Sandra Porter has been immersed in chamber music throughout her career. From St John’s Smith Square to Perth Concert Hall and Auditorium di Milano to the Concert Hall Beijing, she has enjoyed performing an extensive range of chamber music repertoire both old and new.

Her formative experiences were at Edinburgh Napier University and at the Royal College of Music. Subsequently she completed her studies with Dame Felicity Palmer.

Continually exploring new and varied repertoire,she released an acclaimed album, “Clara” in 2021 with pianist Graeme McNaught. The CD includes the premiere recording of Sally Beamish's “Clara”, which Sandra commissioned and first broadcast in 1995, alongside lieder by Clara and Robert Schumann. It has been described in the press as "beautifully modulated" (BBC Music Magazine) and "something unique. Porter's soprano-like timbre is bright and pointed, with a sympathetic vibrato. Her unaffected delivery conveys genuine emotion..." (American Record Guide).

Sandra has broadcast for BBC Radio 3 premieres by James MacMillan, songs by Barber, Thomas Wilson, Satie, Liszt, Bartok and French song. Recitals went alongside her collaborations with Chamber Group of Scotland, Sentieri selvaggi, BBCSSO, Telemann Ensemble and International Baroque Players. Solo engagements took her also to Japan, Thailand, China and several European countries, at festivals, music clubs and a host of choral societies.

In opera Sandra has performed roles at the Aldeburgh Festival, Buxton Festival, English National Opera, Opera Holland Park, Iford Opera, English Touring Opera, and in Ireland at the Everyman Theatre and Cork Opera House.

While based in Glasgow, Sandra gave lectures on vocal style and performance at the Royal Scottish Conservatoire of Music and Drama. Now, in addition to performing, she teaches singing privately, adjudicates at competitive festivals and is a vocal teacher at the London College of Music.