Sarah Horn, of Riverside, performed with Tony winner Kristin Chenoweth at the Hollywood Bowl on Friday, Aug. 23. The video of the performance has gone viral. (Sarah Horn/Contributed Image)
The first thing you need to know about Sarah Horn, the Riverside native who has become a worldwide Internet star after a performance with Kristin Chenoweth at the Hollywood Bowl on Friday, Aug. 23 is that she has an infectious laugh.
Even though she had been up since 5 a.m. and I was the eighth reporter to ask her a million questions about the whirlwind days since their duet of “For Good” has been winning the Internet (because there’s no way that Miley Cyrus MTV VMAs mess should win ANYTHING), Horn was absolutely delightful during our interview at California Baptist University this afternoon.
One of the things I’m always curious about is when artists knew that’s what they wanted to do.
Horn’s response was “It’s something I feel I was created to do.”
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After our interview she had to head off to a rehearsal for Riverside Youth Theatre, where she is a former performer and now the resident music director. The group is presenting “Shrek The Musical” at the The Box at the Fox Performing Arts Center in Riverside in November. Horn said it was her first normal activity of the day and she was happy to have it.
You can watch the video of the interview below.
Here are some other fun facts about Horn:
-The only time in her life she hasn’t lived in Riverside was when she was a student at Belmont University in Nashville.
-She saw “Wicked” on Broadway with Chenoweth as Glinda.
-11 years ago, Sarah Horn’s father Gary Horn prayed for his daughter to sing with Chenoweth.
-Right now, her dream role is Fiona form “Shrek the Musical,” but only because she’s already played Maria in “The Sound of Music.”
-Horn hopes her duet with Chenoweth cna be used an an audition tape for local theater productions.
-She is a first soprano.
You can get more updates from Sarah directly at her Facebook page.