Biography

Sarah Roth grew up in Massachusetts, where she began playing piano at the age of six and violin at seven. She attended New England Conservatory of Music preparatory division through high school and then earned a diploma with Distinction in Performance from New England Conservatory.

Ms. Roth attended the Tanglewood Music Center as a fellow during the summers of 1990-1994, playing under Leonard Bernstein, Seiji Ozawa, and Simon Rattle. She was awarded the Pierre Mayer Award for Outstanding Violinist, the Henry Cabot Prize, and the C.D. Jackson Award for her contributions to the orchestra.

Upon graduation from NEC she enjoyed a freelance career in Boston and throughout New England, performing with the Boston Symphony, the Boston Pops, the Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra, Emmanuel Music, Cantata Singers, Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Vermont Symphony, Portland (ME) Symphony, and the New Hampshire Symphony. She was the violinist for the Mark Morris Dance Group for five years, touring to New York, London, Genoa and Hawai’i.

After a decade in New England, she played with the St Louis Symphony Orchestra for two seasons. In 2004, she became a member of the Oregon Symphony where she played until 2011. She has also played with Oregon Ballet Theatre Orchestra, Portland Opera and the Melegari Chamber Players.  She now dedicates herself to her violin studio.