Sarah McKenzie

by Paul Cashmere on August 10, 2012

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Sarah McKenzie is a name to watch. At age 24, Sarah has already completed a Bachelor Of Jazz, won the Jack Bendat Scholarship, the Hawaiian Award for Most Outstanding Jazz Graduate and the Perth Jazz Societies award for the Most Outstanding Group of 2008.

In September 2012, Sarah will relocate to Boston to attend the Berklee School of Music for the next four years.

In 2010 she released her debut album ‘Don’t Tempt Me’ and on 2012 followed it up with her second album ‘Close Your Eyes’.

Sarah McKenzie tells her story to Paul Cashmere at Noise11.com.

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