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About Sarah

Sarah Nail is a native of Tallahassee, Florida. She began her musical studies on the violin at the age of three before switching to cello at the age of six. She attended the Alabama School of Fine Arts and the renowned Interlochen Arts Academy. She then went on to obtain her Bachelor of Music in Cello Performance from DePaul University, where she studied with Steven Balderston of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.


Sarah was quite an active member of the arts community of both Birmingham, Alabama, and Chicago, Illinois. She was a frequent member of The Chicago Composers Orchestra from 2016 to 2019. In addition to being a member of the CCO, she also taught underprivileged students within the Music for Kids program, in Chicago.


Sarah received her Masters Degree from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, where she studied with Alison Wells and Martin Storey. Since moving to Glasgow in 2019, she has played in workshops with the Scottish Opera, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, and the RSNO. She has also worked and performed with the Scottish Ensemble, the Brodsky Quartet, and the Scottish Pops Orchestra. Sarah has studied music in Italy, America, and the UK and has also participated in studio recording and film projects. In 2022, her piano trio (Trio Alora) performed at Wigmore Hall, in London, for the Cavatina Intercollegiate Competition and was awarded the Audience Prize.


Since leaving education, Sarah has performed with the Edinburgh City Orchestra, Dundee Symphony Orchestra, Dundee Repertory Theatre, the Tayside Symphony and most recently, singer songwriter Siobhan Wilson. Sarah has also participated in educational side-by-side projects with the Angus Youth Orchestra, while also being an Instrumental Ambassador for the Benedetti Foundation, and instructor for Dundee City Council and the Glasgow School of Music. In her free time, she enjoys freelancing and is an active chamber musician in her community and across Scotland, performing with her ensemble, the Soteria Piano Trio.  

Experience

2024 Bernstein Opera, Trouble in Tahiti St. Andrew’s Chamber Opera

2024 James Bond Charity Concert with Scottish Pops Orchestra

2024 Soteria Trio performance at Westbourne Music Series in Glasgow

2024 Soteria Trio performance at Jordanhill Parish Church Glasgow

2024 Soteria Trio performance at St. Paul’s Cathedral Dundee

2023 Perth Sinfonia Beethoven Concert 

2023 Christmas String Quartet St. Salvador’s Church Dundee

2023 Christmas String Quartet Dunbar

2023 Siobhan Wilson Sneaky Pete’s Club Edinburgh Fringe Festival

2023 St. Marys Cathedral Edinburgh Fringe Festival Soteria Trio

2023 Christie Quartet in Dunbar

2023 Solo Cello Riddle’s Court Edinburgh 

2023 Bothwell Parish Church Soteria Trio

2023 St. Salvador’s Church Dundee Soteria Trio 

2023 Voxbox Summer Solstice Fayre with Siobhan Wilson

2023 Futtle Organic Brewery Festival performance with Siobhan Wilson

2023 Side-by-side with Angus Youth Orchestra

2023 Dundee Repertory Theatre Oklahoma

2023 Tayside Symphony Summer Concert

2023 Dundee Symphony Orchestra Summer Concert 

2023 Arbroath Choral Society - Mozart and Handel (assistant principal)

2023 Edinburgh Academy Spring Concert - Bizets Carmen (assistant principal)

2023 Edinburgh City Orchestra Mahler 5 (assistant principal)

2022 A String Quartet Christmas - Dundee

2022-23 Edinburgh City Orchestra (assistant principal)

2022 The Nutcracker on Tour WICM

2022 WICM Autumn Hues 

2022 Soteria Ensemble in Oban - Piano Quintet Concert

2022 WICM Summer Concert - violin/cello duo

2022 WICM Spring Concert - Soteria Duo

2022 Kaleidoscopic side-by-side with the Benedetti Foundation

2022 Soteria Ensemble Summer Concerts

2022 Trio Alora Wigmore Hall Cavatina Competition

2022 Wellington Concert Series Trio Alora

2022 Trio Alora Dunbar Piano Competition 

2022 Arta Wedding Quartet

2021 Cellist of the Rosewood Wedding Quartet

2021 Soteria Ensemble Cello/Piano Duo; recording

2021 Capella and Cairn wedding quartets

2021 BBC SSO side-by-side (assistant principal)

2020 Mendelssohn Octet recording RCS

2020 Piano Trio Concert Polokshields Church of Scotland

2020 RCS Orchestra Rachmaninov Symphony No 2

2020 String Prize Competition - Commended Performance

2020 Dunbar Piano Competition 

2020 30 Films, 1 orchestra; recording (principal)

2020 Grosse Fugue with The Brodsky Quartet side-by-side

2020 Scottish Ensemble sibe-by-side project (assistant principal)

2019 Scottish Opera side-by-side project (assistant principal)

2019 RCS Orchestra Sibelius 5 Concert (assistant principal)

2019 Performance in Orchestra Hall - Chicago

2019 Bruch Violin Concerto with Itzak Perlman

2019 DePaul University Opera Hansel and Great

2019 Cello Studio Recital Popper Requiem

2019 Final Year Recital

2018 GMM cafe music Debussy String Quartet

2018 First Degree Recital

2018 DePaul University Opera The Merry Widow

2018 Anniston Alabama Church Concert

2017 Cello Studio Recital

2017 Masterclass with Paul York

2017 DePaul University Symphony Orchestra

2017-19 DePaul University Baroque Ensemble

2016 Sophomore year; Recital Kabalevsky Concerto

2016-19 Chicago Composers Orchestra

2016 Brancaleoni International Music Festival

2015-16 DePaul University Concert Orchestra

2015 NSO SMI performance in Kennedy Center; Washington D.C.

2015 side-by-side with the National Symphony Orchestra; Washington D.C.

2014 Rachmaninov 2nd Piano Concerto with Alexandre Tharaud & Detroit Symphony

2015 Schubert Mass in G Traverse City Choral Society

2015 Interlochen Arts Academy Orchestra

2015 Recital IAA

2014 IAA devised theatre project

2014 Into the Woods IAA musical theater

2014 Masterclass with Astrid Schween

2014 Masterclass with Mehai Tetel

2014 Masterclass with Rhonda Rider

2014 IAA Sleeping Beauty Production

2014 IAA Orchestra

2014 IAA Concerto Competition 

2013 IAA Nutcracker Production

2022 Trio Allora Dunbar Piano Competition  O'Connorp

2013 IAA Orchestra

2013 Luther Summer Music Concerto Competition Winner

2013 The Merry Widow Birmingham, Alabama 

2013 Alabama School of Fine Arts Ballet

2013 Little Women Musical Red Mountain Theatre

2013 Masterclass with Joshua Roman

2013 Alabama All State Orchestra

2012 Hillsong Tour Birmingham, Alabama

2011-2013 ASFA piano trio

2013 Birmingham, Alabama Church concert 

2011-13 Alabama School of Fine Arts String & Symphony Orchestra

2010-11 Alabama Youth Symphony Orchestra 

2010 Alabama Honor Strings Solo Competition

2007 EYO in Carnegie Hall

2007 Alabama Honor Strings

2006 Anniston Chamber of Commerce

2006-13 Alabama All State Orchestra

2006 Anniston Alabama soloist 

2006 Alabama Honor Strings Solo Competition

Teaching Experience

2022 Cello Instructor The Glasgow School of Music

2022 String Instructor at Dundee City Schools 

2021 Ambassador at the Benedetti Foundation

2016-19 Music for Kids Chicago

2011-13 Scrollworks

Cello Lessons

Cello lessons, private, online tutorials, ABRSM/Trinity/National 5 exams preparation and requests are available via contact 

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