Pictured: Sarah smiling and singing with friends in Marondera, Zimbabwe
The New York Sun described Dr. Sarah Frisof's playing as "beautiful...her lower tones, reminiscent of the alto flute, were lovingly shaped." She is Assistant Professor of Flute at the University of Texas at Arlington. She received her doctoral degree from the University of Michigan and her master's degree from The Juilliard School, where she studied with the principal flute of the New York Philharmonic, Robert Langevin. Dr. Frisof received her Performer's Certificate, Bachelor's in Flute Performance, and Spanish Minor from the Eastman School of Music. While attending Eastman, Dr. Frisof was the recipient of the Rogers Scholarship for excellence in academics and performance. In 2008, she won second place in the National Flute Association's Young Artist Competition.
An avid supporter of new music, Dr. Frisof has performed solo with the Eastman Musica Nova and the New Juilliard Ensemble, and she frequently performs premieres and commissioned works. Dr. Frisof has participated in many summer music festivals and been a substitute player with prominent orchestras including the New York Philharmonic and the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
Dr. Frisof is also an activist in arts education. As is a recipient of a Morse Fellowship at Juilliard, she served as a teaching artist for two public school classes at P.S. 166 in New York City.A native of Cleveland, Ohio, Dr. Frisof enjoys reading, politics, and running, and completed her second marathon in 2006.
Dr. Frisof participated in Project III in Zimbabwe and led Project VI there as Deputy Director. Click here to read her account of Project VI, co-written with Dawn Smith.
