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Sarah.L.Hersh@gmail.com

Sarah Hersh, a transplanted New Yorker currently residing in Gainesville, Florida, composes primarily acoustic new music and enjoys writing for nontraditional ensembles. She is interested in feminist music, unintentional feminism in music, and promoting the music of women composers, as well as advocating for new music in general. She holds a BA in music from Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota and her Master of Music degree in composition from the University of Florida. Recently she participated in the soundSCAPE New Music Festival in Maccagno, Italy, where her work "Gardening in a Jaunty Hat" was premiered by the ensemble Duo46. Other groups that have also recently performed Sarah’s work include the Out of Bounds Ensemble and the University of Florida Saxophone Quartet. She has studied with Paul Richards, Paul Koonce, Phillip Rhodes, Conrad Cummings, Michael Wittgraf, Roger Ames, and Joe Rutkowski. Sarah is a co-founder and contributing author for Alphabet Soup, a new music blog.

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Title	Ensemble Type	Composed	Duration	Media
The House Carpenter	Solo instrument, non-keyboard	2010	05:00:00
The Upside Down	Band	2010	12:00:00
Gardening in a Jaunty Hat	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	2010	00:05:00
The House	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	2009	00:05:00
For Them	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	2009	10:00:00
Slow Stop to a Green Light	Keyboard	2009	04:00:00
Scherzofrenetic	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	2009	07:00:00
Excited Utterance	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	2009	00:07:45
Red Clock	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	2008	00:05:00
Five Lines	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	2008	00:10:00
Sextet (No)	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	2007	00:03:30
Truckdance	Band	2007	00:07:00
Helen	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	2006	00:15:00
Dido's New Lament	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	2005	00:03:30
The Fresca Journey	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	2004	00:03:00
Moonlight Night: Carmel; March Moon	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	2004	00:02:00
Two Short Pieces for Clarinet	Solo instrument, non-keyboard	2004	00:02:00
Rondo	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	2004	00:05:30


World Premiere Adam Ambrose will perform my new solo marimba piece at his graduate recital.	4/3/2011 07:30 PM University of Florida School of Music, MUB 101 Gainesville FL 32611 us	Phone: Email: Web:
soundSCAPE Festival	7/23/2010 09:00 PM Auditorium Maccagno it	Phone: Email: Web:http://www.soundscapefestival.org/home.html
University of Florida College of Fine Arts Commencement Ceremony	4/30/2010 01:00 PM University of Florida University Auditorium Gainesville FL 32611 us	Phone: Email: Web:
Out of Bounds Ensemble	4/17/2010 07:30 PM Charlotte NC us	Phone: Email: Web:http://www.winthrop.edu/news-events/article.aspx?id=10489
All Florida Composers Showcase	11/14/2009 07:30 PM University of South Florida Tampa Florida us	Phone: Email: Web:
University of Florida Society of Composers, Inc. concert Nine new works by UF student composers, performed by UF students.	11/3/2009 07:30 PM University of Florida University Auditorium Gainesville FL 32611 us	Phone: Email: Web:
University of Florida New Music Ensemble Concert	3/31/2009 07:30 PM University of Florida Auditorium Gainesville FL us	Phone: Email: Web:
UF New Music Ensemble The New Music Ensemble and Society of Composers present works by current UF composers.	3/31/2009 07:30 PM University of Florida University Auditorium Gainesville FL us	Phone: Email: Web: