Sara’s Biography
Sara Elizabeth Genco is a 19 year old indie singer/songwriter from Alden, NY. She is vertically challenged. She loves train tracks, beaches, bridges, and anyplace where an artistic photograph can be taken or a song can be born. Not a day goes by where Sara does not write either poetry, prose, or music. She is a Christian and a football junkie. She is addicted to chocolate, never leaves the house without eyeliner, thinks Apple products always win, and compulsively alphabetizes anything possible.
Sara has been playing guitar since her ninth birthday. Between then and now she has added piano, ukulele, and harmonica, as well as some mandolin and accordion, to her repertoire to help support her alto vocals. After ten years of lessons, performing, and songwriting, she is now a senior at the University at Buffalo studying Composition and Music Technology. She uses the sophisticated compositional techniques learned at UB combined with instinct and a free ear to create unique and rhythmic song structures. Perhaps most importantly, her songs aim to tell stories through her carefully crafted and heartfelt lyrics.
Sara’s music is inspired by artists ranging from The Beatles to Ingrid Michaelson and Regina Spektor – and from the musical theatre stylings of Stephen Schwartz to the gritty rulebreaking of the White Stripes – and so much more in between. Notable performances include Babeville’s Ninth Ward, The Town Ballroom, Tonawanda Folk Festival, Nietzsche’s, Club Paradise, Music is Art, and live on CW23′s “Winging It! Buffalo Style”, and are supplemented by various coffee houses, bars, and churches around Western New York. With a plethora of influences and experiences both behind and ahead of her, Sara ultimately hopes to stand out in the indie music scene and find out what it truly means to be an artist.