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At the age of 21, young and upcoming soprano, Sahara Sloan, has been accepted to the Opera National du Rhin's Young Artist Program in Strasbourg, France, where she will begin in September of 2012.

Sahara's accomplishments include performing the lead role in the world premiere of Colin Doroschuk's opera Evangeline at the Festival Opera de St. Eustache this summer, being the youngest member on the Meti Jori Agency roster, studying at Joan Dornemann's International Summer Vocal Institute in Montreal, performing the role of Gretel in Capital Festival Productions' 'Hansel and Gretel' by Engelbert Humperdink, winning the Victoria Symphony's Young Artist competition at the age of sixteen and performing as a guest soloist at their annual Symphony Splash for an audience of 45,000 people, winning the Victoria's Top 40 under 40 award for Arts & Entertainment, and winning the David Foster Star Search at age 11.

She has been involved in numerous Canadian/ World premieres such as Karl Jenkins' Requiem (soprano soloist), Richard Strauss' Daphne (chorus), Ballet Victoria's Alice in Wonderland (voice of Alice & Alice's mirror image), Colin Doroschuk's Medea Metamorphoses (Aphrodite), and Ballet Victoria's Peter Pan (voice of Wendy & Lost boy).

Her other highlights include being the youngest member ever of Pacific Opera Victoria's Chorus and the Victoria Conservatory of Music's Opera Studio, performing as the soprano soloist in Ballet Victoria's production of G. B. Pergolesi's Stabat Mater, performing as a member of the chorus for the inaugural season of the Blackcreek Festival singing behind artists such as Placido Domingo and Sondra Radvanovsky, and winning numerous awards and scholarships in the disciplines of both music and dance.

Sahara was born in Montreal QC, into a family of performing artists. Her mother was a dancer with the National Ballet of Canada, her father (and uncles) was a founding member of the popular eighties group Men Without Hats, and her grandmother was the head of the McGill voice department for many years. Ms. Sloan is currently in her fourth and final year of The Glenn Gould School's Performance Diploma Program studying under Jean MacPhail and coaching with Rachel Andrist.