- Sadie -
Violinist & Violist
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Sadie started playing violin at the age of 3 in her mom’s Suzuki violin studio in Harrisburg, PA. She enjoyed playing the violin immensely, but when she heard a “real” viola (a big 17” one!) at a String Quartet Camp in Portland, ME, her heart melted, and began formal training on the viola as well.
At age 12 she played in orchestra for the first time and fell in love. “This is what I want to do forever, mom,” she exclaimed. Sadie attended classes through her high school years at the Peabody Prep Program in Baltimore, traveling from Central PA to Baltimore every weekend for theory and viola lessons, paying frequent recitals and chamber programs, and going to Europe with the school’s orchestra. She went on to earn a BA in viola performance from Indiana University School of Music in 1997 and an MA in viola performance from University of Maryland in 2000. By this time, Sadie has picked up a few more instruments along the way, basically playing anything with strings on it: mandolin, piano, Baroque violin, viola da gamba, guitar and yes, the washtub bass. Sadie has toured country playing with orchestras from the West Coast to the East Coast and regularly spent her summers playing in an opera orchestra in Graz, Austria. Spending some time in NYC, she played various shows on Broadway, made her Carnegie Hall debut, and got to be a part of some very fun recording projects. Playing with the White House Quartet for the President was a highlight of her career. |
Currently, Sadie plays for weddings all over Charleston and surrounding areas in addition to performing with the Charleston Symphony, Harrisburg Symphony, New Jersey Symphony and the Northeaster PA Philharmonic.
On the side, Sadie LOVES to fiddle and play early music. Spending the summers with her mom and small daughter in the mountains of NC learning more and more fiddle tunes is a highlight of her year. Her daughter, Autumn, already knows a few tunes herself.
On the side, Sadie LOVES to fiddle and play early music. Spending the summers with her mom and small daughter in the mountains of NC learning more and more fiddle tunes is a highlight of her year. Her daughter, Autumn, already knows a few tunes herself.
Sadie has been an educator for over 20 years, maintaining a private strings studio as well as teaching at music schools in Washington, DC and New York City before settling in beautiful Charleston, SC where she is a faculty member of Ashley Hall.
Sadie is also an avid knitter – if she is not playing stringed instruments, she is knitting – if she is wearing a sweater, chances are, she made it herself!
Sadie is also an avid knitter – if she is not playing stringed instruments, she is knitting – if she is wearing a sweater, chances are, she made it herself!
Viola Sampler:
0:00 - Bach's Allemande
1:10 - Moon River from Breakfast at Tiffany's
2:18 - What a Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong
3:00 - When I Fall in Love - Jazz Standard
4:04 - La Vie En Rose - Edith Piaf
0:00 - Bach's Allemande
1:10 - Moon River from Breakfast at Tiffany's
2:18 - What a Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong
3:00 - When I Fall in Love - Jazz Standard
4:04 - La Vie En Rose - Edith Piaf
Sadie's Sample Song List
Note: This is not a comprehensive list. Many selections available upon request.
Contact us to customize music for your special event!
BROADWAY & FILM
A Whole New World - Aladdin
Beauty and the Beast from Beauty and the Beast
Bewitched from Pal Joey
Can You Feel the Love Tonight? from The Lion King
Cheek to Cheek from Top Hat
Moon River - Breakfast at Tiffany’s
My Funny Valentine - Babes in Arms
Some Day my Prince will Come - Snow White
Some Enchanted Evening - South Pacific
Somewhere Over the Rainbow from The Wizard of OZ
Till There was You- The Music Man
Wedding Processional - The Sound of Music
CLASSICAL
Air from (Water Music) - Handel
Air on the G String - Bach
Allegro Maestoso (from Water Music) - Handel
Bist Du Bei Mir (You Are with Me) - Bach
Canon in D - Pachelbel
Entrance of the Queen of Sheba - Handel
Hornpipe (from Water Music) - Handel
Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring - Bach
Largo - Handel
Le Rejouissance - Handel
Ode to Joy - Beethoven
Prelude from Te Deum - Charpentier
Rondeau - Mouret
Sheep May Safely Graze - Bach
Trumpet Tune - Purcell
Trumpet Voluntary - Clarke
Wachet Auf - Bach
Wedding March (Traditional “Here Comes the Bride”) - Wagner
Wedding March (Traditional Bridal Recessional) - Mendelssohn
JAZZ
All of Me - Dean Martin
Beyond the Sea - Bobby Darin
Call Me Irresponsible - Frank Sinatra
Come Fly with Me - Frank Sinatra
Fly me to the Moon - Frank Sinatra
I’ll Be Seeing You - Billie Holiday
I’ve Got My Love to Keep me Warm - Tony Bennett
I’ve Got You Under my Skin - Frank Sinatra
L-O-V-E - Nat King Cole
More - Frank Sinatra
That’s Amore - Dean Martin
The Way You Look Tonight - Frank Sinatra
Unforgettable - Nat King Cole
What a Difference a Day Made - Dinah Washington
When I Fall in Love - Nat King Cole
OLDIES
Can’t Help Falling in Love - Elvis Presley
Close to You - The Carpenters
Dream a Little Dream of Me - The Mamas and the Papas
Let Me Call You Sweetheart - Bing Crosby
Love Me Tender - Elvis Presley
Loving You - Elvis Presley
Unchained Melody - Righteous Brothers
We’ve Only Just Begun to Live - The Carpenters
What a Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong
POP / ROCK
A Thousand Years - Christina Perri
Fields of Gold - Sting
Hallelujah - Leonard Cohen
The Gift - Jim Brickman
Wonderful Tonight - Eric Clapton
SACRED
Amazing Grace
Ave Maria - Charles Gounod
Ave Maria - Schubert
Be Thou My Vision
Entreat Me Not To Leave Thee - Charles Gounod
For the Beauty of the Earth
Panis Angelicus (O Lord Most Holy) - Cesar Franck
Take My Life and Let It Be
The Lord’s Prayer - Albert Malotte
Wedding Prayer (Lord Take Our Lives) - Mary Rice Hopkins
*Many Traditional Hymn Options Available by Request
TRADITIONAL
Oh, Promise Me - Clement Scott & Reginald de Koven
The Irish Wedding Song by Ian Betteridge