Album Notes

This is Sadie's first classical recording featuring art songs from Faure to Schubert. Accompanied on piano by Dr Leslie Dukes, Sadie's voice captures the soul and and sends the heart on a journey through time. Off the success of her highly downloaded single O Del Mio Dolce Ardor (see Sadie: Everland), Sadie decided to record a handful of her favorite songs from around the world. The songs were recorded during the weekend of the world famous Cotati Accordion Festival which she used for the title of her CD. She used the "ian" suffix instead of the proper "ion" suffix for her husband Ian. There were no accordions used on this recording.

Sadie Luke is a teacher, performer, composer, and producer of music in Sonoma County. She has been performing all of her life including involvement in competitions, musicals and solos as a young child and all throughout school. She is currently studying full time at Sonoma State as a Music Education major with Voice as her main instrument.

She has been studying classical voice for thirteen years. What began as a pursuit of better vocal technique for the sake of her original compositions has become a lifetime passion for classic and concert music including art song, melodie, and lieder. She currently performs at the Oakmont Community Church as their artist in residence and regularly in the church choir. She also performs with the Sonoma State Symphonic Wind Ensemble, The Sonoma County Bach Choir and The Figgy Pudding Carolers.

Sadie is a member of the board for the Santa Rosa Concert Association and enjoys active participation as the producer of the pre-concert lobby entertainment. She is also involved with Project Applause assisting with production, and frequently performing in their productions. She has recorded and released three cds of all original material and is currently working on production of the fourth. Her goal for the next year is to bring music and community closer together by actively including a diverse palate of audience and performers.
Working closely with individuals with special needs for a majority of her life, Sadie prides herself on being able to meet specific individual needs in her teaching techniques.

To find out more please visit www.universesadie.com.