About Sarah Mae Lagasca
Sarah Mae Lagasca is a choral director and voice teacher at Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts located in Manhattan, NY. She is the director of the LaGuardia Elementary Chorus. Previously, Sarah Mae served as director of the September Concert Foundation Chorus in New York City from 2010 - 2013. She has also served as assistant to Lynnel Jenkins for the Princeton Girlchoir's Concert Choir in preparation for their seasonal concerts and performances for national radio broadcast.
Born and raised in New York City, Sarah Mae graduated from LaGuardia High School with an endorsement in Vocal Music. She continued her musical studies at Westminster Choir College in Princeton NJ, and graduated with a Bachelor of Music (BM) in Music Education. As an alto in the Westminster Symphonic Choir, she has performed with world renowned orchestras such as the Berliner Philharmoniker led by Sir Simon Rattle, The Simon Bolívar Symphony Orchestra directed by Gustavo Dudamel, and The Philadelphia Orchestra under the baton of Maestro Yannick Nézet-Séguin. As a member of Westminster Williamson Voices, directed by Dr. James Jordan, she can be heard on the recording of "Annelies," by composer James Whitbourn, with The Lincoln Trio and soprano, Arianna Zukerman. The recording received a 2014 GRAMMY nomination for Best Choral Performance.
Sarah Mae is an active conductor, composer, and private voice/piano teacher in the New York City/New Jersey area. She enjoys baking, planning extensive dinner parties, studying the almighty forces of time and space, and crocheting.
Born and raised in New York City, Sarah Mae graduated from LaGuardia High School with an endorsement in Vocal Music. She continued her musical studies at Westminster Choir College in Princeton NJ, and graduated with a Bachelor of Music (BM) in Music Education. As an alto in the Westminster Symphonic Choir, she has performed with world renowned orchestras such as the Berliner Philharmoniker led by Sir Simon Rattle, The Simon Bolívar Symphony Orchestra directed by Gustavo Dudamel, and The Philadelphia Orchestra under the baton of Maestro Yannick Nézet-Séguin. As a member of Westminster Williamson Voices, directed by Dr. James Jordan, she can be heard on the recording of "Annelies," by composer James Whitbourn, with The Lincoln Trio and soprano, Arianna Zukerman. The recording received a 2014 GRAMMY nomination for Best Choral Performance.
Sarah Mae is an active conductor, composer, and private voice/piano teacher in the New York City/New Jersey area. She enjoys baking, planning extensive dinner parties, studying the almighty forces of time and space, and crocheting.
