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Sarah began learning the harp with Anita Aslin and Frank Sternefeld, before studying at the Royal Northern College of Music with Eira Lynn Jones, graduating with Batchelor of Music (Honours). 

 

At the RNCM she was awarded the Dianne Bolton Prize for Salon Music, was selected for the BBC Philharmonic Professional Experience Scheme, and as Principle Harp in the resident orchestra at the Cantiere Internazionale d’Arte (Montepulciano).  As a member of the RNCM Harp Ensemble she performed at the Natural History Museum and the Baltic Art Gallery, and was honoured to be one of 60 harpists to play for the then Prince Charles’ 60th Birthday celebrations. 

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Sarah now enjoys an eclectic freelance career, working regularly with orchestras across the North of England in addition to giving solo and chamber music recitals, including at The Old Low Light (North Shields), Pen and Palette Club (Newcastle), Long Newton Music, Classical Café (Middlesbrough Town Hall), and performing Debussy’s Danse Sacrée et Danse Profane, with Skipton Camerata.  The music she provided for Keeping The Feast (a play by Djenane Watkins) was awarded the Adjudicator’s Cup in the Preliminary Round of the All England Theatre Festival in 2016. 

 

Sarah is a keen chamber musician, and enjoys being part of Encore (a quartet of piano, soprano, cello and harp) in addition to a cello and harp duo with Jeremy Harbottle and a newly-formed flute and harp duo with Alessandra Amorino.  She recorded a new harp duet by Ed Carter, Arachne and Minerva, with Venera Bojkova in the temple at Hardwick Park.  The piece – commissioned as part of an art project about the history of the park – was premiered with the addition of a soprano part in January 2023. 

 

Sarah has made two recordings with Victorian Opera Northwest (Sir Richard Bonynge), Fountains of Rome with the Black Dyke Band, a recording of Ella Fitzgerald hits with Strictly Smokin’ Big Band, and solo recordings Follow the Star and Butterflies.  She teaches the harp privately, at Queen Mary’s School and at Yarm School, where her teaching role includes Wider Opportunities on Harp for the Year 3 classes.

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