
Sarah Tuttle
Classical Music Host and ProducerSarah Tuttle has been making music since she was small, and her interests reach from the Pre-Baroque era to the music being written today. Most recently, she spent three years in Germany living and working as an opera singer, where she was able to perform a wide variety of repertoire, from Handel to Humperdinck, Bizet to Wagner. Sarah has called Maine her home state since she was ten, where she's since made music with more than a few local ensembles, including the Down East Singers and the Bowdoin Chorus.
Sarah holds a Bachelor's Degree in music from Gettysburg College, and a Master's Degree in Vocal Arts from Bard College, where she worked closely with soprano Dawn Upshaw. She is also a proud recipient of a Mellon Summer Research Grant, which enabled her to continue research begun in Vienna, Austria, exploring manifestations of Buddhism in Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde. Sarah was invited to Tanglewood twice as a summer Vocal Arts Fellow, where she gave the world premiere of John Harbison's Seven Poems of Lorine Niedecker, and performed works by Mozart, Shostakovich, Jonathan Harvey, and others. She is the recipient of the Grace B. Jackson Prize.
When not performing onstage or hosting and producing her radio show, Sarah enjoys immersing herself in American art song literature, learning new recipes, and walking her dog in her hometown.
Songbook Episodes:
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The Friends of the Kotzschmar Organ (FOKO) are busily preparing for a trio of concerts taking place on October 25th and 26th. Producer and Host Sarah Tuttle sits down with Municipal Organist James Kennerley to discuss these spooktacular offerings!
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"Opera begins with inquiry..." so observes poet and librettist Arisa White, one of two guests on State of the Art this week. Host Sarah Tuttle sits down with Arisa White and composer Jessica Jones to discuss the development of their opera-in-progress, Post Pardon, and the upcoming performance of songs from the opera at Maine Lit Fest on October 5th.
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Dwayne Tomah is a cultural educator and language keeper for the Passamaquoddy Nation, and a contributor to "Music in Maine," the new exhibition at the Maine Historical Society in Portland. Tomah sits down with Host Sarah Tuttle to discuss the exhibition, the roles of language and music in maintaining a connection to heritage, and the legacy of anthropologist Jesse Walter Fewkes.
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Grammy Award-winning soprano Dawn Upshaw talks about art song and her life in music with Sarah Tuttle.