"A brilliant conductor, clearly communicating with the singers throughout. She’s also the only person on stage to perform of-book, displaying an innate knowledge and command of every piece...

Latto is definitely one to watch. Her intricate yet understated conducting and demonstrable affinity with the music highlights her as a stand-out choral conductor."

- The Arts Desk, 2021

”Every gesture of her conducting [was] both musically legible

and significant in the story, to make it at one time resemble

maternal tenderness, at another a grimace of derision, at yet

another pure ecstasy”

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Sarah Latto is conductor and co-artistic director of Echo Vocal Ensemble. Described as "sparkling, poised and powerful", the group made its debut in 2017, and have since performed at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, as Ensemble-in-Residence at Ryedale Festival and live on BBC Radio 3. The group has quickly developed a reputation for imaginative programming and multi-disciplinary collaborations, including with poet Roger McGough, composer James MacMillan, visual artist Polly Apfelbaum and the London Philharmonic Orchestra. 

Sarah studied music at Cambridge University, where she held a choral scholarship with Sidney Sussex College. Her professional training has included working with the Brighton Early Music Festival and a Fellowship with Yale University. Sarah was also appointed Conducting Scholar with the prestigious young artists scheme Genesis Sixteen, and in 2019 became Ex Cathedra's inaugural Associate Conductor. As a freelance conductor, Sarah has worked with the opera company ERRATICA, with Trinity Laban Chamber Choir and with the National Youth Choir of Great Britain. Sarah makes her debut with the BBC Singers in 2024.

"Sarah Latto was billed as “conductor” but was actually so much more: she ran the show with an enjoyable informality, a relaxed looseness that drew the audience in. Her conducting was excellent, her speaking between items well-judged, and she had the confidence to do some things other conductors might shy away from: to not conduct when she didn’t see the need, to join in singing herself, to have another member of the group conduct an item.... It was all completely admirable and speaks to a well-justified musical self-assurance."

- The Arts Desk, 2022