Sarah Field - Saxophone

Sarah Field’s performance work as a trumpeter and saxophonist is diverse and wholly unique. Performances have taken her from the Brit awards with pop legends Westlife to Hummel’s Trumpet Concerto at the Southbank to the UK premiere of Stockhausen’s “Abduction” for saxophone and electronics.

Performing regularly on a range of instruments Sarah has appeared recently with “Sting” on his tour of Europe and newly released DVD “On a Winters Night”. She also recently opened singer 'Seal'’s Australian  & European Tours with a trumpet solo to audiences of 16,000. Past solo appearances include performing with the BBC Concert Orchestra with Christopher Warren-Green, concerto’s with RTE National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, Kwa Zulu Natal Philharmonic in South Africa with Eno Shao and a performance of Ibert’s Saxophone Concertino with the UK’s critically acclaimed Aurora Orchestra.

Sarah won both the Royal Over-Seas League Competition Main Solo Award for Woodwind & Brass and the Making Music Award for Young Concert Artists in 2000. These accolades brought Sarah into the limelight, leading to broadcasts on BBC Radio 2, ClassicfM & BBC Radio 3’s ”In Tune”.

Major festival invitations include the Cheltenham International, Edinburgh Fringe, Newbury, Brighton and Canterbury Festivals, along with solo appearances at Cadogan Hall, Purcell Room, Wigmore Hall (RAM Wigmore Award Finalist), St. John’s Smith Square (with pianist John Lill) and the Queen Elizabeth Hall.

As a soloist Sarah’s international tours have included New Zealand, South Africa, Ireland and Belgium and has had performances in Brunei (with pianist Simon Lepper), Harare International Festival (with marimba player Mike Hamnett) and the USA. Sarah was awarded the Gerald Finzi Scholarship in ’07 travelling across North to India and up to the foothills of the Himalayas with her “Indian Odyssey” project.

With a passion for new music she has commissioned over 30 new works supported by the PRS Foundation, Vaughan Williams Trust and Britten Pears. She is currently on the Artistic Team for the Sounds New Contemporary Music Festival in Kent.

Outreach & teaching is an essential element of Sarah’s energetic work. She directs the International Saxophone Summer Course at “Musicfest” on the coast at Aberystwyth in Wales. Teaching includes work at the Royal College of Music, Trinity College of Music and the junior department of the Guildhall School of Music & Drama as well as coaching the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain using her breathing & movement skills as a qualified yoga tutor. Recent projects include leading outreach work for Charity “Live Music Now” as part of the Abu Dhabi International Music Festival.

Sarah studied both trumpet & saxophone at the Royal Northern College of Music, Royal Academy of Music and with John Wallace & John Harle. She graduated (RNCM) with performance diplomas in both woodwind & brass, the only musician ever to do so. She became an Associate of the Royal Academy of Music in 2007 and was recently invited to lecture regularly at the Royal College of Music London. See www.sarahfield.com

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“Poised & Sensitive”

IRISH TIMES

“Pure Sax Appeal. In Sarah's hands the alto saxophone has a dozen different voices.

It catches your heart every time."

EVENING STANDARD

“She brought the house down” Brighton Festival

EVENING ARGUS

“Outstanding musical playing…..superb musicianship”

JOHANNESBURG STAR