Sarah Franklin, violin,

has performed with Paul McCartney, Sarah McLachlan, and Skylar Grey. An orchestral performance specialist, Sarah takes the stage regularly at Carnegie Hall and David Geffen Hall, and the Metropolitan Opera House. 

 

Ms. Franklin plays in the American Symphony Orchestra, American Ballet Theatre orchestra, the New York Pops, and Albany Symphony. She has served as assistant principal second violin of Distinguished Concerts Orchestra (DCINY), of which she has been a core member since 2012. In 2023 Sarah made her Broadway debut in Lincoln Center Theater's Camelot, where she was a substitute violinist. Other notable engagements include performing at Madison Square Garden for three sold out shows with Joe Hisaishi, playing the Off Broadway revival of Sweeney Todd at Barrow Street Theater in 2017, touring Mexico with Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas for the 2010 Mexican Bicentennial, and performing under conductors Kurt Masur, Robert Spano, Sir Simon Rattle, and David Zinman. 

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In addition to her Classical music credits, Sarah enjoys performing with various Pop, Rock, and Contemporary artists. She has had the honor of performing with Sir Paul McCartney, Sarah McLachlan, and Ben Rector, and on the Amazon Prime television series, Mozart in the Jungle. Other screen credits include Boy Erased (Focus Features) featuring Nicole Kidman, Russell Crowe, and Lucas Hedges, as well as Franny, starring Richard Gere and Dakota Fanning, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival. Sarah has played at Joe's Pub, Rockwood Music Hall, Le Poisson Rouge, BAM, MoMa, Highline Ballroom, and the 92nd Street Y, and has recorded on the SONY Classical, EMI, and Bridge Record labels.

 

Sarah earned her Masters degree from Manhattan School of Music as a student of Curtis Macomber, and her Bachelors degree at the Oberlin Conservatory, studying with Marilyn McDonald. In high school she had the privilege of studying with the late Philippe Naegele, a prominent violin/viola soloist and founder of the Marlboro Music Festival. Sarah previously taught violin at the Lucy Moses School at Kaufman Center, the Third Street Music School Settlement, and the Bank Street School for Children. She currently maintains a large private lesson studio on the upper west side, where she resides with her husband and toddler.