Sarah gives voice lessons for the music department.
Soprano, Sarah Price is a powerful lyrical interpreter of opera, concert works, and the cabaret stage. Winner of the St. Louis Metropolitan Opera Auditions and the St. Louis Artist Presentation Society Competition, Ms. Price has performed operatic and concert repertoire throughout the U.S., Italy, Austria, and Germany. Operatic roles to her credit include the title role in Pucciniʼs Tosca, Liu in Turandot, Santuzza in Cavalleria Rusticana, Hannah in The Merry Widow, Rosalinde in Die Fledermaus, Countess Almaviva in Le Nozze di Figaro, Micaela in Carmen, The Mother in Amahl and the Night Visitors, among others.
In addition to her operatic work, Ms. Price is a section principal in the St. Louis Symphony Chorus. She has also been a member of and frequent soloist with the St. Louis Chamber Chorus and can be heard on several solo tracks on their album American Declarations, recorded by Regent Records. On the cabaret stage, Ms. Price has performed shows at the Kranzberg Art Center, The Bistro, and The Sheldon Concert Hall, produced by St. Louis Cabaret.
A champion of new music, Ms. Price has performed on concert series and festivals throughout the US, including the Bowling Green State University New Music Festival, the Spectrum Concert Series at the University of North Texas, the New Music Cafe series at Illinois Wesleyan University, and the Third Practice New Music Festival at the University of Richmond. She has worked with such esteemed composers as Thomas Pasatieri, Sasha Johnson Manning, Melissa Dunphy, Alice Parker, Tom Cipullo, and Jennifer Higdon, among others.
In demand as an educator as well as a performer, Ms. Price serves on the voice faculty of Washington University in St. Louis and maintains an active private voice studio. Her former students have gone on to careers as performers, educators, music therapists, and composers.