Sarah Oppenheim-Beggs began her teaching career in 1984. She is originally from the
San Francisco Bay Area and moved to Maui in 2006.
Sarah served as a president of the Music Teachers Association, San Mateo Branch, and has continued her affiliation since 1984, with both the National and Bay Area Chapters of the National Association of Teachers of Singing.
Active in the regional and university opera and musical theater companies; her performance roles include such heroines as Fiordiligi in Cosi fan Tutti, Pamina in The Magic Flute, Bettina in Lo Sposo Deluso, Grilletta in Haydn’s The Apothecary, Marian Paroo in The Music Man, Sharon McLonergan in Finnian’s Rainbow, and Mary in The Ballade of Baby Doe.
Ms. Oppenheim-Beggs has studied coached and performed recitals extensively with voice coach, conductor and composer Alden Gilchrist, toured France with his Calvary Presbyterian Chancel Choir in 2003. Other choral affiliations include the Stanford University Symphonic Chorus, under the direction of Dr. Steven Sano.
She received her degree from California State University, Hayward and following that, studied conducting with Daniel Hughes and voice with Jeanette Sacco-Belli, both of Notre Dame de Namur University, in Belmont California.
Sarah is also a certified hypnotherapist, a graduate of the Palo Alto School of Hypnotherapy, and a lifetime member of the American Association of Professional Hypnotherapists. Her special interest is in issues surrounding Audition and Performance Preparation.
Ms. Oppenheim-Beggs writes a regular on-line article, “Thoughts on Singing” which provides a resource for local singers to read about voice care and current research on singing.
She is music director and conductor of The Olinda Chorale, a 16 piece vocal ensemble specializing in SATB arrangements of a wide range of genres, including jazz, classical, musical theater, do-wop and pop.
Ms. Oppenheim-Beggs pursues her love for singing, teaching, conducting, writing and performance coaching from her studio in Makawao,
The Artful Heart.
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