Born in Sussex, Sarah Vivian studied at Trinity College of music. After college she won the Miriam Licette Scholarship and studied with Régine Crespin in Paris. Sarah was also a prize winner in the Great Grimsby International Competition for singers.
During Sarah's career she has sung as a soloist in many of Britain's major concert venues. Highlights include a Brahms Requiem in the Royal Festival Hall for the Goldsmiths Choral Union, Haydn's Nelson Mass and Mozart's Exultate Jubilate with the Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, and a Mozart Requiem in Westminster Cathedral with the Westminster Cathedral Choir, which was broadcast on Classic FM. Recently Sarah sang the Nelson Mass in Southwark Cathedral and in 2011 she sang a recital at St. Bride's, Fleet Street and also performed at St. John's, Smith Square.
Operatic performances have taken Sarah to the opera House in Lille, northern France singing first boy in The Magic Flute, touring with Opera East singing Norina in Don Pasquale, and in 2008 singing the rôle of Berta in Rossini's Barber of Seville for Opera a la Carte. The final performances were part of the Ealing Festival.
Sarah recorded her debut recital for BBC Radio 3 in 1992. In 1998 she sang the rôle of Juliette Diamant in Hyperion Records' recording of Sidney Jones' "The Geisha" conducted by Ronald Corp.