Sara Jakubiak
Soprano
New Encouragement Award, 2007

Sara Jakubiak, soprano, a native of Bay City Michigan, is currently completing an Artist Diploma at Yale under the direction of Doris Cross. Ms. Jakubiak holds master degrees from Yale and the Cleveland Institute of Music. Past teachers include Stanley Kolk and Beverley Rinaldi.

Appearing as a soloist in the United States, Poland and Italy, Sara most recently performed Giorgetta (Il Tabarro) with the Orchestra Sinfonica di Giuseppe Verdi in Milan. Other roles include Countess (Le Nozze di Figaro), Fiordiligi (Cosi fan tutte), Helena (A Midsummer Night’s Dream) and Varvara (Kátya Kabanová). Ms. Jakubiak has also performed as Musetta (La Boheme) with Maestro Paul Nadler and the Southwest Florida Symphony. In February Ms. Jakubiak will perform as Mimi in Yale’s production of La Boheme. Ms. Jakubiak will partake in the 2007 Santa Fe Young Artist Program, covering Mimi (La Boheme) and Daphne (Daphne). Ms. Jakubiak was a 2004 studio artist at Central City Opera.

Recently Ms. Jakubiak sang in the 2006 Beethoven Festival in Warsaw under the baton of Maestro Jesus Lopez-Cobos with the Orchestra of Madrid. Other concert work includes Penderecki’s Credo, performed with Maestro Penderecki and the Yale Philharmonia, and Mahler’s Second Symphony with Yale Philharmonia and Maestro Shinik Haim. Other concert repertoire includes Messaien’s Poèmes pour Mi and Strauss’ Four Last Songs.

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