SARAH POOLE (Soprano)
Sarah Poole enjoys a successful career as a soloist and has appeared at many leading festivals throughout Great Britain and abroad. She is recognised for her recital and concert work, alongside exuberant and sophisticated performances of the Broadway repertoire, and has given over 100 solo concerts at London’s prestigious Purcell Room and Queen Elizabeth Hall.
A wide-ranging repertoire encompasses music from J.S. Bach to the present day, including works by Mozart, Handel, Haydn, Beethoven, Fauré, Rutter, Pergolesi, Lloyd Webber, Dvořák, Puccini, Brahms, Rossini and Bellini. Sarah has also gained recognition and acclaim for her performances of the Broadway ‘classics’ by Gershwin, Porter, Berlin, Kern, Weill, Arlen and Sondheim.
Sarah has performed as a soloist with many leading orchestras and ensembles notably RPO Concert Orchestra, The Vienna Collection, English Sinfonia, National Symphony Orchestra, String Orchestra of the Rockies (USA), London Chamber Soloists, Guildford Philharmonic Orchestra, Bernardi Chamber Orchestra, NSO ‘Leading Lights’, London Gala Orchestra and The English National Baroque. Recent solo concerts have taken Sarah throughout Britain and to Germany, Dubai, Netherlands, Italy, USA, Spain, Denmark, Czech Republic, France, Albania, Turkey and Portugal.
Sarah is a passionate and inspirational teacher, also directs masterclasses and workshops, and has a particular interest and specialism in English Art Song.