Biography

“[Geller] plays Mendelssohn’s difficult cadenzas fluently and with the brightness they require, while reserving a full, lush tone for the flowing melodies.”
—Portland Press Herald 

“The Faure was the highlight of the concert: Ms. Geller and her excellent pianist reveled in its sunny, carefree high spirits. She has the simple, poised, confident stage presence of a seasoned performer.”
—New York Concert Review 

“From its enigmatic double-stopped opening, her [Geller’s] tone was rich and chocolaty, with a dark, somewhat reedy or woody quality that had a little Jascha coloring, something gypsyish, in it.”
—Ionarts

Described as "a consummate artist perform[ing] with convincing vigor and passion, violinist Sarah E Geller has performed to critical acclaim in many prestigious venues as soloist and collaborative artist. This past season she drew capacity audiences on the Gainesville Pro Musica series in Georgia and The Strad for Lunch series in Manhattan. Highly regarded for captivating audiences with intriguing programming, Geller's ensemble SEGUE debuted its Latin American and flamenco program on the Donnell @ LPA series at Bruno Walter Auditorium. Following their scintiillating performance for a standing-room only audience, SEGUE was invited for an encore performance on the Classical Candy Series at Pete's Candy Store in Williiambsurg, Brooklyn.

This season’s highlights include SEGUE's performance celebrating the 20th Anniversary of Evergreen Museum and Library in Baltimore, Maryland, and will feature the program entitled, Ritmo, Color y Pasion, for violin, guitar and flamenco dancer. The Daniel Gwirtzman Dance Company has invited Geller to perform original music with the Roxy Cross Quintet for the premiere of Tribe, a contemporary dance based on ancient themes, at the Museum of Jewish Heritage (NYC). She will als have the distinct honor of appearing in recital on the Chipola College concert series in Mariianna, Florida.

Performing extensively in her hometown of New York City and beyond with pianists Sayaka Tanikawa and Wenhan Anderson, Geller has appeared on the Donnell Library Series in Manhattan for the past six years and last spring made her California debut on the West Coast Salon Series. Additionally, she has served as artist-in-residence at Munson Williams Proctor Arts Institute and as guest artist at Georgetown University, performing and conducting a masterclass on their Friday Music Series.

As a winner of the Artists’ International Special Presentation Award, Sarah made her Carnegie Hall solo recital debut  and upon invitation from their Alumni Series, she premiered Jeffery Story’s Driven for solo violin and dancer at New York’s Merkin Concert Hall. Geller founded SEGUE, an ensemble that features various combinations of award-winning artists, musicians and dancers, often performing lesser-known works by mainstream composers and premieres of new works. In recent seasons, SEGUE has had the privilege of performing on the Heritage Hills Concert Series (NY), the Ramapo College York Room Salon Series (NJ) and the YM-YWHA of Washington Heights in Manhattan.

Since receiving the Helen Airoff Dowling Award for “outstanding undergraduate violinist” upon graduation from the Manhattan School of Music, Geller has soloed with numerous orchestras, most recently with the Ocean City Pops Orchestra (NJ), performing Mozart Concerto No. 4.  Previous appearances have included the Chappaqua Orchestra, Collegium Westchester, the Adelphi Chamber Orchestra, the Maine Chamber Ensemble, the University of Maine at Farmington Orchestra and the Baroque Aria Ensemble (NYC).

A native of Maine, Sarah is presented regularly on the Arts Institute of Western Maine series at the University of Maine at Farmington and on concert series at An die Musik LIVE! (MD), the Community College of Baltimore County (MD), Bentley College (MA), Steinway Hall, the First Congregational Church of Greenwich (CT) and the University of Toronto.

Dedicated to the education of the next generation, Sarah, a School for Strings (SFS) certified Suzuki teacher, served as Director and head violin teacher for a decade at SFS at PS116, an outreach Suzuki violin and cello program. Additionally, Sarah brings her passion and exceptional ability to inspire and nurture diverse groups of children to her Suzuki studio in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. She is also a faculty member at School for Strings. She furthers her own studies with Joey Corpus; her former principal teachers include Michael Gilbert, Patinka Kopec, Gregory Fulkerson and Lawrence Golan.