About Sarah
Sarah Rayner is a professional musician, and fully qualified speech and language therapist, based in East Sussex. Whatever your goals are as a singer, Sarah will work with you to achieve them. Sarah offers fun, fast and effective methods to improve your vocals. With decades of experience behind her as a musician (sax, vocals, clarinet, bass, piano, drums, flute, guitar, sound engineer), ten years experience of music teaching (both in schools and privately), and a degree from the University of London in Speech Science (BSc (hons) 1993), Sarah can help you work out your specific vocal problems, and help you improve your confidence in your voice.
Sarah has worked with various big names such as Bad Manners, Paulo Nutini, Fairport Convention, Van Tramp, Carvin Jones and Ron Trueman-Border. Sarah teaches saxophone, clarinet and singing from the Pod School of Music Studio in Heathfield, from Mayfield, or in your own home. Sarah is renowned for her improvisational skills and is equally at home in an informal blues jam or a large stage setting. Taught by some of the best in the business (including Stranglers lead vocalist, Paul Roberts, and Chip Jenkins from the Brighton Institute of Modern Music), Sarah's vocals have recently been likened to Janis Joplin, Carol Decker, and Bonnie Raitt.
Her onstage presence is one of someone who feels completely at home, and loves what she does. In Sarah's words, 'stage fright is the fear of being offstage'. For two years in a row, Sarah's songs have reached the finals and semi-finals of the UK Songwriting contest, beating over 6000 other entries in their eventual positions. Sarah is always willing to consider dep. work, session work, and any other playing opportunities. Please don't hesitate to make contact.
