Lecturer of Flute at Princeton University, Soloist, & Chamber Musician
14k white gold N Cut headjoint, body and mechanism, B foot, INLINE G, C# trill, D# roller, split E, 18k white gold riser
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Before the performance in the Golden Hall at Vienna’s Musikverein, 2023
Performing Mozart Concerto at the Golden Hall in Vienna’s Musikverein, 2023
Dr. Sarah Shin is a vibrant and eclectic performer, educator, and collaborator. She is the Lecturer of Flute at Princeton University, a member of the Richardson Chamber Players, affiliated with Princeton University Concerts, and on the faculty at Rutgers University MGSA Community Arts as a flute instructor and chamber music coach. She has given master classes throughout the nation such as Carnegie Mellon University, Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, University of Virginia Flute Forum, to name a few. She also taught at the California Orchestra Academy and will be featured on tonebase in 2023.
Dr. Shin can be heard on all streaming platforms with her solo Mozart Flute Concertos CD under Sony Classical with Conductor Christian Schulz and members of the Savaria Symphony Orchestra. Some of her recent performance highlights include performing with Lizzo at the 2023 Met Gala, performing a mini-tour with the Budapest MAV Symphony Orchestra in Konzerthaus Klagenfurt and Mozarteum Großer Saal in Salzburg, Austria, and performing with the Savaria Symphony Orchestra in Das MuTh Konzertsaal and Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna, Austria.
Dr. Shin has performed in Harvard University’s Sanders Theatre, Jordan Hall and Symphony Hall in Boston; (le) Poisson Rouge, Carnegie Hall, Weill Recital Hall, The DiMenna Center, and Alice Tully Hall in New York City; John F. Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.; Gewandhaus Theatre in Leipzig, Germany; Lotte Concert Hall in Seoul, South Korea, Konzerthaus Klagenfurt in Klagenfurt, Austria; Stiftung Mozarteum: Großer Saal in Salzburg, Austria; Golden Hall at Musikverein, MuTh Concert Hall and Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna, Austria. She has performed in festivals and with ensembles and orchestras in France, Brazil, Mexico, and nationwide within the United States. She has also performed at conventions of the National Flute Association and the Flute Society of Washington, Inc.
Along with being a soloist and educator, Dr. Shin is an avid chamber musician and collaborator. She is a founding member of the Emissary Quartet, a flute quartet dedicated to new music. The Emissary Quartet won grants from the Fromm Foundation at Harvard University, NewMusic USA, Avaloch Farm Music Institute and Friends of Flute Foundation to promote new music through performance and education. They enjoy working with composers and creating projects such as a Call for Scores competition, which accumulated 190 submissions from over 5 continents. EQ has given presentations and taught educational workshops at University of Washington, the New Jersey Flute Society, the Suzuki Association of Utah, and the Utah Flute Association. They held residencies in Pittsburgh, Seattle, Iowa, New York City, and Texas. The Emissary Quartet was a quarterfinalist in the 2016 Fischoff Chamber Music Competition. They also performed at the 2018 BMI Classical Music Awards Ceremony in New York City and the National Flute Association's 44th Convention in San Diego, California, and will perform at the 2021 National Flute Association Virtual Convention.
In 2023, Dr. Shin was honored as a Trailblazing Woman of the Arts by the Martha Graham Dance Company. When attending her masters at Indiana University, Jacobs School of Music, she was awarded an Artistic Excellence Award and the Barbara and David Jacobs Scholarship Fellowship. She has served as a board member for the Ames Town & Gown Chamber Music Association, as President of the New Jersey Flute Society for four years, in two committees for the National Flute Association, and as the 2024 Convention Assistant Program Chair.
During the beginning of the pandemic, Dr. Shin and the New Jersey Flute Society created a Q&A series designed to help those in need called, “NJFS Gives Back.” The Q&A Series interviewed well-known musicians and all proceeds went to a charity chosen by the artists or to the NJFS Scholarship Fund. A couple of charities the proceeds were donated to are God’s Love We Deliver, Children’s Defense Fund, the NAACP, and Girls for Gender Equity. During her four years as President of the New Jersey Flute Society, Dr. Shin co-created the NJFS Scholarship Fund, the Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Committee, and the Outreach Program.
Dr. Shin attended Walnut Hill School for the Arts and is an honorary alum of the Young Artist Program at the Boston Flute Academy. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts with honors in Flute Performance from Carnegie Mellon University School of Music and her Master of Music in Flute Performance from Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, and received her Doctor of Musical Arts at Rutgers University Mason Gross School of the Arts. She is grateful for her teachers Jeanne Baxtresser, Alberto Almarza, Thomas Robertello, Bart Feller, Judy Grant, Dr. Sonja Giles, and Marianne Gedigian.
Dr. Shin is a William S. Haynes Artist and performs on a handmade custom Haynes 14k white gold flute.