“[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

Performing to critical acclaim in many prestigious venues, violinist SARAH E GELLER has been hailed as possessing “the simple, poised, confident stage presence of a seasoned performer.” This past spring Geller made her debut in California on the West Coast Salon Series, in addition to continuing her extensive solo and chamber music appearances along the East Coast. At the invitation of Georgetown University, Sarah performed and conducted a masterclass on their Friday Music Series. Since 2004 she has been awarded an annual recital on the Donnell Library series in Manhattan.

This season’s highlights include the Gainesville Pro Musica in Georgia and Donnell at NYPL Performing Arts Library in Manhattan concert series, as well as a residency and culminating recital at Munson Williams Proctor Arts Institute in Utica, New York. Geller returns to the Maryland area for an annual series of concerts, including return engagements at the Community College of Baltimore County and Buckingham’s Choice. She performs regularly with pianists Wenhan Anderson and Sayaka Tanikawa.

In June 2002 Sarah made her Carnegie Hall solo recital debut as a winner of the Artists’ International Special Presentation Award. Upon invitation from their Alumni Series, she premiered Jeffery Story’s Driven for solo violin and dancer in a solo recital at New York’s Merkin Concert Hall. Committed to innovative programming, Geller founded SEGUE in 2005. The ensemble features various combinations of award-winning artists, musicians and dancers, often performing lesser-known works by mainstream composers and premieres of new works.

In 2009 SEGUE will launch its newest project, a program for violin, guitar and flamenco dancer. Capturing the authentic essence of flamenco music, SEGUE will feature composers Granados, Albéniz and De Falla, as well as arrangements by SEGUE’s guitarist, Jared Newman. In recent seasons SEGUE has had the distinct honor 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.

Receiving the Helen Airoff Dowling Award for “outstanding undergraduate violinist” upon graduation from the Manhattan School of Music, Sarah has gone on to captivate audiences in her hometown of New York City and beyond at An die Musik LIVE! (MD), the Washington D.C. Library, Bentley College (MA), Steinway Hall, the First Congregational Church of Greenwich (CT) and the University of Toronto. She is also presented regularly in her native Maine on the Arts Institute of Western Maine series at the University of Maine at Farmington.

Geller has soloed with numerous orchestras across the Northeast, 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).

In addition to a busy performance schedule, Sarah is dedicated to educating the next generation of string players. Upon earning her Suzuki Certification from the highly regarded School for Strings (SFS) in Manhattan, she served as Director for six years and head violin teacher for nine at SFS at PS116, an outreach Suzuki violin and cello program. This fall Geller brings her passion and exceptional ability to reach, inspire and nurture diverse groups of children to her new Suzuki studio in the Williamsburg area of Brooklyn. She is also a faculty member at School for Strings. She furthers her own studies with Joey Corpus; her former principal teachers are Michael Gilbert, Patinka Kopec, Gregory Fulkerson and Lawrence Golan. For more information about Sarah E Geller, visit www.sarahegeller.com.