Zara has recently completed a Bachelor of Music (Music Education) at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, studying voice with Robyn Wells.  She has her A.Mus.A in both voice and piano (distinction), and was a chorister with the Australian Girls Choir for 10 years. Zara is heavily involved with the musical theatre scene in Sydney, as both a performer – City of Angels (MUSE), Wicked (WTC), The Light in the Piazza (MUSE), – and as a musical director – A Launch of Voices (Theatre & Company), Curtains (MUSE), Legally Blonde (MUSE).

Zara regularly performs as a soloist with The Taverner Consort of Voices. She currently teaches voice and piano at De La Salle College and is the musical director for The Jazz Factory Theatre Company.