Sarah Davol
oboe
Sarah Davol, oboe, oboe d’amore, “Graceful and colorful solo playing” – Philadelphia Inquirer, is a founding member of American Classical Orchestra in NYC, and has been featured as concerto soloist with Amor Artis, Bachanalia, Big Apple Baroque, Clarion, Concert Royal, REBEL, RYM Ensemble, Vox Ama Deus Orchestra in Philadelphia, Los Angeles Baroque Orchestra, Washington Bach Sinfonia, Connecticut Early Music Festival, and in Texas with La Folllia, TexCam and the Victoria Bach Festival. She has toured to Germany with Apollo Ensemble and Publick Musick, and to South America and Mexico with Bachanalia, Chanticleer, Wiener Akademie with actor John Malkovich. In New York, she performs on the Trinity Bach at One series, and The Metropolitan Museum features her demonstration of historical oboes on their Audioguide. In New England she has performed with Handel & Haydn Society, Tanglewood, Yale Collegium, Sebago Long Lake Festival, Vermont Mozart Festival, Vermont Bach Ensemble, Arcadia, Five College Early Music, and Music at St. Thomas (Hanover, VT). She may be heard on 60+ CD’s including Vivaldi’s Oboe Concertos in C Major and D minor with Vox Ama Deus and on the recent Double Take: American Reed on Albany Records, which includes her composition “Gulf Migration” that Fanfare Magazine praised as “a wonderfully descriptive work”. She is Director of Englewinds, the award-winning Eco-music ensemble that performs music for environmental awareness. Ms. Davol is a graduate of Mount Holyoke College, is currently on the adjunct faculty of William Paterson University, and teaches period wind instruments at Rutgers University. www.sarahdavol.com
“The evening’s finest performance was that given by Sarah Davol. She proffered a lovely, focused tone and exquisite phrasing.”
– Chestnut Hill Local May3, 2018