Sarah Adams has appeared as viola soloist with the Riverside and Jupiter Symbphonies in Alice Tully Hall, Orhcestra of St. Luke’s at Caramoor, Berkshire Bach Ensemble, Washington Square Music Festival, Philharmonia Virtuosi, and Adelphi Chamber Orchestra.
Ms Adams is principal violist of the Riverside Symphony and a member of the American Ballet Theatre. She frequently performs with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s, Little Orchestra Society, and New York City Opera, as well as with New York City Ballet.
She is a long-time member of Sherman Chamber Ensemble and the New Yor Chamber Ensemble as well as former violist of the Cassatt, Tahoe, and Roerich Quartets. She performed and recorded with Smithsonian Chamber Players, Windham Chamber Orchestra, and Parnassus, and she appeared as guest artist with the Amernet Quarter, Haverford College Music Series, Bard Summerscape, Friends of Mozart, si-Yo Chamber Concerts, and the Metropolitan Museum Chamber Series.
Ms. Adams was former principal violist of the Brooklyn Philharmonic, associate principal violist of the Houston Symphony Orhcestra, guest principal violist of American Symphony Orchestra, and appeared Frequently with Orpheus, the New York Philharmonic, and the Metropolitan Opera. Summer festivals include NYC Ballet at SPAC, Festival Napa Valley, Classical Tahoe, Cape May Music Festival, Windham Music Festival, Seal Bay American Chamber Music FEstial, Music Mountain, and Bargemusic.
Her Broadway credits include Jerome Robbins’ Broadway, Kiss of the Spider Woman, Candide, Aida, La Boheme, and Swan Lake. She has recorded for the Atlantic, Dorian, Koch, New World, Nimbus, Nonesuch, and Virgin labels.
Ms. Adams has been a Music Associate at Columbia University since 1993, where she teaches viola and chamber music and directs Viola Hour. Ms. Adams served as viola instructor at Long Island University and Queens College, and has been a Music Associate at Columbia University since 1993, teaching viola and chamber music.
Sarah performs on a Hiroshi Iizuka viola, circa 1982.
Sarah and her family live in Cortlandt Manor, NY, where she is an amateur gardener, bread baker, mandolinist, and chief dog walker.