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