Sarah Tynan joins Guildhall School of Music & Drama as Head of Vocal Arts

Sarah is well established as one of the most exciting and versatile singers of her generation. Included in the Evening Standard’s list of the UK’s most influential artists, she has worked regularly with many of the leading orchestras, opera companies and ensembles in the UK, as well as in Europe and around the world. She has appeared in operatic and concert repertoire from Baroque to Contemporary, Bel Canto to Music Theatre with highlights from over 60 principal roles including Handel’s Cleopatra, Semele, Romilda, Partenope and Ginevra, Mozart’s Elvira, Pamina, Susanna and Ilia, Britten’s Governess, Henze’s Manon, Adams’ Pat Nixon, Rossini’s Rosina and Fiorilla, and Donizetti’s Adina and Lucia di Lammermoor.

Sarah is a passionate educator as a voice teacher in both her private studio and at the Royal College of Music.

Armin Zanner, Vice-Principal & Director of Music at Guildhall School, says:“It is exciting to open a new chapter in Guildhall School’s vocal training by welcoming Sarah Tynan as Head of Vocal Arts. This new position brings together our Vocal and Opera Studies areas under a Vocal Arts umbrella with the goal of maximising opportunities for connection across our vocal performance activity. Sarah has the vision, the knowledge of the industry, the breadth of musical expertise and the depth of stage experience that this role demands, and I’m thrilled that she will be overseeing our evolving Vocal Arts offer, working in close collaboration with our Head of Opera, Dominic Wheeler, and Deputy Head of Vocal Studies, Samantha Malk. I am looking forward to introducing Sarah to our students and staff in the new academic year.”

Sarah Tynan, incoming Head of Vocal Arts at Guildhall School, says:“I am delighted to be joining Guildhall School of Music & Drama in the newly created position of Head of Vocal Arts. The opportunity to lead this outstanding vocal faculty and help build upon its strengths, while looking to the future and the challenges of the rapidly changing industry, is both an honour and a privilege.”