The Tin Pan Alley Podcast

© The Tin Pan Alley Podcast; Intro melody by Brooke Alexx In this episode, I got to talk to the wonderful Sarah Kaiser who has not only been an inspiration to me personally, but who continues to inspire others on their musical journeys as well – as a vocal coach, gospel choir director, and through her own music. We talked about the meaning of faith and creativity, German poet Paul Gerhardt, Sarah’s latest Christmas album “Vom Himmel Hoch” (English: “From heaven above”), and her exciting and formative years in London, the United States, and Berlin. --- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sarahkaiserlive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sarahkaiserband About Sarah: Sarah Kaiser is a passionate singer. She has been active as a singer, choir director and vocal coach since the late 1990s. She has published 6 solo albums and 3 albums with the renowned German vocal jazz quartett Berlin Voices to date. Over 50.000 albums sold so far with her very own, unique musical blend of Jazz, Soul, Gospel and Pop. In the fall of 2020, she released her latest album, a Christmas album: Vom Himmel Hoch. This time not only accompanied by her band but by a string quartet, letting each of the 12 tracks, often centuries-old and well known, shine in a new, bright light, intimate and energetic at the same time. Sarah regularly performs with her band. She has received concert invitations from the German government (Bundestag), to diverse jazz festival such as the Jazztage Dresden, ENJOY Jazzfestival and jazzopen Stuttgart, has shared the stage with German artists such als Heinz-Rudolf Kunze or die Prinzen, and has played a variety of festivals and events. The most exotic tour destination of the Sarah Kaiser Band so far has been Saudi Arabia. 2004 Sarah was awarded „Best Artist 2003“ at the Promikon Artist Fair in Gießen. In 2011, she received the IMPALA Award. Choir directing is one of Sarah’s passions: for six years, she led the young gospel choir Soul 2 Soul, started in Berlin Marzahn as part of a social and cultural youth work there. The Berlin-based Gospelchoir inspired! was also founded and led by her until 2012. In 2014 she directed a Flashmob choir for a special pre-christmas performance orchestrated by Berliner Stadtmission in one of Berlin’s biggest department store. In 2019, she founded her latest gospelchoir Praise Connection. Sarah Kaiser works as a vocal coach both in her private studio and at the Berlin School of Popular Arts as well as at Berlin’s UdK (University of the Arts) C-Seminar. She leads seminars and workshops for singers and choirs, especially on the topics of solo vocal performance, improvisation and (gospel) choir. She also works as a studio session singer.