Sarah Tasker

Assistant Concertmaster

Sarah Tasker has been busily involved in the Albuquerque music community since arriving here in 2008.  She has played with the New Mexico Philharmonic, Santa Fe Symphony, Santa Fe Opera, Santa Fe Promusica, Opera Southwest, San Juan Symphony, Albuquerque Chamber Soloists, and The Figueroa Music and Arts Project.  Mentors instrumental in shaping her musicianship were Camilla Wicks from the San Francisco Conservatory, William Preucil and Linda Cerone at the Cleveland Institute of Music, where she received her bachelor’s degree, and Masao Kawasaki at the Juilliard School, where she was a awarded a master’s degree in violin performance.  She has taken her seat in international orchestral performances in several cities in Western Europe, England, China, and Japan.  While a member of the Cleveland Institute Intensive Quartet program, her foursome was chosen to study and perform with the Tokyo String Quartet.  Ms. Tasker has received honors in competitions throughout the United States and Europe, and has performed many times as soloist with the Utah Symphony.  In addition to playing, she enjoys teaching and trying to keep up with her energetic boy and two girls.