Sara Light

Songwriter and Craft of Songwriting Teacher

Sara Light is a professional 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 frequent 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 is a mentor for the songwriting organization Just Plain Folks. She is the co-author of the audio songwriters reference series entitled "The Songwriters Survival Kit." She is currently a staff writer for Curb Magnatone Music Publishing in Nashville.

Among her many songwriting credits is the John Michael Montgomery title track and hit single "Home To You" which received an ASCAP airplay award and was named SESAC Country Song of the Year for having garnered over 2 million spins on radio.

She and her husband, Danny Arena, wrote songs for the 2003 Broadway musical production of "Urban Cowboy." They are developing online songwriting courses at http://www.songu.com.