Sarah Bach, Soprano




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Recitalist:

Music at Eden's Edge:
Dancing the Baroque:
Sarah Bach, Soprano

Gloucester, MA,
UNITED STATES

(AUG 2010)

Recitalist:

Music at Eden's Edge:
Dancing the Baroque:
Sarah Bach, Soprano

Peabody Center, MA,
UNITED STATES

(AUG 2010)

Recitalist:

Cathedral Church of St. Paul:
Noontime Concert Series
:
Arabella Ensemble

Boston, MA,
UNITED STATES

(TBA 2010)

Role: Hero

Béatrice et Bénédict (BERLIOZ)

The Longy School of Music:
Opera Scenes

(MAY 2008)

Recitalist:

Santa Fe 400th Anniversary:
Arabella Ensemble

Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi,
Santa Fe, NM

(APR 2010)

Recitalist:

Evening Interlude Series:
Arabella Ensemble

St. John the Evangelist Church,
Boston, MA

(FEB 2010)

Soloist:

Ancient Scottish Rite of Freemasonry
Supreme Council 33° Annual Session:
Vesper Service
Sarah Bach, Soprano
Amy Scheid, Soprano
Ashley Episcopo, Mezzo Soprano
Christine Duncan, Mezzo Soprano

Hynes Convention Center,
Boston, MA

(AUG 2009)

Recital:

NoonTunes Series:
Duo Inspiré

Fisher Hall, Church of Messiah,
Woods Hole, MA

(JUL 2009)

Recital:

Vancouver International Song Institute:
Theatre of Art Song

Recital Hall, University of British Columbia
Vancouver, BC, CANADA

(JUN 2009)

Recital:

Longy School of Music:
Master of Music Recital
Kenneth Jones, Trumpet

First Church,
Cambridge, MA

(MAY 2009)

Recital:

Longy School of Music:
British Songs and Arias

Wolfinsohn Recital Room,
Cambridge, MA

(APR 2009)

Recital:

Longy School of Music:
Master of Music Recital
Sarah Bach, Soprano

Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall,
Cambridge, MA

(FEB 2009)

Recital:

Longy School of Music:
Ensemble Agile

Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall,
The Longy School of Music,
Cambridge, MA

(DEC 2008)

Recital:

Longy School of Music:
The Lieder of Hugo Wolf

Room N-1,
The Longy School of Music,
Cambridge, MA

(DEC 2008)

Recital:

Longy School of Music:
French Mélodie

Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall,
The Longy School of Music,
Cambridge, MA

(DEC 2008)

Recital and Lecture:

Evening Interlude Series:
"Brahms and His Music"
Sarah Bach, Soprano
Amy Scheid, Soprano
Toby Karp, Piano

Church of St. John the Evangelist,
Boston, MA

(DEC 2008)

Recital and Lecture:

Sacred Music and the Arts:
"Brahms and His Music"
Sarah Bach, Soprano
Amy Scheid, Soprano,
Toby Karp, Piano

First Congregational Church,
Chatham, MA

(NOV 2008)

Pipe Organ Encounter:

Ellen Pond, Organist
Sarah Bach, Narrator

First Church in Cambridge,
Cambridge, MA

(NOV 2008)

Recital and Lecture:

Sacred Music and the Arts:
"Brahms and His Music"
Sarah Bach, Soprano
Amy Scheid, Soprano,
Toby Karp, Piano

First Congregational Church,
Chatham, MA

(NOV 2008)

Recitalist:

Evening Interlude Series:
Duo Inspiré

Church of St. John the Evangelist,
Boston, MA

(AUG 2008)

Recitalist:

Songfest:
Stern Fellows
Duo Inspiré

Raitt Recital Hall,
Pepperdine University,
Malibu, CA

(JUN 2008)

Recitalist:

The Longy School of Music:
Ensemble Feierlich

Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall,
The Longy School of Music,
Cambridge, MA

(MAY 2008)

Recitalist:

The Longy School of Music:
Graduate Performance Diploma Recital
Emily Murphy, Pianist

Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall,
The Longy School of Music,
Cambridge, MA

(MAY 2008)

Recitalist:

The Longy School of Music:
Recital of German Lieder

Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall,
The Longy School of Music,
Cambridge, MA

(APR 2008)

Recitalist:

NATSAA:
Regional Finals

Camilla Blackman Hall,
Indian Hill Music Center,
Littleton, MA

(APR 2008)

Recitalist:

The Longy School of Music:
Duo Inspiré

Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall,
The Longy School of Music,
Cambridge, MA

(APR 2008)

Recitalist:

NATSAA:
District Preliminaries

Williams Hall,
New England Conservatory,
Boston, MA

(MAR 2008)

