Sarah Kaufold is an experienced conductor, singer, and music educator who advocates for inclusion on the podium, within the choral ensemble, and in the choir folder. As Founding and Artistic Director for Consonare Choral Community, a nonprofit organization created in 2018 to build community through choral music in Connecticut, Sarah directs:  Voices of Concinnity, a professional vocal ensemble of singers from diverse backgrounds; Choir Matrix, a community choir for upper voices; and Consonare Community Choir, a mixed choir that collaborates with local instrumental groups. Consonare has collaborated with many arts entities across Connecticut and Voices of Concinnity has performed for state and regional conferences for the American Choral Directors Association, at Carnegie Hall, and released their first album through Navona Records in 2023, Awaiting Golden Light, which has received a Gold Medal from the Global Music Awards. Serving as Executive Director, Sarah has secured nine grants for the organization in the last few years as well as received two state grants as an individual artist.

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With extensive choral conducting and leadership experience, Sarah has directed choirs for singers of all ages, range of abilities, and in several settings, which include: church choral programs for children and adults; teaching middle and high school choral and general music classes; conducting collegiate choirs as a grad student and adjunct faculty; directing adult community choral programs and a professional vocal ensemble.  Outside of choral leadership, she has conducted operas for Hartford Opera Theater, taught Choral Conducting at UConn and graduate choral literature at The Hartt School, and mentors emerging conductors through a choral internship program she created with Consonare. Her philosophy on inclusive practices within the choral setting has earned invitations as a consultant to help other choirs improve choral sound in addition to presenting interest sessions at conferences (outlined below).

Sarah holds a Masters of Music in Choral Conducting from University of Connecticut with extensive graduate study in choral conducting from California State University, Los Angeles.  She has studied conducting under Iris Levine, Donald Brinegar, and James Spillane, as well as conducting masterclasses with Charles Bruffy, Simon Carrington, Craig Hella Johnson, and Dennis Keene. She obtained a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from California Polytechnic University, Pomona where she also began her studies as a music educator. ​

She has sung professionally throughout the Los Angeles and New England area and currently sings with professional chamber choirs Voices of Concinnity and Collegium Ancora while also serving on the executive board of the Connecticut American Choral Directors Association. Sarah enjoys photography, traveling, and hiking with her family.