Sarah is a graduate of the Royal College of Music where she studied with Melissa Phelps. During her time at the RCM Sarah was principal cellist of the RCM Sinfonietta, the Symphony Orchestra and the String Ensemble with whom she performed the Tchaikovsky’s ‘Souvenir de Florence’ alongside Gordan Nicolich (leader of the London Symphony Orchestra). Sarah also studied in Turin with Liza Wilson and attended the Post-Graduate School of Music in Saluzzo.
Sarah began studying the ‘cello aged 8 and as a soloist has performed the Saint-Saens Cello Concerto, the Dohnanyi Concerto, Haydn Cello Concerto and Kol Nidrei.
Sarah has played with the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra, the BBC Symphony Orchestra and has been principal cello of the London Concert Orchestra performing in venues such as the Barbican, the Royal Albert Hall and Birmingham’s Symphony Hall.
Sarah has appeared in concert and on television many times alongside artists such as Will Young, Rod Stewart, Shakira, Lee Ryan, Tony Christie, Martine McCutcheon and Il Divo. Her TV appearances include Top of the Pops, Graham Norton, Richard and Judy, MTV and E4. In concert she has performed at the Royal Albert Hall, Hackney Empire and Wembley Arena. She has also performed with folk – rock band Ferocious Dog (including a home-town gig at Rock City) and recorded on two of their albums – The Hope and Kleptocracy. Other studio work includes “Riding the Low” and a track with the renowned tenor Russell Watson. Recent concerts include a Neil Diamond tribute show, performing alongside Across the Universe – a Beatles tribute band, a live filming of “Love Actually” and “Planet Earth, Live in Concert” in Birmingham. Highly Strung also feature in a video with West End star Kerry Ellis for her single “Kings and Queens”.
Sarah lives in Nottinghamshire and is the coordinator of “Highly Strung” . She is also a ‘cello and piano teacher and a chamber music coach. Many of her students have gained scholarships to England’s top independent schools including the Purcell School, the Nottingham High School, Trent College and Eton College. Sarah also has former students that have gone on to the Royal College of Music, the Royal Academy of Music and the Royal Northern College of Music. She was also the teacher of BBC Young Musician (2016) winner Sheku Kanneh-Mason, whom she taught up to grade 8.
Her education work has seen her work with Music for Everyone, the Nottingham Youth Orchestra, Derby City & County Youth Orchestra, Oasby Music Group and further afield with the Philharmonia and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment.
Sarah is very much in demand as an orchestral, chamber and session cellist and also as a cello teacher – for more info please visit www.sarahhuson.com
When not playing her cello, Sarah can be found taking long walks, doing online fitness classes with Lorna Marie Fitness and looking after her 2 kids (1 x drummer, 1 x violinist!). Sarah and her singer-songwriter husband also have a folk duo called The Terrible Parents who perform on the local music scene and at festivals (including the Gate to Southwell and the Towersey).
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