Sarah Dacey - Soprano
Sarah studied Music at the University of York and then at the Royal Academy of Music in London, graduating with Distinction. Awards included the Lady Lyons Millennium Scholarship, the Arthur Bliss Prize, the Richard Stapley Educational Trust, the John Ireland Competition and the Van Smit Prize.
She made her international opera debut with Opéra de Baugé as 'Amor' in 'Orfeo ed Euridice' and since then has performed at the Royal Opera House, the Tête à Tête Opera Festival, the Roundhouse and Aix-en-Provence Festival. Recent productions include 'Jerry Spring The Opera' at the Lost Theatre, a new opera by Laura Bowler about Rumplestiltskin entitled ‘Gold’, in the National Theatre’s production ‘Rutherford & Son’ and in a new production of ‘Macbeth’ at Shakespeare’s Globe.
Concert performances include Nielsen's 'Symphony No.3' with Henley Symphony Orchestra, Will Todd's 'Mass in Blue' with Hertford Choral Society and Bath Spa University Choir, Mozart's 'Coronation Mass' with Derby Choral Union, Haydn's 'Creation' with Benson Choral Society, 'Carmina Burana' with St. Helen's Choral Society and Poulenc's 'Gloria' with Thames Philharmonic Choir.
An advocate of new music, Sarah has worked with many of today’s finest composers. She has sung in countless UK premieres including those of Stockhausen’s 'Litanie' and Xenakis’ 'Idmen'. She was the soprano soloist in the London premiere of Claude Vivier’s 'Glaubst du an die Unsterblichkeit der Seele' with the London Contemporary Orchestra and gave the Qatari premiere of Gavin Bryars’ 'The Adnan Songbook' with members of the Qatar Philharmonic Orchestra in Doha. A singer with Riot Ensemble, she features on four albums of contemporary repertoire with Coviello (Deutschlandfunk) and premiered works in the Wigmore Hall, King’s Place, HCMF and at festivals across Europe, including Klangspuren and Gaudeamus.
She performs regularly with a great varity of professional ensembles including the BBC Singers, Philharmonia Voices, The Octandre Ensemble, Galvanize Ensemble and the critically acclaimed Juice Vocal Ensemble.
Sarah is also a keen composer and arranger, has been broadcast on Radio 3, Radio 4 and 6 Music, and published by UYMP, Trinity Music and OUP. She is also a Senior Lecturer at Leeds Conservatoire.
www.sarahdacey.com