Faculty

Sara Cutler

harp

Sara Cutler received her B.A. from Yale College. She has appeared as concerto soloist at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, the Brooklyn Academy of Music, the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., the Edinburgh Festival in Scotland and the Festival of Two Worlds in Spoleto, Italy. She has premiered many 20th Century concertos, including Concerto: Cold, Silent Snow written for her and flutist Linda Chesis by American composer Elizabeth Larsen. Ms. Cutler was the soloist for the European premiere of Gian-Carlo Menotti’s Cantilena and Scherzo for harp and string orchestra and performed the British premiere with the Scottish Baroque Ensemble of Malcolm Williamson’s harp concerto, Au Tombeau du Martyr Juif.
          With flutist Linda Chesis in the Chesis/Cutler Duo, Ms Cutler performed at London’s Southbank Centre, Tokyo’s Asahiseimei Hall and in Paris at the Comedie de Champs-Elysées.   As a soloist and with Ms.Chesis, Ms. Cutler has performed around the world, appearing in recital in Tokyo, Tel Aviv, London, Paris, Brussels, Frankfort and New York.   A participant in the Bard Music Festival since its inception, Ms Cutler has also participated in festivals at Tanglewood, Ravinia, the Costa Rica Chamber Music Festival, and many others.
          Her recordings include the Concertino for Harp and Chamber Orchestra by Ernö Dohnányi, with the American Symphony Orchestra (Bridge Records); with Ms. Chesis, an all Debussy CD (Masters/Carlton Classics, London); with the Smithsonian Chamber players (BMG Classics), and with soprano Jessye Norman, a CD entitled In the Spirit (Philips). She can also be heard on many recordings as harpist with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s, the Metropolitan Opera, and the American Symphony Orchestra.   Among the many film scores she has recorded is the Warner Brothers release, Map of the World, by acclaimed jazz guitarist Pat Metheny.
          A founding member of the Carnegie Hall Solti Orchestral Project, Ms. Cutler is currently principal harpist with the American Symphony Orchestra and the New York City Ballet Orchestra.  In addition to teaching at the Bard College Conservatory of Music, she is a member of the faculty of Brooklyn College’s Conservatory of Music. 
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