Sally Porter Munro
Sally Porter Munro, mezzo-soprano is a native of London, England and a graduate of the Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, England. While living in England she sang with the English National Opera, Royal Opera de la Monnaie in Brussels, and as an oratorio soloist in Europe. She also performed with the BBC Singers on radio and television. She relocated to New York City where she was soloist with many choirs, her wide repertoire spanning Early Music to 20th century works.Since moving to San Francisco, Ms. Munro has sung with Pocket Opera, Berkeley Opera, North Bay Opera, San Francisco Lyric Opera, Bear Valley Music Festival, Lake Tahoe Festival, and the San Francisco Opera. Her roles include Dorabella (Cosi Fan Tutte), Cherubino (Marriage of Figaro), Siebel (Faust), Tisbe (Cenerentola), Beppe (L'Amico Fritz), Emilia (Otello), Rosina (Barber of Seville), Adalgisa (Norma) and Charlotte (Werther).
Ms. Munro made her debut with the Oakland East Bay Symphony Orchestra as a soloist in Beethoven's Ninth Symphony and performed the role of the Duchess in the American premier of the opera 'Powder Her Face' by Thomas Ades with Kent Nagano and the Berkeley Symphony Orchestra. She sang Pergolesi's Stabat Mater and Vivaldi's Magnificat with the San Francisco Russian Chamber Orchestra. She made her San Francisco Opera debut as the Beggar Woman in Benjamin Britten's 'Death in Venice' and as a Bridesmaid in Mozart's 'Marriage of Figaro'.
Sally has given many recitals with the San Francisco Lyric Quartet and the Capriccio Quartet as well as solo concerts in the Bay Area, New York City, and London. Her conceertizing has taken her to Cape Town, South Africa where she gave a number of recitals and perfomed with the Cape Town University Orchestra. She was invited to St Petersburg, Russia where she performed with the Rimsky-Korsakov String Quartet as part of the concert series of the Festival of the White Nights. Since then, Sally has forged a close relationship with the Quartet, giving concerts in St Petersburg, New York, and California. She has also perfromed as soloist with the Chamber Orchestra of Novgrod, Orchestra Classic in St Petersburg, and sang a solo recital in Archangel.
Sally enjoys collaborating with contemporary composers and has premiered works by Allen Shearer, David Irving, Marge Wheeler, Louise P. Canepa, Peter Dyson, and the noted British composer, Ian Venables.
In September 2004, Ms. Munro and the acclaimed pianist Laura Dahl gave their first recital together as music directors of Music by the Mountain a chamber music festival in Mt. Shasta, California. The Festival has become an established weekend event every September, as well as a sponsor of other events during the year and outreach programs to local schools and colleges.
In 2014, Sallly together with Mathew Chacko, founded the Sunset Muic and Arts series, which has brought acclaimed artists to the Sunset District of San Francisco. The concerts are performed ath the Church of the Incarnation where Sally holds the position of Muic Director.
Sally Munro has an extensive singing teaching practice in San Francisco. After 20 years teaching with the San Francisco Girls' Chorus, she is now in her 4th year on the faculty of the Young Women's Choral Projectsof San Francisco. She is a member of the National Association of Teachers of Singing (www.nats.org). She graduated from the Alexander Technique Institute of San Francisco in 1996 and is certified as a teacher by The American Society for the Alexander Technique. She specializes in teaching the use of the voice at The Northern California Center for the Alexander Technique, and is a member of the "Bay Area Alexander Tecnique" - an organization of Alexander Teachers in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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"Sleep", by Ivor Gurney
Robert Schwartz, Pianist
"Amour, viens rendre a mon ame", by Christoph Gluck
Robert Schwartz, Pianist
Sally’s upcoming concerts:
February 10th, 8:00 pm, Round Hill Country Club, Alamo, CA. An Opera Valentine; Annual Gala and Candlelight Dinner –
San Francisco Opera guild, East Bay chapter
~Love is a Many Splendoured Thing concerts with The Sinfonietta of Oxted, UK.
Sally will be performing Poeme de l’Amour et de la Mer by Chausson, and seven folk songs by Manuel de Falla. All performances begin 7:30 pm.
Saturday, March 8th, The United Reformed Church, Bluehouse Lane, Oxted, Surrey, UK
Thursday, March 13th, St. James’ Church, 107 Piccadilly, London
Saturday, March 15th, Holy Trinity Church, 59 Southend Crescent Eltham, London.
This concert will be repeated.
Sunday, March 23rd at 5:00 pm, with the St. Petersburg State Philharmonic Orchestra, St. Petersburg, Russia.
Sunday, March 16th, 5:00 pm – Featured soloist with The English Concert Singers, Roy Wales conductor. St. Paul’s Church, Covent Garden, London. A
selection from the 5 mystical songs by Vaughan Williams, and Crucifixion from the Hermit Songs by Samuel Barber.
Saturday, March 22nd – Soloist with The Rimsky Korsakov String Quartet chamber concert, St. Petersburg, Russia. Details to be announced.
Sunday, April 27th, 4:30 pm – Opera gala with The Cappricio Quartet, Main Post Chapel The Presidio, San Francisco, California.
Fund raiser for the interfaith center.