Dr. Sarah Richardson is voice instructor and Performance Coordinator at Alverno College. With a focus on vocal health, Sarah enjoys presenting workshops for area high school, community, and church choirs.

Sarah Richardson, soprano, holds a Doctor of Musical Arts Degree from UW-Madison. She worked with baritone Paul Rowe and appeared in recitals, opera scenes, and full opera productions, including the roles of Miss Wordsworth (Albert Herring) and Königin der Nacht (Die Zauberflöte). She also had the pleasure of performing in faculty concert productions, including the annual Schubertiade and a tribute concert to Pierre Boulez. Her dissertation project centered on the commission, premiere, and recording of a song cycle to honor her upbringing on a dairy farm and feed mill in north central Wisconsin.

Sarah received her Master of Music degree from UW-Milwaukee and Bachelor of Music degree from Viterbo University.  At UW-Milwaukee, Sarah was a teaching assistant for the voice department and performed the roles of Eurydice (Orpheus in the Underworld) and Laetitia (The Old Maid and the Thief). Sarah has performed with the now-retired Milwaukee Choral Artists and Ensemble Musical Offering. An interest in early music performance led Sarah to attend the Lute Society of America’s summer seminar, where she studied and sang with leaders in early music performance, including Ellen Hargis and Grant Herreid. Sarah’s awards include second place in Schubert Club Competition of St. Paul, Minnesota, and first place in the graduate division of the Wisconsin NATS Auditions. She was the 2013 winner of Bel Canto Chorus’s Regional Artists Competition and was featured as their soprano soloist in Carmina Burana. In 2015, Sarah performed the role of Barbarina (Le Nozze di Figaro) with the Lyric Opera Studio Weimar in Germany, where she furthered her performance and German language studies.