Sarah Hayes is a singer, flautist and keyboard player from Northumberland.
Based in Glasgow since 2005, she leads a busy and varied musical life performing, writing and recording with Admiral Fallow, Andrew Wasylyk, Rachel Newton, Field Music, You Tell Me and more. In 2015 Sarah released her debut album Woven - a studio recording of her Celtic Connections New Voices commission - to widespread acclaim. She is a member of songwriting and production collective Hen Hoose and in 2023 composed the music for Hold Fast, a circus show created in collaboration with Superfan Performance.
Sarah also teaches privately and in community settings, and has been a tutor for Folkworks Summer Schools, National Youth Folk Ensemble, Tinto Summer School, Edinburgh Youth Gaitherin' and the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.
‘Ambitiously conceived and beautifully realised…nothing short of masterful’
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The Scotsman
‘Bold and inventive…surprising and delightful…quite remarkable’
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R2 Magazine
‘This deeply absorbing music achieves its ambitious aim magnificently’’
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fRoots Magazine
‘A fresh, emotional collection’
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The Guardian