Recitalist:

The Longy School of Music:
Noontime Series

Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall,
The Longy School of Music,
Cambridge, MA

(DEC 2007)

Recitalist:

The Longy School of Music:
Brahms Songs

Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall,
The Longy School of Music,
Cambridge, MA

(DEC 2007)

Recitalist:

Midweek Music at St. John's Bowdoin Street:
Brahms Songs
Jane Struss, Mezzo-Soprano
Sarah Elizabeth Bach, Soprano
Linda Emmanuel, Soprano
Jeffrey Mills, Organ and Piano
Lindsay Albert, Piano

St. John the Evangelist,
Boston, MA

(DEC 2007)

Recitalist:

The Longy School of Music:
British and American Song

Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall,
The Longy School of Music,
Cambridge, MA

(DEC 2007)

Recitalist:

West Parish Memorial Foundation, Inc.:
West Parish Organ Recital Series:
Christmas Organ Recital
T. Joseph Marchio, Organist

West Parish Meetinghouse,
West Barnstable, MA

(NOV 2007)

Recitalist:

Midweek Music at St. John's Bowdoin Street:
American Art Songs

St. John the Evangelist,
Boston, MA

(MAY 2007)

Recitalist:

The Longy School of Music:
Art Song Repertory for Singers and Pianists

Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall,
The Longy School of Music,
Cambridge, MA

(MAY 2007)

Recitalist:

The Longy School of Music:
An Evening of Songs and Arias
(20th and 21st Century American Art Song)

Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall,
The Longy School of Music,
Cambridge, MA

(MAY 2007)

Premiere:

Dizia (Elisabeth Mehl)

The Longy School of Music,
Cambridge, MA

(MAY 2007)

Recitalist:

Town of Chatham:
First Night Chatham

First Congregational Church,
Chatham, MA

(DEC 2006)

Recitalist:

Friends of the South Harwich Meetinghouse Inc.:
A Harwich Christmas

First Congregational Church,
Harwich, MA

(DEC 2006)

Recitalist:

Blithewold Mansions, Gardens and Arboretum:
Christmas at Blithewold:
An Evening with Classics and Carols

Blithewold Mansions, Gardens and Arboretum,
Bristol, RI

(DEC 2006)

Recitalist:

West Parish Memorial Foundation, Inc.:
West Parish Organ Recital Series:
Advent Organ Recital
T. Joseph Marchio, Organist

West Parish Meetinghouse,
West Barnstable, MA

(DEC 2006)

Recitalist:

American Guild of Organists:
Cape Cod and the Islands Chapter:
Ensemble International de la Joie de la Musique

First Congregational Church,
Chatham, MA

(NOV 2006)

Recitalist:

Ensemble International de la Joie de la Musique:
The Music We Love

First Congregational Church,
Falmouth, MA

(NOV 2006)

Recitalist:

Ensemble International de la Joie de la Musique:
The Music We Love

First Church of Christ,
Sandwich, MA

(NOV 2006)

Recitalist:

West Parish Memorial Foundation, Inc.:
Music and Musings "At the Meetinghouse":
Ensemble International de la Joie de la Musique:
The Music We Love

West Parish Meetinghouse,
West Barnstable, MA

(NOV 2006)

Recitalist:

West Parish Memorial Foundation, Inc.:
West Parish Organ Recital Series:
Douglas Bruce, Organist

West Parish Meetinghouse,
West Barnstable, MA

(OCT 2006)

Recitalist:

Friends of the South Harwich Meetinghouse Inc.:
An Evening with Franz

First Congregational Church,
Chatham, MA

(JUL 2006)

Recitalist:

Strawberry Festival:
Half-hour Voice & Organ Recital

St. Barnabas Memorial Church,
Falmouth, MA

(JUN 2006)

Recitalist:

West Parish Memorial Foundation, Inc.:
West Parish Organ Recital Series:
Father's Day Recital
Lois Z. Toeppner, Organist

West Parish Meetinghouse,
West Barnstable, MA

(JUN 2006)

Recitalist:

Boston University:
Seminars in the Arts:
Three Afternoons with the American Songbook

Boston University,
Boston, MA

(MAY 2006)

Recitalist:

Friends of the South Harwich Meetinghouse Inc.:
Christmas from Around the World

First Congregational Church,
Harwich, MA

(DEC 2006)

Recitalist:

West Parish Memorial Foundation,Inc.:
West Parish Organ Recital Series:
An Advent Organ Recital
T. Joseph Marchio, Organist

West Parish Meetinghouse,
West Barnstable, MA

(DEC 2005)

Recitalist:

