Hailed by The Times as “a player of real charisma”, Sarah James combines a diverse career as solo Saxophonist, multi-instrumentalist with prominent orchestras, and with both national and international commercial productions.

An award-winning graduate of the Royal Academy of Music – and recipient of the RAM Meaker Fellowship – Sarah’s solo recitals have included the Purcell Room, Wigmore Hall, Manchester’s Bridgewater Hall, live on BBC Radio’s In Tune and Late Junction, on Classic Fm, at the Banff International Festival in Canada, and on both ABC Australia and South African SABC television and radio. Sarah has been invited to give recitals at the British Saxophone Congress and has also performed at the BBC Proms.

Sarah was a finalist in the Royal Overseas International Music Competition, and has received awards from the Countess of Munster Musical Trust, the Park Lane Group, Kirckman Concert Society, the KPMG Martin Musical Scholarship Fund and the Hattori Foundation. She has commissioned and premiered many works for Saxophone by composers including Nigel Wood, Philip Cashian and Joe Duddell.

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