Sara Cutler

Harp

Academic Program Affiliation(s): Bard Conservatory of Music, Bard Conservatory of Music: Graduate Instrumental Arts, Bard Conservatory of Music: Harp

Biography: Sara Cutler, whose playing was called “dazzling” by the Washington Post, is Principal Harp of both the American Symphony Orchestra and the New York City Ballet Orchestra and has appeared as concerto soloist at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., the Edinburgh Festival in Scotland and the Festival of Two Worlds in Italy. In addition to performing the standard concerto repertoire, she has premiered many contemporary works, including concertos by composers Elizabeth Larsen and Gian-Carlo Menotti. In 2012, she premiered composer Michael Torke’s concerto Wild Grass which was written for her. With flutist Linda Chesis in the Chesis/Cutler Duo, Ms. Cutler has appeared in recital at Tokyo’s Asahiseimei Hall, London’s Southbank Centre, Paris’ Comedie des Champs-Elysées, and New York’s Town Hall. She has recorded extensively; 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 soprano Jessye Norman, a Christmas CD (Phillips), with the Smithsonian Chamber Players (BMG Classics), and in the orchestra on recordings with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s, the Metropolitan Opera, and the American Symphony. She has recorded with many non-classical artists as well, including Pat Metheny, Paul Simon and Bjork. In 2012, Ms. Cutler’s method book, written as an homage to her late teacher, Lucile Lawrence, was published by Lyon and Healy. She was a founding member of the Carnegie Hall Solti Orchestral Project and has performed chamber music at the Tanglewood, Ravinia, Artpark, Cooperstown and Costa Rica music festivals, among others. She appears every summer at the Bard Music Festival. A Yale College graduate, Ms. Cutler is on the faculty of the Brooklyn College Conservatory of Music as well as the Bard College Conservatory of Music.
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Department: Bard Conservatory of Music