| Instrument(s): |
Baroque violin; Computer and electronics; Violin |
Sarah Wallin has been playing the violin since 1989, having studied under several different teachers, including renowned violinist/violist and lecturer Kay Pech. Additionally, she has studied Baroque violin technique with Los Angeles Musica Angelica violinist, M. Anne Rardin, and has performed on both Baroque violin and Baroque viola with the Claremont Graduate University Early Music ensemble Collegium Musicum. She has also been a regular performer on four-, five-, and six-string electric violins with the Cal Poly Pomona MIDI Ensemble since 2003, and she toured with the Continental Ministries from 1999 to 2002, performing as a singer, dancer, and violinist/fiddler across the continental U.S. and throughout eleven European countries. Within her touring groups, Ms. Wallin held several authoritative positions, including Assistant Director, by which she has gained experience in leadership, organization, scheduling, public relations, excellence in show production, individual counseling, rehearsal technique, and both choreographical and musical instruction. As of 2008, she is a member of the Orange County Symphony, and she has performed with other numerous orchestras and ensembles throughout California and regularly performs as a soloist for a variety of events and concerts, as well as participating on violin and viola for various recording projects. Some performance highlights include: performing and collaborating regularly with pianist/composer Denise Young, accompanying Christian-artist notables Michael Card and Twila Paris in concert, recording with singer-songwriter Larry Enriquez, and collaborating with classical/hip-hop/rock artist Jake “ONO” Bhattacharya on his latest upcoming album.
Sarah Wallin has been teaching music and violin technique privately throughout Southern California since 1998, offering personalized instruction at every level. As of September 2005, she is currently a violin teacher at the Claremont Community Music School and the Rowland Music Store in Rowland Heights (CA), as well as teaching from her own home studio. Wallin was awarded her Bachelor in Arts in Music Education from California State Polytechnic University in Pomona in 2006, and as of 2006, she is attending Claremont Graduate University with the aim of earning her Master’s degree in Music Composition.
Sarah Wallin has studied composition privately with Dr. Peter Yates (of California Polytechnic University of Pomona), Dr. Mark Carlson (of UCLA), and Dr. Edward David Zeliff (of Claremont Graduate University), and she has had her compositions performed in several concerts encompassing Southern California and the prestigious Zipper Hall in Los Angeles. She has also arranged a wide variety of pieces for the MIDI Band at Cal Poly Pomona since its inception in 2003, as well as offering a wide variety of arrangements and transcriptions for students and professional colleagues. Her compositions range from solo works to chamber ensembles, to orchestral concert pieces and film and theater works. Her general style draws from such diverse sound-worlds as early and modern Classical (encompassing such composers as Bach, Beethoven, Ravel, Bernstein, and Glass), new age and electronica, world, and folk. |
Geoffrey Pope
