Artistic Resume

Sarah Ochoa 

Choral conductor, soprano

Education

Winthrop University, Bachelor of Music with a concentration in Vocal Performance, 2018 - 2022

Winthrop University, Master of Arts in Teaching Music (K-12), 2022 - 2024

 

Conducting Repertoire List

Seasons of Love by Jonathan Larson

Purity Presbyterian Church, Chester SC, December 5th, 2024

Chester High School Singing Cyclones

 

Amani by Audrey Snyder

Purity Presbyterian Church, Chester SC, December 5th, 2024

Chester High School Singing Cyclones

 

Love Is Love Is Love Is Love by Abbie Betinis

Purity Presbyterian Church, Chester SC, December 5th, 2024

Chester High School Singing Cyclones

 

Homeward Bound by Martha Keen

Purity Presbyterian Church, Chester SC, December 5th, 2024

Chester High School Singing Cyclones 

 

I Choose Love by Mark Miller

St. Johns United Methodist, Fort Mill, September 15th, 2024

Chancel Choir

 

United We Stand by Andy Beck

Chester High School, September 11th, 2024

Chester High School Singing Cyclones

 

Rueben and Rachel by Greg Gilpin

FMMS, April 29th, 2024

8th Grade Chorus

 

Each of Us Has A Light by Sally K. Albrecht & Jay Althouse

FMMS, April 29th, 2024

7th Grade Chorus

 

Flight Song by Kim Andre Arnesen

McBryde Hall, Winthrop University, November 22nd, 2023

Winthrop Chorale & Collegiate Choir

 

Sure On This Shining Night by Morten Lauridsen

McBryde Hall, Winthrop University, October 23rd, 2023

Winthrop Collegiate Choir

 

Night of Silence by Daniel Kantor

McBryde Hall, Winthrop University, December 2nd, 2023

OAPC Rock Hill, December 3rd, 2022

Winthrop Chorale & Collegiate Choir

 

Dirait-on by Morten Lauridsen

McBryde Hall, Winthrop University, April 11th, 2023

Winthrop Chamber Singers

 

In the Bleak Midwinter by Abbie Betinis

OAPC Rock Hill, December 3rd, 2022

Winthrop Chamber Singers

 

Ubi Caritas by Ola Gjeilo

McBryde Hall, Winthrop University, October 20th, 2022

Winthrop Collegiate Choir


Private Teachers

Dr. Jeffrey McEvoy Baritone, Spring 2020 - Spring 2022, Spring 2023

Professor Amanda-Sessler Davis Soprano, Fall 2019

Professor Corey Lovelace Soprano,  Fall 2018- Spring 2019


Performance Experience

Caritas, present

Winthrop Graduation, Fall 2023 - Star-Spangled Banner

Varna International Music Academy, Summer 2023 

Winthrop University Presidential Inauguration, Spring 2023 - Star-Spangled Banner

Inspirar Summer 2022 - present

Senior Recital, Spring 2022

Winthrop Opera Theatre, Night of Musical Theatre, Fall 2021

Winthrop Convocation, Fall 2021 - Star-Spangled Banner

Junior Recital, Spring 2021

Hansel and Gretel Opera,  Spring 2022 (Mother and Sandman)

Reprise, Spring 2020 - present

Oakland Avenue Presbyterian Church Agape Choir Scholar, 2019 - Fall 2023

Winthrop University Chorale, 2018 - Fall 2023

Winthrop University Chamber Singers, 2018 - Spring 2024

York County Choral Society, Spring 2017 - Fall 2018

Rock Hill High School Concert Choir, Fall 2014 - Spring 2018


Concert Engagements

Caritas Fall 2023 - Gloria, Hyo-won Woo (soprano soloist)

Varna International Music Academy - Mozart’s “Requiem” (Chorister)

Varna International Music Academy - “Suor Angelica” (Opera Chorus)

Reprise Spring 2023 - "Considering Matthew Shepard" (soprano soloist)

Handel’s “Messiah”, Come Unto Him (soprano soloist)

Winthrop Chamber Singers Fall 2022 - “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas”, arr. Robert Edgerton (soprano soloist)

Winthrop Chorale Fall 2022 - Gloria, Hyo-won Woo (soprano soloist)

Winthrop Chamber Singers Spring 2021 - Light of a Clear Blue Morning arranged by Craig Hella Johnson (soloist)

Oakland Avenue Presbyterian Church 2019 - Lessons of Carols (soloist)

Rock Hill High School Spring 2018 - A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes, Mack David (soloist)

Winthrop Chorale Fall 2017 Concert - Me Na Ri,  Hyo-won Woo (soprano soloist) 

Rock Hill High School Spring 2018 Concert - Light of a Clear Blue Morning, arr. Craig Hella Johnson (soloist) 

Rock Hill High School Spring 2018 - “5 Hebrew Love Songs”, Eric Whitacre (soprano soloist)

Rock Hill High School Spring 2017 Concert  - I Dreamed A Dream from “Les Miserables” (soloist)


Festivals and Awards

2022 - 2024, Donald M. Rogers Endowed Scholarship

2022 SC ACDA Student Conducting Masterclass

2021 - 2022, Eddie Leonard Jr. Scholarship

2018 Southern Regional ACDA Honor Choir

2018 SC All-State Honor Choir 

2017 SC ACDA Honor Choir 

2017 SC All-State Honor Choir
2016 SC ACDA Honor Choir 



Recently performed repertoire

Verdi: Saper vorreste

Handel: I Know That My Redeemer Liveth 

Paladilhe: Psyche 

Mozart: Das Veilchen 

Brigadoon: Waitin’ For My Dearie

Strauss: Zueignung 

Aaron Copland: “Why Do They Shut Me Out of Heaven?”

Chausson: “Le Colibri”

Mozart: Laudate Dominum 

Handel: Bel Piacere 

Schumann: Die Stille

Schubert: Lied der Mignon 

Dowland: Come Again

Britten: The Salley Gardens

Loewe: I Could Have Danced All Night

Giovanni: “Vedrai, carino”

Strauss: Schlagende Herzen 

Chausson: “Le Charme”

Chausson: “Le Temp De Lilas”

Strauss: “Ruhe Meine Seele”

Strauss: “Morgen!”

Mozart: “V’adoro Pupille”

Boulanger: “Elle etait descendue”

Boulanger: “Vouz mavez regarde toute votre ame”

Grever: Jurame

Grever: Te Quiero Dijiste

Beach: “Take, O take my lips away”

Beach: With Violets

Mozart: Das Veilchen

Menotti: “Monica’s Waltz”

Grey Gardens: “Will you?”

Hageman: Do not go my love

Giuseppe: “Volta la terrea”

Strauss: “Mein Herr Marquis”

Puccini: O Mio Babbino Caro

Handel: “Come Unto Him”

Handel: “I Know My Redeemer Liveth”

Sullivan: “Poor Wandering One”

Faure: “Pie Jesu”

Lehman: If No One Ever Marries Me

Lehman: Evensong