Don't You Think It's Time?

Classically trained and influenced by everything from Sondheim to Satie, Sarah M. Wood's musical career began at the tender age of 10 when she composed her first piece of music on her mother's piano. Since then, Sarah has written over 250 pieces of music on both piano and guitar. Her musical style ranges from classical to jazz, theatrical to sacred, and her live performances have included everything from intimate solos to instrumental ensembles and accompaniment for three-choir choruses

Raised in Nanaimo in a very creative family, Sarah has been motivated by both family and circumstances to compose music for all ages in many genres. From lessons at the Victoria Conservatory of Music to Malaspina College in Nanaimo, she maintains that ultimately it was her mother who inspired her most throughout the years. Her participation in musical theatre came to a head in 1988 when a chance encounter with a British publicist persuaded her to produce her first musical theatre production entitled Don't You Think It's Time? The lure of the theatre stage continues to woo her as she lives the drama of day-to-day, but it is her family, faith and the natural beauty of her beloved Vancouver Island which consistently inspires all her musical compositions.

In 2011 Sarah was awarded the Vancouver Island Music Award (VIMA) for her instrumental album of original compositions "Ocean Tapestry", a compilation of piano pieces reflecting the 12 months of the year. Commenting on the recording, Mary Ann Moore of More Living Magazine wrote that she could hear the ocean in Sarah's music. "Her compositions are a hint of Broadway meeting the Pacific-Northwest ocean and rainforest, with a connection to the divine."

For nearly two decades, Sarah has enjoyed the privilege of playing the Port Theatre's Steinway concert grand to a frequently full house at the VIU convocation ceremonies. She has performed her original music at the Nanaimo Art Gallery, the Port Theater and the Diner's Rendezvous as well as coffee-houses, fund-raisers and house-concerts through-out the mid-island.

In March of 2016 Sarah was invited to present her more recent dance opera entitled "Take off or take the fall" as a sitzprobe (a seated rehersal) in the Port Theatre Lobby. In the New Year, her first musical theatre production "Don't You Think it's Time?" (circa 1980's) was presented in March of 2022,  also as a sitzprobe though this time on stage at the Port Theatre. 

It is currently in full production before being performed at the Lion's Pavilion in Maffeo-Sutton Park, located on  Nanaimo's harbourfront; during the weekend of July 29th, 30th and 31rst.

Stay tuned!!!