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Bio of Sarah Martin McConnell

Sarah Martin McConnell, founding director of Music for Seniors, received her undergraduate degree from the University of Texas, Austin and her master’s in social work from the University of Tennessee, Nashville. A professional musician, singer and songwriter since 1976, Sarah’s accomplishments include solo performer as well as lead vocalist with various jazz and pop bands, performing in Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles and Nashville. Her national commercial credits as jingle singer and SAG/Aftra actress include spots for What-a-Burger, Western Airlines, Toyota and Opryland U.S.A. Twice featured as a "New Folk Artist" at the Kerrville Folk Festival in Texas, Sarah has been a regular performer with her group, Sarah Martin & Company at the legendary Bluebird Café in Nashville. Sarah’s songwriting credits include: Must I Fall (Walter Hyatt, "Music Town," Sugar Hill Records) and The Standoff and Reach for Me (Walter Hyatt, "Some Unfinished Business," King Tears Music). Sarah furnishes distinctive seasonal entertainment to retailers, hotels, corporations and private parties with her costumed trio, The Caroling Troubadours, with their first CD released November, 2005.

Sarah currently lives in Nashville with her husband, Mickey McConnell, and her mother, Marguerite Martin who, after being displaced from her home on the Mississippi Gulf Coast by Hurricane Katrina, is the inspiration for Music for Seniors.