Biography

Sarah Ann Marze is a composer and vocalist exploring the interaction between words, drama and music. She is inspired by words in all forms: poetry, story, mythology, history, journalism and scientific literature. She believes in the unique power of music to generate and sustain community and belonging. Coming from her vocal background, Sarah is most conscious of the characters, dramatic throughlines and emotional potency in her music. 

She collaborates with organizations such as Tête à Tête Opera Festival, Rough for Opera/Second Movement Productions, CoMA London, The Riot Ensemble, the CHROMA Ensemble, the Courtauld Institute, Vox Lusciniae treble choir, the Goldsmiths Choral Union and the Leroy Anderson Foundation. She has had her music performed at venues such as Chartres Cathedral, the Chelsea Theatre, the Cockpit Theatre, Vanderbilt University, and the Royal Academy of Music’s Duke Hall. Recently, she was a production assistant at the Waterperry Opera Festival. She also led a collaboration for Academy composers to explore composing for the Loughborough Carillon in collaboration with Scott Orr.

Sarah is a prolific vocalist specializing in contemporary and lesser-known repertoire. Notably, she performed the role of Eris in a chamber opera she composed with librettist Alize Rozsnyai. Recently, she performed at the Susie Sainsbury theatre in Toby Anderson's opera Satyrs and created a cabaret of the songs of Leroy Anderson. She has sung at summer festivals such as SongFest, the Collaborative Piano Institute and the Opera Opera Workshop (at which she was also composing!).  In her free time, Sarah sings with two choirs in London. Becoming a producer in her own right, she served as a production assistant on the Waterperry Opera Festival's production of The Barber of Seville and co-produced a triple bill of the three one-act operas at the Cockpit Theatre.

Sarah graduated summa cum laude from the University of Connecticut with Bachelor’s degrees in both Voice Performance and Composition, studying with Kenneth Fuchs and Constance Rock. She was then chosen as a 2023 Marshall Scholar, and is currently studying a Master’s of Music Composition at the Royal Academy of Music in London, England. She studies with Phil Cashian and Morgan Hayes. Her works for solo voice are published by North Star Music after being selected as a winner for the New Voices in Art Song competition.