BIOS - Sarah

[ Name ]
Sarah Beth Klein

[ Hometown ]
Born in Pound Ridge, NY, came to Eugene from Tucson, AZ.

[ Year ]
1st Year Senior

[ Major ]
BMus in Music Education and Vocal Performance

[ Voice part ]
Mostly Soprano II, beatboxing

[ Singing background ]
The earliest singing experience that I can remember is when I sang songs like “You are my sunshine” over the intercom to my parents as a little kid. I’ve been singing in school and community choirs since I was in 3rd grade. Here at the University of Oregon, I sing with Chamber Choir and Concert Choir and I am studying privately with Eric Mentzel.

[ Year in Divisi ]
Fourth year with Divisi

[ Favorite song Divisi performs ]
Yeah!

[ Best Divisi memory ]
Singing in the subway in NYC.

[ Favorite Musicians ]
The Black Crowes, Led Zeppelin, Simon and Garfunkel, Pink Floyd, The Beach Boys, CSNY, The Who, Steve Winwood, Van Halen, Bobby McFerrin, Janis Joplin, Miles Davis, Manhattan Trasfer, Vince Guaraldi, Herbie Hancock, etc.

[ Hidden Talents ]
Thrift store shopping, doing the coffee grinder (dance move), and consuming mass quantities of chocolate.

[ Interests & Hobbies ]
Besides singing, I enjoy arranging music, being in the outdoors, being crafty, dancing, cooking and baking, astronomy, stargazing, learning, and learning to teach.

[ Favorite quote ]
"A man sits with a pretty girl for an hour, it seems like a minute. He sits on a hot stove for a minute, it's longer than any hour. That is relativity" - Albert Einstein

[ I sing because... ]
it is the most widespread, cross-cultural mode of communication I can think of, and that is amazing.

[ Best thing about being a Divisi Diva ]
The friendships and the opportunities for growth (sorry, that's two).

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