A native of Iowa, Sarah made her concerto debut at age 16, playing Jacques Ibert’s Concerto for Flute and Orchestra with the Central Iowa Symphony Orchestra and winning the Young Artist Competition. She then moved to Boston, MA to attend the Walnut Hill School for the Arts, where she performed in the Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra under conductor Frederico Cortese. She is also an honorary alum of the Young Artist Program at the Boston Flute Academy.