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Sara E Morris
Bachelor of Music in Contemporary Music
Voice Performance/Songwriting
Senior
FAMILY BACKGROUND
Sara Morris was born in Whittier, California, but has resided most of her life in Vancouver, Washington. She is the middle of three children and the only one of her siblings pursuing music as a career. Her parents still reside in Vancouver and Sara visits them frequently on weekends to hang out and do her laundry.
MUSIC BACKGROUND
As a Singer/Songwriter Sara Morris started at a very young age; she wrote her first song in 5th grade. In the beginning it was an outlet for her “preteen angst,” as well as a way too impress her friends. From that precocious beginning, song writing became a full time obsession. Her goal was to write songs someone her age would hear and connect to instantly. With song content so accessible, she can reach a large audiences and every person can find their own story in the words and music.
Although Sara began writing in 5th grade, it was the move to the Vancouver School of Arts and Academics that caused Sara’s song writing to blossom. She studied music in this school from sixth to twelfth grade. This school brought Sara in touch with many influential teachers and opportunities, such as Dinner Theater productions in which she performed as a "singing waitress." This was the point where Sara realized how much she adored live performances. This is also where she discovered her love of big band and jazz music.
Sara is now attending Western Oregon University and plans to graduate in the spring of 2009. She is working toward a degree in Contemporary Music, focusing on voice and song writing. In her voice studies she works towards having a extensive jazz repertoire. While she spends much of her time working on songs written by other people, she gets most of her joy from writing her own music.
FUN STUFF
A few fun facts about Sara:
- Her favorite food is homemade chicken noodle soup (made by her Dad or herself)
- She has a cat named Dakota May and a hamster named Ruby Jo (she LOVES animals).
- f she could live anywhere in the world it would be Vancouver, WA because of Luciano’s Coffee...the best peppermint mocha ever.
- Her favorite Disney movie is Aladdin. He’ll always be her first love.
Download a copy of Sara's lyrics to This City (pdf 40k)
Click here to listen to Sara's performance of This City (MP3 5.12MB)
Click to view Sara's QuickTime video (QT 7.6MB)
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