Sarah Field

Sarah Field’s work as a trumpeter and saxophonist is diverse and unique. Performances have taken her from recording on No.1 album “Audio Vertigo” with band ‘Elbow’ to Hummel’s Trumpet Concerto at the Southbank, London to the UK premiere of Stockhausen’s “Abduction” for saxophone and electronics.Sarah performs and records regularly on a range of instruments across many genres as well as T.V and commercial work. Most recently with pop & rock Sarah has appeared touring with British songwriters Ben Howard, Becky Hill, Elbow, Seal and with Sting. Classical contemporary appearances include interviews and performing on BBC Radio, ClassicFM with her chamber groups Marici Saxes (Sax Quartet) and Neoteric ensemble (Brass & Sax Sextet). Concerto highlights have been on Sax & Trumpet with the BBC Concert Orchestra with Christopher Warren-Green, Sweeney Concerto with RTE National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, Glazunov Concerto Kwa Zulu Natal Philharmonic in South Africa with Eno Shao and a performance of Ibert’s Saxophone Concertino with the UK’s critically acclaimed Aurora Orchestra.Sarah won both the Royal Over-Seas League Competition Main Solo Award for Woodwind & Brass and the Making Music Award for Young Concert Artists in 2000 and this launched her solo career. Sarah studied both trumpet & saxophone at the Royal Northern College of Music, Royal Academy of Music. She graduated (RNCM) with performance diplomas in both woodwind & brass, the only musician ever to do so. In 2017 she was delighted to be awarded an “Associate of the Royal Academy of Music” for her contribution to the music profession.Music Education has always been a passion of Sarah’s from the start of her career and she lectured for twelve years at the Royal College of Music London on the Art of Teaching. She now works regularly as guest lecturer, creating performance classes and examining for the Guildhall School of Music & Drama, Trinity Laban and Royal Welsh College and Royal Northern College of Music.