American Guild of Organists:
Cape Cod Chapter

Christ the King Parish,
Mashpee, MA

(NOV 2005)

Private Voice Study

D'Anna Fortunato

2009-present

Vancouver International Song Institute
Professional Artist Program

University of British Columbia,
Vancouver, Canada

2009

SongFest: Stern Fellow
Professional Artist Program

Pepperdine University,
Malibu, CA

2008

Master of Music in Voice

Longy School of Music,
Cambridge, MA

2007-present

Private Voice Study

Karyl Ryczek

2000-2002, 2006

Bachelor of Music Degree,
Voice Performance

The University of Massachusetts,
North Dartmouth, MA

1998-2000

Music Education
with Vocal Emphasis

The Crane School of Music,
The State University of New York,
Potsdam, NY

1995-1997

Music Education
with Vocal Emphasis

The Hartt School of Music,
The University of Hartford,
West Hartford, CT

1992-1994

Graduate Level Intensive Handbell studies
with Donald E. Allured
3 credit university course

The Hartt School of Music
The University of Hartford, West Hartford, CT

1992

D'Anna Fortunato

Private Study
Boston, MA

Karyl Ryczek

The Longy School of Music, Cambridge, MA
The University of Massachusetts, North Dartmouth, MA

Celina Moore

The Crane School of Music
The State University of New York, Potsdam, NY

Dr. Sherry Overholt

The Hartt School of Music
The University of Hartford, West Hartford, CT

Ruthann Ryan Hellfach

Private Study
Woods Hole, Massachusetts

Margo Garrett, Johnathon Pape, Carol Webber, Rena Sharon, Cameron Stowe, Terrence Dawson, Graham Johnson, Martin Katz, Brian Moll, Jane Struss, Kirsten Cairns, D'Anna Fortunato, Lynn Torgrove, Kendra Colton, Paul Sperry, Wayman Chin, John Harbison, Melinda Crane, Robert Gartside, Eda Mazo-Shlyam

Rosemarie Landry, Cameron Stowe, Graham Johnson, Martin Katz, Amy Burton, Karl Paulnack, Sondra Kelly, John Musto, Anna Gabrieli, Dr. Jenni Cook, Lori Laitman, The Pacifica Quartet

Dr. Gayle Shay, Johnathon Pape, Dean Paul Gibson (actor), Kirsten Cairns, Sondra Kelly

American Art Song Literature, Art Song Repertory for Singers and Pianists (American, British, French, German, Italian, Russian and Spanish), Johannes Brahms (History, Literature and Performance), British Art Song and Aria Literature, Diction (English, French, German and Italian), Experiential Education I and II, French Melodie (History, Literature and Performance), History of Art Song (Music History), Moving and Freeing the Voice: A New Integration (Mind/Body), Opera Repertory, Opera Scenes, Research and Materials: The Musician in the Library, Vocal Ensembles, Vocal Pedagogy I and II, Hugo Wolf (History, Literature and Performance)

Partial Scholarship

Vancouver International Song Institute, Vancouver, Canada

(2009)

Finalist

N.A.T.S., NATSAA Regional District Finals

(2008)

Winner

N.A.T.S., NATSAA Regional District Preliminaries (MA)

(2008)

Semi-Finalist

N.A.T.S., Boston "Song Festival" Competition

(2008)

Partial Scholarship

Longy School of Music, Cambridge, MA

(2007-2009)

Award in Performance

University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, MA

(2000)

Partial Scholarship

Crane School of Music, Potsdam, NY

(1995-1997)

Partial Scholarship

Hartt School of Music, Hartford, CT

(1992-1994)

Brazilian, English, French, German, Italian, Latin, Norwegian, Occitan, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish

Recital Hall, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, CANADA

(2009)

Raitt Recital Hall, Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA, USA

(2008)

Boston University, Boston, MA, USA

(2006)

excellent coloratura...big beautiful voice...very artistic...excellent German...have a radiance about you; communicate beautifully and convincingly...
you believe what you are saying...born to sing...beautiful sound...rare and lovely gift...French is especially attractive...bright, lyric soprano...upper middle really blooms...top strong...a fine legato all the time...beautiful, communicative...excellent sense of the words and the drama...beautifully controlled...excellent...beautiful tone...

NATSAA Regional Finalist

(2008)

Top is brilliant and beautiful...very expressive singer...
lovely high-flying lyric voice...warm middle, intensity and energy...good goose-bump quotient...warm wonderful engaging presence...you take risks...

