Sara Woo‐Sam, born 1988, is a first year composer at Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Raised in Hertfordshire she now lives in London. Her musical education began with recorder lessons at the age of eight, from which she quickly progressed to studying saxophone, piano and singing. Throughout, she actively participated in the musical life at school, a member of the choir, orchestra, wind band, and regular performer in concerts and musical productions. It was while studying for her music A‐level, alongside French and English Literature, that she discovered a love of writing music. Composition offered far greater scope for creativity than performance and she was drawn to the idea of the representation of images and themes through music. One of her passions if music for film and television and it is her aspiration to work in this industry at the end of her degree.