Sarah McCabe

Medium: Musician
Website: http://www.sarahmccabemusic.com

Biography

Sarah McCabe is a violist originally from Bowmanville Canada, now living in London, England.

Sarah specializes in the performance of new music, premièring many compositions by young composers on both sides of the Atlantic. She finds it incredibly fulfilling to be part of the birth of a new piece. Sarah performs as a vocalist as well as a violist, and loves exploring music where she can sing and play viola simultaneously. She is passionate about chamber music; Sarah co-founded the ViolaViola Duo with fellow singing violist Katherine Clarke. ViolaViola Duo is commissioning new works for two singing violists- the first piece premiered was “Past out of Time” by Peter Davis, with text by Leo Doulton. Sarah has recently established a new duo with pianist Megan Thibeault.

Sarah has recently begun a doctorate at Guildhall School of Music & Drama, on the Barbican-Guildhall Scholarship. She is looking at the DIY performance scene, with a focus on open mics, and how these can be used by major arts institutions to support arts without boundaries.

Academic Qualifications

2019-2023 Doctorate of Music - Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Barbican-Guildhall Studentship
2016-2017 Masters of Music - Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Viola with Matthew Jones
2010-2014 Bachelor of Music in Performance - Acadia University, Violin with Robert Uchida and Jennifer Jones Viola with Laura Veeze and Jillian Smith
2020 Residency at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity

Projects and Exhibitions

Upcoming and Recent Performances and Recordings

2020 Residency at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity
2020 Performance at Banff Centre with Jenn Grant and Daniel Leadwell
2020 Real Fake Birds-AI and video collaboration with Jasperi Wirtanen and Liam Elliot Upcoming Residency with Alkali Ensemble
2020 East Coast Canada Tour with Megan Thibeault- postponed due to COVID-19 Virtual Residency at 48 Hour Neukölln Online
2020 Recording of 20/20 Vision- EP
2019 Pennybrook Folk Festival in Nova Scotia: performing works by Sarah McCabe
2019 Musique et Vie festival in Geneva; performing Schubert, Bach, Taverner, Sarah McCabe St. James’ Church Porto, Portugal; performing Bach, Wendelin Bitzan, Sarah McCabe
2019 Sub Tei Berlin Festival: performing works by Sarah McCabe, Liam Elliot, Cameron Dodds Performance with Queer Songbook Orchestra, Brighton
2019 Performance at London’s WhiteChapelPassage guerrilla art experiment as ViolaViola Duo
2018 Première of Past Out of Time by Peter Davis, performed with Katherine Clarke
2018 The Perfect Opera by Peter Davis, as Violinist/Violist/Angry Drunk
2018 The Unsung Heroes of The Planet: A Fungal Opera by Cameron Dodds, as Viola/Worm
2018 Space Box: a sound art collaboration with Liam Elliot
2018 Last Thursday by Lewis Coenan-Rowe & Gareth Mattey as Viola/Handbell
2018 Recording Döppleganger Project at Lightship 95 Studios
2018 Brahms Bb Major Sextet with Seta Sextet
2018 Vasilis Alevizos: The Art of Beauty, a Drag Queen Aria
2018 Liam Elliot: Winter Music
2018 Recording of In Such a Night as This for two violas by Libby Larsen
2018 Première and Recording of 5 Folksongs from an Alternate Reality by Cameron Dodds
2017 Recording of Spine by Liam Elliot
2017 Recording of ( ) by Liam Elliot
2017 Recording and Première of barefaced on the bier by Johanna S. Groot Bluemink
2017 Recording and Première of After Images by Alex Tay
2017 Recording and Première of Se Vous N’estes by Thomas Fournil
2017 Première of For Cassini by Rufus Isabelle Elliot at ‘Farewell Saturn: Cassini’s Funeral’
2017 Performances with Ember Quartet at Torroella di Montegri Fringe Festival in Spain
2017 Performance tour of Schoenberg’s Verklarte Nacht with Seta Sextet
2017 Première of Thomas Fournil’s sound art for viola, flute, & prepared hurdeygurdey

Awards and Prizes

2016 Guildhall Scholar from Guildhall Artist Trust
2010-2014 Acadia Excellence Scholarship