Sarah Albu, soprano travaillant à Montréal, se spécialise dans la création, le développement et l’interprétation d’oeuvres contemporaines dans lesquelles sont juxtaposés musique et théâtre. Elle a auto-produit son premier album solo, trickpony, et l'a lancé lors d'un récital en mai 2013. L'album est une exploration du processus de création et de développement d'oeuvres pour voix seule et représente la culmination d'un an de travail intensif en collaboration avec huit compositeurs.
Passionnée de la création expérimentale et multidisciplinaire, Sarah détient deux Baccalauréats (le premier en chant et le deuxième en théâtre/art performance) de l'Université Concordia. Elle a aussi participé au Contemporary Opera Lab de l'Université du Manitoba. Elle cherche toujours à perfectionner son approche et ses outils artistiques un suivant un grand nombre de stages avec des maîtres artistes, dont la chanteuse Marianne Pousseur, la compositrice/artiste de performance Meredith Monk et le spécialiste en polyphonie Géorgien Carl Linich. Elle se perfectionne présentement auprès de la soprano Janice Jackson de Halifax (Nouvelle-Écosse). Sarah s'est produite à de nombreux festivals et centres, dont le Centre Banff, Montréal Nouvelles Musiques, Vocalypse Productions (Halifax, N.-É.), Innovations en Concert, Suoni per il popolo, Cluster New Music and Integrated Arts Festival (Winnipeg, MB), le Festival international de musique de chambre d'Ottawa, le Festival des musiques sacrées de Québec, le festival Bach de Montréal, le Biennale international d'art numérique, Festival Phénomena et Pop Montreal. I’m a singer/actor/ performer living, working and studying in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. My main focus is contemporary theatrical vocal music, although I work regularly in a variety of forms and enjoy exploring and experimenting with many ways of using my voice. I gave my first public singing performance at the age of 2 in a restaurant in my hometown of Windsor, Ontario where, to the shock and embarrassment of my parents, I leapt onto my chair without warning, waving my arms and enthusiastically wishing the other diners a “Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!” I went on to play the bafflingly unpopular character of “Spinach” in a school play about vegetables, received with a generous chorus of jeers from my gracious gymnasium floor audience. Eventually, I graduated from Concordia University with two consecutive BFA degrees in Voice Performance and Theatre. While at Concordia, I had the freedom to study and experiment with many genres, from classical vocal music to electroacoustic composition, sound design, acting, contemporary chamber ensembles, performance art and alternative theatre practices. It was in the theatre realm that I really caught the collaboration bug — I found that the sense of ensemble in a group working on theatre projects was so much stronger than anything I had experienced anywhere else. Equipped with some very positive experiences, a bag of devising techniques and a thirst for adventure, I decided to attempt bringing that energy and focus into music. In the past few years, I’ve had the great honour of performing all over Canada– in festivals such as Cluster New Music and Integrated Arts Festival (Winnipeg), the Ottawa Chamber Music Festival, the Montreal Nouvelles Musiques festival, Pop Montreal, Suoni Per il Popolo, Vocalypse productions/Opera from Scratch in Halifax, and studying and singing Arnold Schoenberg’s Pierrot Lunaire at the Banff Centre for the Arts. Studying voice privately and performing as much as possible as a soloist and with various ensembles, I am continuing to learn and expand my practice. |