Adjudicator Spotlight: Sarah Jefferies
Sarah is a vocal graduate of the Royal Academy of Music, where she studied with Josephine Veasey and Patricia Clarke. Whilst at the Academy, Sarah was the recipient of many prizes including Early Music, Lieder and English Song. She was an active member of the opera course, singing roles by Britten, Strauss and Mozart.
Upon leaving the Academy, Sarah studied with Margreet Honig and Elly Ameling at the Sweelinck Conservatorium in Amsterdam. She has sung recitals and oratorios all over Europe and was a member of the Opera De Lyon, with whom she recorded many works including Schoenberg's 'Moses und Aron' and Orf's 'Carmina Burana'.
Sarah is a visiting teacher of voice at Marlborough College in Wiltshire and has adjudicated all over the UK and the Middle East, as well as at some of the major conservatoires in the UK. Sarah has a real fascination for the workings of the human voice and enjoys helping her students of all ages and standards to improve their vocal abilities.
She has a beautiful cocker spaniel, Maisie, who she enjoys walking for miles on the Wiltshire Downs near her home.