NATSAA Preliminary Winner (MA)

(2008)

Lovely sparkling tone, very agile and flexible...very expressive...very interesting AND inviting in performance...lovely fresh clear tone

Boston NATS Song Festival

(2008)

Private Voice Studio
(Falmouth, MA)

(2003-present)

Graduate Assistant to Voice Department, Longy School of Music, Cambridge, MA
(Assist Head of Voice Department and visiting clinicians at the Longy School of Music with the programming, promotion and preparation of voice seminars, masterclasses and communications to students.)

(2007-2009)

Student Voice Teacher
(Taught beginner students, observed other voice faculty teaching,
observed and participated in masterclasses and voice seminar classes.
Invited to sit in and evaluate Preparatory Division voice students for
the Voice Juries at the Longy School of Music. Experienced numerous lectures
by visiting voice clinicians. Evaluated by instructor in private teaching
as part of the Vocal Pedagogy course.
)

(2008)

Private Voice Studio
(East Sandwich, MA)

(2006-2008)

Professional Quartet of Women

Sarah Bach, Soprano
Amy Scheid, Soprano
Ashley Episcopo, Mezzo-Soprano
Christine Duncan, Mezzo-Soprano

(2009-present)

Arabella Ensemble
(formerly "Duo Inspiré")

Sarah Bach, Soprano
Emily Murphy, Piano

(2007-present)

Soprano and Trumpet Duo

Sarah Bach, Soprano
Kenneth Jones, Trumpet

(2008-present)

Ensemble Agile

Sarah Bach, Soprano
Kenneth Jones, Trumpet
Anna Avetisyan, Harpsichord Armenia

(2008-2009)

Ensemble Feierlich

Sarah Bach, Soprano
Kenneth Jones, Trumpet
Lea Fink, Piano Germany

(2007-2008)

Ensemble International
de la Joie de la Musique

Soprano + Viola Netherlands Belgium + Organ/Piano

(2006-2007)

Robert Starer: Hudson Valley Suite;
Evanescence;
Francis Thorne: Symphony No. 7
"Along the Hudson"
;
Simultaneities
Albany Symphony Orchestra

Albany Records

Premiere (May 4, 1996)

(1997)

Bach by Design
(Website Design/Public Relations
for Small Businesses, Artists,
Arts Organizations
and Not-for-Profit Organizations)

(2003-present)

Guest Choral Conducting

Cape Cod

(1994-present)

Handbell Director/Coach

Cape Cod

(1992-present)

Voice Department Assistant

Longy School of Music,
Cambridge, MA

(2007-2009)

Tour Guide/Historical Interpreter

Hoxie House
(c. 1675 Historic House Museum),
Sandwich, MA

(1994-2007)

Marketing Associate

Marketing Advocate, Inc.

(2001-2003)

Director of Youth Music

West Parish Congregational Church,
West Barnstable, MA

(1999-2003)

Choral Conducting Studies

Dr. Michael Yachanin, Richard Coffey
and Douglas Jackson (Hartt School of Music)

(1992-1997)

Graduate Level Handbell Studies

Donald E. Allured (Hartt School of Music)

(1992)

Member

Outreach Committee
North Falmouth Congregational Church
(North Falmouth, MA)

(2009-present)

Chair

Marketing and Public Relations Committee
West Parish Memorial Foundation, Inc.
(West Barnstable, MA)

(2004-2009)

Honorable Member

Friends of the South Harwich Meetinghouse Inc.
(Harwich, MA)

(2006-2008)

Appointed/Elected Member

Executive Committee
Cape Cod and the Islands Chapter,
American Guild of Organists (AGO)

(2003-2008)

Member

American Guild of English Handbell Ringers
(A.G.E.H.R.)
(New England)

(1987-2008)

*Chair/Member

Music Committee
West Parish Congregational Church,
(West Barnstable, MA)

(*2006-2007, 1999-2007)

Member

Boston Chapter,
Organization of American Kodaly Educators
(OAKE)

(2005-2006)

Member
(Appointed Head of Research)

West Parish Organ Committee
(West Parish Memorial Foundation Inc.
and
West Parish Congregational Church)

(2000-2005)

Member

Sigma Alpha Iota
Professional Women’s Music Fraternity
(SAI)

(1993-1997)

Member

The National Association of Music Education
(MENC)

(1992-1997)

Member

Music Committee
First Church of Christ (Congregational),
(Sandwich, MA)

(1991-1993)

D'Anna Fortunato

Voice Faculty
New England Conservatory and
Longy School of Music
danna(dot)fortunato(at)longy(dot)edu

Karyl Ryczek

Voice Department Chair
and Associate Dean of Program Development
Longy School of Music
karyl(dot)ryczek(at)longy(dot)edu

Brian Moll

Longy School of Music
Collaborative Piano Department Chair
brian(dot)moll(at)longy(dot)edu



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