Sarah Off Williamson currently studies with Danwen Jiang at Arizona State University where she is pursuing a Masters degree in violin performance. She received her Bachelor of violin performance from the University of Colorado at Boulder studying under concert violinists Lina Bahn and Judith Ingolfsson.
Mrs. Off Williamson has performed in New York City at the Lincoln Center, the Meyerson Symphony Center in Dallas, TX and in Latvia with the Dallas Conservatory as part of a benefit to help needy children. Sarah appeared as soloist with the Conservatory Music in the Mountains Chamber Orchestra under the baton of Philip Mann of the San Francisco Symphony and made a solo appearance with “Up Close and Musical” an offshoot of the Colorado Symphony Orchestra. Mrs. Off Williamson has appeared in solo recitals in Durango, CO at Music in the Mountains Summer Music Festival, at Sylvia Hazlerig’s “Music House”, “Classical Evenings”with pianists Zola Shriver and Shon Heersink, both in Colorado, The Dallas Conservatory Recital Series, “Showcase Concert Series” in New Mexico, “Young Artist Recitals” in New Mexico, along with appearances in Los Angeles. Recently she collaborated in concert with the Orion Quartet and had previously collaborated in concert with pianists David Korevaar and Annie Lin and violist Valery Avramenko. Mrs. Off Williamson received first prize in New Mexico for the “Showcase Concert Series Competition” and has participated in the Fort Collins Symphony National Concerto Competition among others. Mrs. Off Williamson has appeared on Dallas Radio and SLV Radio. She is an advocate for new music and world music. Sarah grew up in the small Colorado town of Del Norte and has a passion for finding opportunities for rural areas to experience the arts. She is also an avid violin teacher and loves teaching students of all levels.
Sarah’s violin training includes tutelage from David Harrington of the Kronos Quartet, Todd Phillips of the Orion Quartet, concert violinists Vadim Gluzman and Phillipe Quint, Ed Dusinberre of the Takacs Quartet, Karoly Schranz of the Tacaks Quartet, Arkady Fomin of the Clavier Trio, and others.
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