Sarah Darling
Violin & Viola

Described as “supremely communicative,” “a tireless force of musical curiosity, skill, and enthusiasm,” and “the one to up the ante” (Boston Musical Intelligencer), Sarah Darling enjoys a varied musical career as a performer, educator, and musical co-conspirator on viola and baroque violin. She is a member and co-artistic director of the self-conducted orchestra A Far Cry, as well as Boston Baroque, Musicians of the Old Post Road, Emmanuel Music, the Boston Ballet Orchestra, Les Bostonades, Newton Baroque, the Boston Camerata, the Boston Early Music Festival, and the Carmel Bach Festival.

Sarah studied at Harvard, Juilliard, Amsterdam, and Freiburg, and earned her DMA from New England Conservatory, where she worked with James Dunham, Karen Tuttle, Nobuko Imai, Wolfram Christ, and Kim Kashkashian. She has recorded old and new music for Linn, Paladino, Azica, MSR, Centaur, Naxos, and Crier Records and appears on several  GRAMMY-nominated albums. A passionate teacher, Sarah relishes the opportunity to “translate” between musical worlds while serving on the modern and historical performance faculty of the Longy School of Music, teaching baroque viola at NEC, and co-directing the Charles River Baroque Orchestra. 

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