Born and raised in Oak Lake, Manitoba, it comes as no surprise that this Canadian beauty had a gift that was spotted at an early age and she spent her teenage years winning a number of respected music awards including 'Most Outstanding Jazz Soloist', as well as performing nationally on radio and TV on many occasions. She also represented the Canadian government as a Canadian Musical Ambassador, which led to her singing at government functions across North America, including performing in Mexico at a major trade mission. The highlight of her early career was at the age of only 15, being chosen to sing the opening song to the Canada Games. Following that she also joined many leading artists when she sang to an audience of 80,000 at the Pan-Am Games, which was opened by Celine Dion.
However, where Tara's road to stardom took an extraordinary turn was after she graduated with the highest vocal mark possible in Applied Voice from Brandon University, one of Canada's premier music universities and was offered a place at the Salzburg Mozarteum in Austria - an honour only a handful of individuals get offered each year.
Tara recalls: "When I started my music degree I had to become a lot more focused on classical sounds and my favourite artists were Renee Fleming and Russell Watson. It was the most musically challenging and stretching four years of my life and my pop voice is far more versatile because of it".
Unsure of a future in classical music, she temporarily traded in a glittering career to do charity work in India; whilst she considered her options. There she worked educating young children and helping the homeless and victims of AIDS and Leprosy and what was intended to be a two month project turned into several years as Tara fell in love with this new life and country.
But, ever the singer, Tara made music part of her work. In 2008 she sang at an event in Bangalore and was asked to perform at India's biggest televised Christmas concert, Gloria Deo, sharing the stage with a line-up of international performers and Bollywood stars - something that came as no surprise to friends and family who had seen Tara become noticed for her voice throughout her life.
To Tara's surprise a UK record label boss saw her and immediately offered her a recording contract. Now with the reignited passion to make music, Tara prepares to release her debut single, an upbeat and uplifting pop track with a soulful edge, titled 'He Said She Said', followed by the album this Autumn. Laced with references to those relationship cliches couples face, the track is the perfect sing-a-long hit for the summer by quite an extraordinary singer. Tara, who currently lives with her family in the south-west of England, is quite content living in the UK and hopes music will keep her here for the foreseeable future.
