Sarah Newbold

Sarah Newbold studied the flute with Atarah Ben-Tovim and Alan Lockwood at Huddersfield Polytechnic and at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama with Peter Lloyd, she then spent a year at the National Centre for Orchestral Studies.

Sarah is at present a member of The Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields and previously, both the Welsh National Opera and the London Philharmonic. She also pursues a freelance career playing with most of the orchestras in Britain and regularly with the Philharmonia and London Symphony Orchestras.

As a freelance flautist Sarah is able to work in a great variety of musical styles and situations including opera, symphony and chamber orchestra, film sessions, contemporary music, period instrument, solo and chamber ensembles.

Since 1989 Sarah has been a Professor of flute at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, teaching, giving masterclasses, coaching ensembles and adjudicating festivals play an important part in her musical life.