Sara Light
is a hit songwriter who holds a Master's degree from Rutgers University in English Education. After moving to Nashville in 1992 to pursue songwriting, she served as the Nashville Songwriter's Association International (NSAI) membership director until 1996 when she became a full-time staff songwriter. In addition to being a guest speaker at the Nashville NSAI Workshop, Belmont University and Vanderbilt University, she has also taught at regional songwriting workshops throughout the U.S. and abroad. She has developed songwriting lessons to be used by over 3000 members of the NSAI regional workshops worldwide and her articles for American Songwriter Magazine, Musesmuse and Just Plain Folks have reached over 20,000 songwriters. She has been a keynote speaker for the NSAI Symposium, served as a judge in several national songwriting competitions and mentors for various songwriting organizations. She is the co-author of the audio songwriters reference series entitled "The Songwriters Survival Kit.”
She has worked as a staff songwriter for Zamalama Music and Curb Magnatone
Music Publishing. Among her songwriting credits is the John Michael Montgomery title track and hit single “Home To You” which received an ASCAP airplay award and was named 2000 SESAC Country Song of the Year for having garnered over 2 million spins on radio.
She wrote several songs for the musical "Urban Cowboy" which opened on Broadway in March 2003 and was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Original
Score. She is also the
co-founder and president of www.SongU.com, songwriting courses online.