Sarah
Adams Hoover, DMA Certified
Andover Educator
or (631) 692-7536
Soprano Sarah Adams Hoover has appeared in recital, oratorio, operatic and chamber music performances throughout the United States. She has performed with the St. Luke’s Chamber Orchestra, the Palisades Chamber Symphony, the Amadeus Orchestra, the Bach and Handel Chorale, the West Village Chorale, the New Dominion Chorale, Grace Choral Society, and Mélomanie. She has appeared with DiCapo Opera, Peabody Opera Etudes, Opera Americana, and Mozart & Friends Opera. On the recital stage, Ms. Hoover has been featured on concert series in New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Washington, DC, Virginia, New Mexico, and Colorado. She is a winner of the National Federation of Music Clubs’ Young Artists Competition, the Gretchen Hood Memorial Award Competition, and the Paul Robeson Competition as well as a national semi-finalist in the NATS Artist Award Competition.
Ms. Hoover earned a degree in Medieval Studies magna cum laude from Yale and a D.M.A. in Vocal Performance from Peabody Conservatory where she studied with Phyllis Bryn-Julson. She has also studied with Rosa Lamoreaux, Dan Pressley, Jeanne-Michèle Charbonnet, Trish McCaffrey, and Ashley Putnam. Coaches include Pierre Vallet, Yelena Kurdina, Gillian Cookson, William Sharp, and Ernest Ligon. She has also been featured in master classes with Dalton Baldwin, Martin Katz, Graham Johnson, and Paul Sperry. Her clinical observation at the Johns Hopkins Center for Laryngeal and Voice Disorders and with Margaret Baroody at the practice of Robert Sataloff has prepared her to become a singing voice specialist, trained to assist singers in recovery from vocal injury.
Ms. Hoover’s teaching ranges from studio instruction to workshops and master classes throughout the country. Ms. Hoover is a member of NATS, NYSTA, the Voice Foundation, and Andover Educators as well as Pi Kappa Lambda and Mu Phi Epsilon. She was Head of Vocal Studies at Washington National Cathedral from 2006-7, where she oversaw the vocal training of 40 professional boy and girl choristers. She has also taught voice at The Levine School of Music, The Wilmington Music School, Jersey City State College, and the Madeira School. Trained in yoga and Alexander Technique, Ms. Hoover also holds a certification in Pilates matwork from PhysicalMind Institute. She completed her Andover Educators certification in Body Mapping with Barbara Conable in 2003. Since that time she has presented clinics and workshops for educational and professional organizations in the United States including Washington Opera’s Summer Institute, the National Association of Teachers of Singing, the Royal School of Church Music, Shenandoah Conservatory, Levine School of Music, the Wilmington Music School, and as a keynote speaker at the 2005 Andover Educators Conference. She has also designed and taught semester courses in “Bodywork for Singers” and “Body Awareness in Singing.” Upcoming workshops include programs at Long Island University (C.W. Post Campus), Concordia College, Wilmington Music School, Washington Opera Summer Institute, and Shenandoah Conservatory.
Since 2006 Ms. Hoover has extended her teaching to the realm of music journalism; her reviews and articles have been published in the Washington Post and Baltimore Sun. She has also written for Strathmore Hall, the Baltimore Chamber Orchestra, and the Johns Hopkins Magazine. Longer works include her doctoral thesis, “Joseph Haydn and Brigida Banti in London: The 1795 Premiere of the Scena di Berenice” and “Music’s China Doll: Lili Boulanger and the Creation of Feminine Identity.” An article called “Voice Problems and the Singing Teacher: When and Where to Help” is currently under professional review.
Originally from Washington, DC, Ms. Hoover currently lives with her husband David Ware and daughter Helena in Cold Spring Harbor, NY.
Soprano Sarah Adams Hoover has appeared in recital, oratorio, operatic and chamber music performances throughout the United States. She has performed with the St. Luke’s Chamber Orchestra, the Palisades Chamber Symphony, the Amadeus Orchestra, the Bach and Handel Chorale, the West Village Chorale, the New Dominion Chorale, Grace Choral Society, and Mélomanie. She has appeared with DiCapo Opera, Peabody Opera Etudes, Opera Americana, and Mozart & Friends Opera. On the recital stage, Ms. Hoover has been featured on concert series in New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Washington, DC, Virginia, New Mexico, and Colorado. She is a winner of the National Federation of Music Clubs’ Young Artists Competition, the Gretchen Hood Memorial Award Competition, and the Paul Robeson Competition as well as a national semi-finalist in the NATS Artist Award Competition.
