Sarah John ~ Conductor

Sarah John is a freelance conductor living and working in the Greater Toronto Area.

Sarah currently conducts the Church of the Messiah choir in downtown Toronto.

From 2006-2012 she lead Vespera, an all female vocal ensemble committed to the performance and promotion of contemporary classical music.
She grew up on the west coast of B.C. and currently resides in Toronto, Canada.

Sarah has conducted ensembles ranging from community choirs to college and professional symphony orchestras.
She has conducted at various festivals and workshops including the Conductors Retreat at Medomak, the Symphony Orchestra Academy of the Pacific, the Eastman School of Music Summer Conducting Institutes, conducting workshops with the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony and Orchestra London, and Festival 500 in St. John’s, Newfoundland.

In addition, she studied conducting with some of North America's most distinguished teachers, including Kenneth Kiesler, Arthur Arnold, Gustav Meier, George Corwin, Susan Haig, Dale Warland, William Weinert, Joseph Flummerfelt and Elmer Iseler.

Sarah studied oboe with Jerry Domer and Paul Emond and voice with Verna MacDonald, Judith Dowling and Susan Young. During her undergraduate degree she focused her studies first on choral conducting with Donald James and Bruce More and then orchestral conducting with George Corwin. She has held positions with the Powell River Academy of Music, Echo Women’s Choir, Scarborough Music Theatre, the Windsor Symphony, the Windsor Symphony Chorus and Heliconian Choir and Orchestra and the Greater Toronto Philharmonic Orchestra.

In 1997 Sarah received a grant from the Canada Council of the Arts for her work as Conductor-in-the-Community with the Windsor Symphony.
Sarah holds a Master’s degree in Performance (Conducting) from the University of Victoria.

Contact:
sarahjohn64(at)gmail.com

Repertoire	Performed* Orchestral Reading**

Arensky	Mozart
Variations on a Theme by Tchaikowsky**	Clemenza di Tito: Overture*
	Cosi fan tutte: Soave sia il vento*
Bach, J.S.	Don Giovanni: Dalla sua pace*
Magnificat ***	Don Giovanni: Overture*
Weinachtsoratiam (excerpts)	Exsultate Jubilate*
	Lucio Silla: Overture*
Barber, Samuel	Magic Flute: Overture *
Knoxville: Summer 1915*	Magic Flute: Duet from Act II *
	Marriage of Figaro: Overture*
Barnes, Milton	Regina Coeli*
Amber Garden*	Requiem**
	Symphony No. 39**
Beethoven	Symphony No. 41
Symphony No. 1 (selections)**
Symphony No. 2 (selections)**	Orff
Symphony No. 5 (selections)*	Carmina Burana
Symphony No. 7 (selections)**
Symphony No. 8 (selections)**	Pergolesi
	Stabat Mater*

Bernstein	Poulenc
Trouble in Tahiti (opera)*	Litanies a la Vierge Noire*
West Side Story (selections)*
	Prokofiev
Bizet	Peter and the Wolf*
Carmen:Introduction to Act 1*
Carmen: The Toreador Song*	Puccini
L’Arlesienne: Suite No. 1*	Gianni Schicchi: O Mio Babbino Caro*
L’Arlesienne: Suite No. 2*	La Boheme: Quando me'n vo'soletta *
	Madama Butterfly: Humming Chorus*
Brahms	Tosca: Vissi D'arte *
Hungarian Dances 1,3,10, 5*
Symphony No. 4	Rossini
	Barber of Seville : Overture*
Britten	Barber of Seville : Una Voca Poco Fa*
A Ceremony of Carols*	Barber of Seville: Largo al factotum*
	La Scala de Seta: Overture*
Bruckner	L’Italiana in Algeri: Overture*
Symphony No. 4
	Ryan, J.
Cilea	Visions of Joy* (World Premiere)
Adriana Lecouvreur Io Son L'umile Ancella*
	Schubert
Copland	Symphony No. 5*
An Outdoor Overture*
Appalachian Spring (chamber version)*	Shostakovich
	Chamber Symphony
Debussy
Prelude a L’après-midi d’un faune**	Strauss, J.
	Mein Herr Marquis – from Fledermaus*
Francaix, Jean	Voices of Spring Waltz*
Dixtuor*
	Strauss, R.
Gilbert and Sullivan	Serenade for Winds, Op. 7*
The Mikado (opera)*
	Tchaikovsky
Glinka	Polonaise from Eugene Onegin *
Russlan and Ludmilla: Overture*	Romeo and Juliet – Fantasy Overture**
	Serenade for Strings*
Gounod, C	Symphony No. 6 (selections) *
Romeo et Juliette: Ah! Je veux vivre*
	Thomas, A.
Grieg	Hamlet: O vin dissipe la tristesse*
Pier Gynt Suite Suite No.1, op.46*
	Verdi
Handel	Anvil Chorus (Il trovatore) *
Messiah	Brindisi (La Traviata)*
	Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves (Nabucco)*
Haydn	Chorus of Scottish refugees (Macbeth)*
Mass in Time of War	Triumphal Scene (Aida)*

Leoncavallo
Bell Chorus (Pagliacci)*	Vivaldi
	Spring and Winter from 4 Seasons*
Liszt
Les préludes**	Wagner
	Siegfried Idyll**
MacIntyre, D.	Ride of the Valkyries from Die Walkure *
Humulous the Mute (opera)*

Mascagni
Brindisi (Cavalleria Rusticana) *
Easter Hymn (Cavalleria Rusticana)*

Mendelssohn
Elijah
Hebrides Overture**