A
native of Boston, Sarah Darling takes enthusiastic part in the city's
tradition of playing music of all ages and styles. Sarah studied at
Harvard, Juilliard, Amsterdam, and Freiburg (with the help of grants
from the DAAD and the Beebe Fund) and is currently in the doctoral
program at NEC with Kim Kashkashian. She is the concertmaster and
co-director of the Harvard Baroque Chamber Orchestra, assisting
Phoebe Carrai and previously Robert Mealy. Sarah can be seen playing
with a diverse spectrum of Boston groups - the Symphony, the Pops,
Boston Baroque, the Cambridge Concentus, the Portland and Rhode
Island Symphonies, BMOP, the Callithumpian Consort, White Rabbit, the
Sarasa Ensemble, and the unconducted chamber orchestra A Far Cry. She
is also a founding member of Boston Hausmusik, the Sanssouci Quartet,
and the Arcturus Chamber Ensemble, which she directs. She has performed
in the Ravinia, Lucerne, Norfolk, Sarasota, and Yellow Barn festivals,
alongside members of the Juilliard, Takacs, Borromeo, Ying, Orion, and
Cleveland quartets. Sarah is the winner of the NEC, Harvard Bach
Society, GBYSO, Arlington, Marlboro, and Freiburg Concerto
Competitions. In the last year, she has also performed Bach's 6th
Brandenburg Concerto in Germany and in California, with Joshua Rifkin's
Bach Ensemble and the Carmel Bach Festival Orchestra. A passionate
advocate of new music, Sarah has been involved in more than 100
premieres, including two concertos dedicated to her. Her critically
acclaimed solo CD of the works of American composer Leland Smith is
available on Naxos Records.
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