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Sara took a break between songs at "Putting On the Ritz", March 10, 2001 |
Sara was the featured vocalist on "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter" in the Roseville Big Band's 2001 fund raiser for the Roseville Area High School (RAHS) music program, "Putting On the Ritz". She also sang on "Beer Barrel Polka" and "Ain't Misbehavin'".
Sara was a member of the RAHS music faculty from September, 2000, through June, 2002, directing the Treble Choir and Fermata, an extra-curricular women's singing group. She also taught private voice lessons at Mahtomedi and Stillwater High Schools. From 1997 to 1999 Sara was the choral director for the Minnesota Correctional Facility at Shakopee, and from 1996 to 1998 she taught vocal music at John Glenn Middle School in Maplewood, Minnesota.
After earning her B.S. in music education from Michigan State University in 1991, Sara taught vocal and general music in the Fairview Area Public Schools in Michigan until 1994.
While competing her Master's degree in music education at Bowling Green State University in 1994–1996, Sara was a graduate teaching and curriculum lab assistant, serving as piano accompanist and assistant conductor for the Women's Chorus. At Bowling Green, she performed in the European Tour Choir, A Capella Choir, Collegiate Chorale, Vocal Jazz Ensemble, and Gamelan Ensemble. She also was a choir director at Hope Lutheran Church in Fostoria, Ohio, in 1995–1996.
Sara has sung alto in the Dale Warland Singers since 1998. She was also a choir member, cantor, summer soloist, and substitute pianist at Guardian Angels Church in Lake Elmo, Minnesota.
While living in the Twin Cities, Sara directed the First Presbyterian Church choir in White Bear Lake, Minnesota.
Sara now lives in Oregon.