Born and raised in Honolulu Hawaii, Tara moved to Oxford in 2005, after completing her Masters in Opera Performance at The Boston Conservatory. She has performed such Opera roles as Mercedes and Frasquita in Carmen, Miss Jessel in Britten’s The Turn of the Screw, The 5th Handmaid in Strauss’ Elektra, Lauretta in Gianni Schicci,  Countess Ceprano, Giovanna and the Page in Rigoletto, Katrina in The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Niki de Saint Phalle in Scott Wheeler’s The Construction of Boston. In Musical Theatre she has received critical acclaim for her portrayals of Norma Cassidy in Victor Victoria*, Fiona in Brigadoon* Marsinah in Kismet** and Cinderella in Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella. She has performed with Hawaii Opera Theatre, Honolulu Symphony and Metrowest Symphony Orchestra. Tara has won both the Classical and Musical Theatre divisions of National Association of Teachers of Singing, placed 2nd and 3rd in the Mae Z. Orvis Competition, was a winner of the Hawaii Public Radio’s Forth Annnual Art Song Competition and has recorded with Hawaii Vocal Arts Ensemble and Ohi’a Productions. 
*Nomination/ **Winner: Hawaii State Theatre Council Awards