American soprano Sena Larard began her music career as a 'cellist. She performed professionally with the Roanoke Symphony Orchestra and was awarded a 'cello performing fellowship to attend the University of Louisville. Sena began her vocal studies at the City University of New York, Brooklyn Conservatory in 2000. She currently lives in London and studies with Graeme Danby, Bill Schuman, and Jonathan Papp.
At City University of New York she performed the roles of Anne Truelove (The Rake’s Progress), Queen of the Night (The Magic Flute), Valencienne (The Merry Widow), and Polisena in the world premiere of Bruno Rigacci’s Ecuba, directed by Mignon Dunn. Sena was selected to attend the California Music Festival where she performed the role of Monica in Menotti's The Medium and was chosen to perform in the vocal ensemble at the Aix-en-Provence Festival. She was also invited by Rutgers University, Mason Gross School of the Arts to sing the Queen of the Night in their production of The Magic Flute, and understudied the role of Lucìa in Donizetti's Lucìa di Lammermoor with Opera Birmingham, in Alabama.
Recent concert performances include Carl Orff 's Carmina Burana with the Luxembourg Conservatoire, Luxembourg, Handel Dixit Dominus in London, Handel Messiah with the Bury St. Edmunds Bach Choir and at Ampleforth Abbey. Sena has also sung with the Ryedale Festival Orchestra, Essex Symphony Orchestra, Suffolk Opera, and performed for Little Venice Music Festival. Upcoming performances include Brahm's Requiem in with the English Arts Chorale, and Mozart's Mass in C minor in Leeds.