Research Assistant, Sydney Conservatorium of Music

Sarah Collins is a classical singer from regional NSW (Australia), currently in her fourth year of studying a Bachelor of Music performance (honours) in classical voice at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music under the tutelage of Dr Narelle Yeo. Sarah has been the recipient of numerous scholarships and awards throughout her university studies including; the Peter Davidson Music Scholarship, the Myron Kantor Bequest Scholarship, The Women’s College Music Scholarship, and the Margot Anthony (Budd) Music Grant. In 2024, Sarah was awarded 2nd place in the annual Sydney Eisteddfod for both French Art Song and English Art Song categories (21-26 years).

Sarah has performed in numerous vocal masterclasses including Paul Tabone and Simone Sault’s The Artist’s Lab, Deborah Cheetham’s masterclass on Australian Art Song, and the Erasmus Foundation’s Women Composers of German Lied led by Tanya Aspelmeier and Lisa Herger. Sarah will be making her operatic debut in May as ‘Gorngany’ in Deborah Cheetham’s Parrwang Lifts the Sky as well as her international debut as ‘Amore’ in L’incoronazione di Poppea with the Berlin Opera Academy in August. Sarah will also receive voice training in Edinburgh with Opera Caledonia in July.