Sarah

K. Labrie
labries@rider.edu

Current Address:


Permanent Address:
24 Riverview Terrace


PO Box 923
Hillsborough, NJ



Williamsburg, MA
08844




01096

EDUCATION

Westminster Choir College of Rider University, Princeton, NJ



Bachelor of Music in Music Education December 2015



Current GPA: 3.89




Holyoke Community College, Holyoke MA



Associate of Arts in Music/ Certificate in Voice



Performance May 2013



GPA: 3.92

Studied: Critical Pedagogy with Dr. Frank Abrahams, Dr. Donna Gallo, and
Professor Nicholas McBride, Elementary Praxis, and Guitar and
Recorder with Dr. Sharon Morrow, Choral Music for Grades 5-12 with Professor Nicholas
McBride, Secondary Praxis (general music), Instrumental Music: Winds &
Percussion with Dr. Janet Cape, Secondary Praxis (choral) with Dr. Al
Holcomb and Dr. Janet Cape, Instrumental Music: Strings with Professor Colin
Oettle, Music Historiography with Dr. Eric Hung and Professor Samantha
Bassler, Music Theory courses with Dr. StefanYoung and Dr. Christian Carey, and Dr.
Ronald Hemmel. Class Piano with Professor Agnes Poltorak and Professor Miriam Eley, Aural
Skills with Professor Robert Ferrier, Music Literature with Professor Mathonwy Bostock,
Conducting with Dr. Amanda Quist and Professor Tom Shelton, Child Development with Dr.
Sandra Sepulveda-Kozakowski, English and Italian Diction with Professor Debrah Scurto-
Davis, and French and German Diction with Professor Faith Esham.

HONORS/AWARDS
Marion Cullen Scholarship - Westminster Choir College
Transfer Scholarship - Westminster Choir College



Holyoke Community College Talent Scholarship



National School Choral Award



John and Abigail Adams Scholarship




TEACHING EXPERIENCE

West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South Pirates Marching Band
Marching Band Director: Jesse Argenziano
Brass and Visual Tech

Secondary Practicum (general music) at West Windsor Community Middle School

Cooperating Teachers: Ms. Maureen Fernandez, and Ms. Samatha Gans
Taught two 6th grade, and two 7th grade general music classes



Elementary Practicum (general music) at Littlebrook Elementary School, Dutchneck
Elementary School , and Quarry Hill Elementary School
Cooperating Teachers: Ms. Kathy Setash, Mr. John Velez, and Mr. Anthony Kovatch
Both observed and taught general music K-5

Hampshire Regional High School internship with head of the choral department
Cooperating Teachers: Ms. Rebecca Phelps and Ms. Amanda Weisenthal
Taught middle school choirs, and helped with organizational tasks such as sorting and
checking sheet music at the beginning of semesters and after concerts, kept up the
department website, and assisted with direction of the high school musical.

Music Education Lab Westminster Choir College
Directed scenes from Seussical the Musical

Numerous classroom observations in choral and instrumental classrooms throughout New
Jersey and Massachusetts, including guest teaching choirs, jazz bands, concert bands, and
marching bands.

ADDITIONAL MUSICAL TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE

Kodaly Beginnings Certification
Marched in DCI Drum Corps 7th Regiment (primary instrument trumpet)
Member of ACDA and NAfME, attending events and conferences
Participation in Districts (5 years), All States (3 years), and All Eastern (1 year) Choirs
and Bands
Participation in Orchestra, Concert Band, and Jazz Band
Specializes in voice, and brass instruments
Private voice training: Rochelle Ellis, Jane Hanson, and Eileen Ruby
Participation in the Westminster Summer Choral Festival.
Cantor and Church Choir experience
Member of SAI (professional music fraternity)
Fluent in English and French
Can work with IMovie, Garage Band, Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Prezi, and more.

PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE (FROM 2013-PRESENT)

Mezzo-Soprano soloist in Durufl Requiem and Faur Requiem with Pioneer Valley
Symphony Orchestra
Mezzo-Soprano soloist in Durufl Requiem (May 2015, South Hadley High School Jeff
Flynn Memorial Concert Choir)

Peformances of masterworks including; Faure Requiem, Vivaldi Gloria, Durufl

Requiem, and other works by composers Handel, Mozart, Grieg, Elgar, and many more
(January-May 2015, Westminster Choir College Master Singers)
Bach St. Matthew Passion with the Philadelphia Orchestra and Yannick Nezet-Seguin
conducting (April 2015, Kimmel Center Westminster Symphonic Choir)
Brahms Ein Deutches Requiem with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and Daniel
Gatti conducting (March 2015, Carnegie Hall Westminster Symphonic Choir)
Westminster Readings and Carols with Princeton Brass and all Westminster Choirs
(December 2014, Princeton University Chapel Westminster Symphonic Choir)
Mahler Symphony No. 2 Resurrection with the Philadelphia Orchestra and Yannick
Nezet-Seguin conducting (October 2014, Carnegie Hall, and the Kimmel Center
Westminster Symphonic Choir)
Durufl Requiem with Eric Plutz on organ and John Irving conducting (February 2014
- Westminster Symphonic Choir )
Rachmaninoffs The Bells Symphony with the Philadelphia Orchestra and Vladimir
Jurowski conducting (February 2014, Kimmel Center Westminster Symphonic
Choir)
Handels Messiah with the New York Philharmonic and Andrew Manze conducting
(December 2013, Avery Fisher Hall Westminster Symphonic Choir)
Beethovens 9th Symphony with the Philadelphia Orchestra, Yannick Nezet-Seguin
conducting, and with the Vienna Chamber Orchestra , Mark Laycock conducting
(September 2013 and January 2014 Westminster Symphonic Choir
Studio Recitals each semester with the studio of Rochelle Ellis
Honors Recital in January 2013 at Holyoke Community College in Holyoke, MA
Senior Recital in April 2015 at Westminster Choir College in Princeton, NJ

Repertoire list available upon request