Tara Savarino, soprano, is a graduate of Westminster Choir College, Tufts University and the New England Conservatory, where she earned degrees in Voice Pedagogy, English and Vocal Performance, respectively. She made her Lincoln Center debut in 2002 as the Central Park Jogger in The Children’s Requiem, a new musical based on the history of youth violence in New York City.  Her solo work includes Carmina Burana with the Tufts University Chorale and Orchestra and various concerts at Kings Chapel (Boston) under the direction of Daniel Pinkham. She also completed an Opera and Cultural Studies Program in Rome, Italy, where she was a member and soloist of a small chamber ensemble. She has performed with the Harrisburg Symphony and has given recitals at the State Street Academy of Music (Harrisburg), The Historic Grace United Methodist Church (Harrisburg), and at Messiah University (Grantham). She is a frequent soloist at Market Square Presbyterian Church in Harrisburg.  In June 2007 she made her European debut performing with her husband in Ravanusa, Sicily. 

She is a member of NATS and is an Adjunct Lecturer of Voice at Messiah University (Grantham, PA). She also has a private voice studio in Mechanicsburg, PA. Former students are attending strong musical institutions such as Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, New York University (Tisch), Peabody Conservatory of Music, Yale University, the Bard College Conservatory of Music, Ithaca College, and Temple University.

Tara lives with her family in Mechanicsburg, PA. She and her husband, Damian, keep busy with three active boys - Dominic, Luca, and Giovanni.