Help Fund Sara's Masters in Music
Hello!
As uncomfortable as I am finding writing this and asking for donations, it would mean I would be able to pursue my ambition of working as a professional opera singer.
I am raising money after being offered a place on the 2-year Master of Music Programme at Trinity Laban Conservatoire. Unfortunately, student finance covers less than half of the £11,840 per year course fees, let alone the costs of living in London! If I can raise £8,300 that would support me through my first year starting in September. Any donations would be greatly appreciated as even with saving now and working at weekends alongside the course, still won’t cover the remaining course fees and living costs.
I am a White-English and Pakistani soprano singer originally from Leicester and have lived in Leeds after graduating. Singing has been a signpost for me throughout difficult experiences and I feel I bring my learning from those experiences to my performing. I am also trained in Gestalt Counselling and in the future I hope to be supporting musicians and people from minority and disadvantaged backgrounds overcome barriers to follow their creative passions. I believe they can bring an authenticity and known experiences to the arts that can often be missing.
I will be performing a short online concert that will go live on the 10th April at 8pm. This will be available for a week. There will be subtitles, hopefully making it more inclusive for people that are new to opera ... so please attend if you can!
Eventbrite Link: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/149832000547
I hope to be doing more and fingers crossed they will be in person... if the virus…(Who Won't Be Named) behaves and rules permitting!
Again, thank you so much to taking the time to read and hope you can join me on the 10th!
Sara
More info:
Sara Knight is a Soprano graduate from Leeds College of Music . Sara's aim is to transform herself and others through music.
She has performed lead roles with Northern Opera as The Fairy Godmother in Viardot's Cinderella and in Barefoot Opera's Dido and Aeneas as 2nd women. With Leeds Youth Opera, she's played roles such as Susanna from Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro, Flora in Britten's Turn of The Screw and Oscar in Verdi's Masked Ball. She has also participated in workshops with the National Opera Studio, British Youth Opera and Barefoot Opera, as well as master classes with Mary King, which has all helped her develop her artistic ideas when performing. She was a member of St Peter’s Singers, Leeds College of Music’s Chamber Choir and LCoM SU Partsong Choir.
She has performed at venues such as: Leeds Town Hall, Wakefield Cathedral, West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds Grand Theatre, Leeds Duke Studios, Manchester's Bridgewater Hall and The Lowry Theatre.
Sara is also a peripatetic singing teacher and taught privately for 3 years in schools in and around West Yorkshire and now teaches privately in London.
Sara has the drive to develop herself by through previously having life coaching and studying towards being a Gestalt Counsellor. Sara is passionate about expression, using art as a tool and that Opera is for everyone. She is passionate that opera can help some audience members go to a place, within them, that they perhaps are unable to reach outside of the theatre. She believes opera and classical music is a vessel for expression to be felt. She also hopes in the future to be supporting musicians and people from minority and disadvantaged backgrounds overcome barriers. She hopes this will encourage people from these backgrounds to explore their creative passions and express themselves more fully, as she believes people from those demographics can bring a different authenticity to art.