Violinist Sarah Wood performs as a soloist, chamber musician, and orchestral leader. Internationally, she has performed in Canada, Austria, Germany, the United Kindgom, the Netherlands, Hungary, Tunisia, and Chile. She is a founding member of the Circadian String Quartet (2013-2016) and a regular substitute with the San Francisco Symphony.
A dedicated educator, Sarah has taught violin, viola and chamber music for 20 years. From 2014-2016 she was on faculty at the Crowden School, and from 2009-2012 she served as Lina Bahn’s Teaching Assistant at the University of Colorado at Boulder. She is a certified Suzuki Method teacher.
Sarah earned her Doctor of Musical Arts in violin performance from the University of Colorado at Boulder, where she studied with Lina Bahn and Karoly Schranz. She also holds a B.M. and M.M. in violin performance from the Cleveland Institute of Music, where she was a student of Paul Kantor & William Preucil. She has also studied Baroque violin at the Tafelmusik Summer Institute. A California native, she has also worked with Zaven Melikian, Robin Sharp, and Cathy van Hoesen. Since 2018 she has also been a participant of several of violinist Nathan Cole's highly regarded professional courses.
As part of her doctoral thesis, she collaborated with the organization Violinist in Balance at the HKU Utrechts Conservatorium in the Netherlands to design and build ergonomic violin equipment. She has since led workshops on the ergonomics of chin rests, most notably at the European String Teacher's Association International Conference in Oxford, U.K. Currently, Sarah custom fits players with 3D printed chin rests and shoulder rests.
Sarah completed here AmSAT certified training in the Alexander Technique in 2022 at the Alexander Education Center in Berkeley, CA. She has also studied Body Mapping with Jennifer Johnson and Amy Likar. These practices are incorporated into her teaching and playing as methods for injury prevention, stress management, and performance enhancement.
Sarah has served in leadership roles for several arts organizations as the director of the Foothill Chamber Music Concert Series, co-Director of the Baroque group Ensemble Pearl, as an elected member of the players' committe for Music in the Mountains Summer Festival, and as a founding member of the Circadian String Quartet.
Sarah is fortunate to have recieved grant funding for many of her projects, including the Beverly Sears Grant, the Olgilvy Travel Grant, the Rocky Mountain Institute for International Education, the Allied Arts of Denver Scholarship, the New Venture Challenge Winner for best music business plan (Ensemble Pearl), as well as awards for her playing.
A dedicated educator, Sarah has taught violin, viola and chamber music for 20 years. From 2014-2016 she was on faculty at the Crowden School, and from 2009-2012 she served as Lina Bahn’s Teaching Assistant at the University of Colorado at Boulder. She is a certified Suzuki Method teacher.
Sarah earned her Doctor of Musical Arts in violin performance from the University of Colorado at Boulder, where she studied with Lina Bahn and Karoly Schranz. She also holds a B.M. and M.M. in violin performance from the Cleveland Institute of Music, where she was a student of Paul Kantor & William Preucil. She has also studied Baroque violin at the Tafelmusik Summer Institute. A California native, she has also worked with Zaven Melikian, Robin Sharp, and Cathy van Hoesen. Since 2018 she has also been a participant of several of violinist Nathan Cole's highly regarded professional courses.
As part of her doctoral thesis, she collaborated with the organization Violinist in Balance at the HKU Utrechts Conservatorium in the Netherlands to design and build ergonomic violin equipment. She has since led workshops on the ergonomics of chin rests, most notably at the European String Teacher's Association International Conference in Oxford, U.K. Currently, Sarah custom fits players with 3D printed chin rests and shoulder rests.
Sarah completed here AmSAT certified training in the Alexander Technique in 2022 at the Alexander Education Center in Berkeley, CA. She has also studied Body Mapping with Jennifer Johnson and Amy Likar. These practices are incorporated into her teaching and playing as methods for injury prevention, stress management, and performance enhancement.
Sarah has served in leadership roles for several arts organizations as the director of the Foothill Chamber Music Concert Series, co-Director of the Baroque group Ensemble Pearl, as an elected member of the players' committe for Music in the Mountains Summer Festival, and as a founding member of the Circadian String Quartet.
Sarah is fortunate to have recieved grant funding for many of her projects, including the Beverly Sears Grant, the Olgilvy Travel Grant, the Rocky Mountain Institute for International Education, the Allied Arts of Denver Scholarship, the New Venture Challenge Winner for best music business plan (Ensemble Pearl), as well as awards for her playing.
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