Sara Ptak

Sara Ptak, soprano and Brooklynite (by way of rural Illinois) has her Masters of Music from McGill University with a Bachelor’s degree from DePaul University. On the operatic stage she has performed roles such as Cleopatra in Giulio Cesareand Giulietta in I Capuleti e i Montecchi, Gretel in Hansel and Gretel, Susanna in Le Nozze di Figaro, Lauretta in Gianni Schicchi, Juno in Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo, Pamina in The Magic Flute, Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni, and Almirena in Handel’s Rinaldo.

Sara has been a fellow at The Toronto Summer Music Festival studying under Elly Ameling and Julius Drake, The Schubert Institut (Baden bei Wien, Austria) with the likes of Helmut Deutsche, Robert Holl, and Bernarda Fink, Music nelle Marche (Urbania, Italy), Domaine Forget (Saint Irenee, Quebec) with Renata Scotto, the Aspen Music Festival and School, and Brevard Music Center. 

Sara is on the voice faculty at both Manhattan School of Music's PreCollege and Brooklyn Conservatory of Music in Park Slope, and has run a private voice studio for over 13 years. She has extensive experience and training working with both early childhood learners, professional singers, hobbyists, and everything in between. 

 My teaching style is strength based and led by curiosity and play. With both children and adults, I take time to notice what they’re already doing well and build awareness and confidence around that. From that place of confidence, we can build on those skills and create a solid foundation that really honors the whole student exactly where they are.

I use both evidence based vocal science and playful experimentation to find the singers most wholistic and joyful learning style. No two lessons are exactly alike.