Sarah ShelleyMMus, Soprano
A Talented Singer
and a Dedicated Music Teacher
Sarah Shelley is a 26 year-old singer currently teaching privately and at the Hamilton Conservatory for the Arts, Avalon Academy of Music and Burlington Christian Academy.
Biography
Canadian Soprano Sarah Shelley is a bright and dedicated performer. She graduated from The University of Toronto in 2012 with an undergraduate degree in Classical Voice Performance, followed by an Advanced Certificate in Voice Performance for Early Music. Most recently, Sarah completed a Masters of Music in Historical Performance at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, studying with soprano Lorna Anderson.
Sarah currently resides in Hamilton, Ontario and teaches over 30 students weekly in the local area. Sarah also has music qualifications from the Royal Conservatory of Music in vocal, piano, music history, and music harmony studies. All studies through the RCM were awarded Honours or First Class Honours.
Sarah is an outstanding performer of oratorio, early music, and concert repertoire. She has been a part of several opera and concert productions, including Soloist with the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Timothy Vernon; Opera Hamilton’s production of Carmen; The University of Toronto’s production of Rob Ford, the opera; and the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama’s production of the Magic Flute.
Sarah is equally at home in choral repertoire. Her love for choral singing began in the Hamilton Children’s Choir, directed by Zimfira Poloz. For seven years, Sarah was a member of several ensembles, including the Concert Choir, Chamber Choir, Girls Choir, and SATB Youth Choir. While in Toronto, Sarah was a member of Schola Cantorum, Early Music Ensemble, conducted by countertenor Daniel Taylor. She was also part of the gamUT Contemporary Music Ensemble, conducted by Norbert Palej; the Oratorio Ensemble, conducted by Darryl Edwards; and the University of Toronto Women’s Chorus, conducted by Robert Cooper and Dr. Lori-Ann Dolloff.
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Repertoire Since 2012
Bach
Cantata 199 – Tief Gebückt
Coffee Cantata
St. John Passion – Ich folge dir gleichfalls
Cantata 21 – Seufzer Tränen
Bissell
Quatre Chansons Sur Des Poems Au Vieux
Francais
Blow
Lovely Selina
Brahms
Vergebliches Standchen
Wir Wandelten
Die Schwestern
Campion
Oft have I sighed
Never love unless you can
Coulthard
Three Songs for Soprano and Piano
Couperin
Trois Leçons de Ténèbres
Debussy
C’est lextase
Il pleure dans mon coer
L’ombre des arbes
Green
Donaudy
Amor mi tiene in pugno
Amorosi miei giorni
No, non mi guardate
O del mio amato ben
Dowland
Come againe: sweet love doth now envite
Weep you no more sad fountains
Come away, come sweet love
Flow my tears
Fauré
En priére
Ici-bas
Fleur jetée
En sourdine
Au bord de l’eau
Pie Jesu
Finzi
Oh fair to see
Haydn
She never told her love
The mermaid’s song
Recollection
Sailor’s song
Spirit’s song
Handel
I know that my Redeemer liveth
He shall feed His flock like a shepherd
Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion
Piangerò la sorte mia
O that I on wings could rise
Angels ever bright and fair
Mi palpita il cor
Ives
Abide With Me
Song for Anything
At the River
Monteverdi
Voglio di vita uscir
Quel sguardo sdegnosetto
Mozart
Abendempfindung
Deh vieni non tardar
Laudate Dominum
Oiseaux si tous les ans
Dans un Bois Solitaire
Ridente la calma
Un moto di gioja
Purcell
The Blessed Virgin’s Expostulation
Bess of Bedlam
If music be the food of love
Ravel
Cinq Mélodies Populaires Greques
Schubert
Lachen und Weinen
Ganymed
An den Mond
Am Flusse
Die Liebe
Strauss
Schlagende Herzen
Leises Lied
Verdi
Saper vorreste
Wolf
Du denkst mit einem Fädchen
Der Knabe und das Immlein
Er ist’s
Verborgenheit
Elfenlied
