from small scale occasions in restaurants through to celebrations before audiences of 15,000. She trained at ENO Opera Works, RNCM, National Opera Studio Intensive Short Course and the NI Opera Young Artist Programme.
She has been lucky to collaborate with some of the best musicians in the business. Most commonly she performs with piano, organ, string quaret or backing tracks. Companies she has collaborated with include Pavilion Opera, NI Opera/Nevill Holt Opera, Iford Arts, Wide Open Opera, Lyric Opera, Clonter Opera, Spark Opera, Opera Collective Ireland and Castleward Opera.
Prominent conductors of solo engagements include Vasily Petrenko, Gergely Madaras, Sir Mark Elder and Paul Daniel. Recital venues include Oxford Lieder Festival, UK Strauss Society, and Chester Music Festival amongst many others. Sarah has been broadcast on BBC Radio 3, Radio Ulster and world-wide when she sang for the IRFU. Dame Janet Baker awarded 'The Joyce and Michael Kennedy Award for the Singing of Strauss' and most recently she won both The Gerard Arnhold Bursary and the Emerging Young Artist Award from Wexford Festival Opera/PwC so you can rest assured you are showcasing one of the best mezzo sopranos around.
Based in Carrickfergus, County Antrim
Weddings
A Clare Benediction
Ag Críost an síol
Amazing Grace
Ave Maria
Ave Verum Corpus
Grace
Hiding Place
L’Amore sei tu (I will Always Love You)
Laudate Dominum
Make me a Channel of Your Peace
May the Good Lord Bless and Keep You
Mo Ghrá Thú
On Eagle’s Wings
Panis Angelicus
Pie Jesu
She Moved Through the Fair
The Lord Bless You and Keep You
The Lord is my Shepherd
The Prayer
Classical
Habanera
O Mio Babbino Caro
Una Voce Poco Fa
O Del Mio Dolce Ardor
Nella Fantasia
Va! Laisse couler mes Larmes
Voi Che Sapete
Mesícku nanebi hlubokém
Dido’s Lament
Time to Say Goodbye
Music Theatre
Another Op'ning Another Show
Bring Him Home
By Strauss
Can't Help Lovin' dat Man
I Dreamed a Dream
Memory
Oh What a Beautiful Mornin'
So in Love
Some Enchanted Evening
Somewhere
The Music of the Night
Think of Me
Wishing you were somehow here again
You'll never walk alone
Jazz
A nightingale sang in Berkley Square
At Last
Come fly with me
Every time we say goodbye
Fly me to the moon
Hallelujah
I've got you under my skin
Someone to watch over me
Somewhere Over The Rainbow
Songbird
Summertime
Traditional
Believe me if all those endearing young charms
Carrickfergus
I will walk with my love
Ireland’s Call
My Lagan Love
My love is like a Red Red Rose
O Waly, Waly
The Sally Gardens
Tis the Last Rose of Summer
World in Union
Technical requirements entirely depends on the gig. I could need a piano, I'll almost always need a power socket for sound system or keyboard. If I'm singing with a string quartet they'll need 4 chairs and lighting to see their music if it's a dark room, for example.
Yes I have my own PA system if required
Access to electricity if required
No
I have been a concert and recording soloist multiple times with the Ulster Orchestra. I was a soloist in the SSE Arena and several other arenas around Ireland with The Cross Border of Ireland.
Mahler and Strauss are my favourite composers. I have done a lot of cross over repertoire in the style of Katherine Jenkins.
I have been a professional singer for over a decade, ranging from singing in restaurants for celebrations to sold out arenas with orchestras.
All concerts, Choral society events, recitals, recordings, opera and theatre
Set up varies hugely depending on gig. Generally I'll be there 2 hours before to check everything and have a rehearsal if it's appropriate and usually leave in 30 minutes if I have to pack up my PA system.
Yes, if in a covered area.
Yes requests can be made in advance of the event
Surprised to hear such a big voice coming from such a small body
IRFU Irish Rugby Football Union
Oxford Lieder Festival
RTE Lyric FM
BBC Radio Ulster
Chester Music Festival
Richard Strauss Society
Queen's University of Belfast
Ulster Hall
Waterfront Hall
Lyric Theatre
Southbank Centre
Royal Opera House
National Opera House
National Concert Hall