“'Sarah Gibson's piece employs beautiful textures... it's a work that makes you want to hear a second performance.”
Sarah Gibson is a Los Angeles based composer and pianist whose works draw on her breadth of experience as a collaborative performer. Her compositions reflect her deep interest in the creative process across various artistic mediums—especially from the female perspective. She has received commissions from the League of American Orchestras and the Toulmin Foundation, the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Tanglewood Music Center, Aspen Summer Music Festival & School, Grossman Ensemble, and Seattle Symphony, among others.
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Sarah Gibson - 2022 Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation Orchestral Commission Recipient
This commission for a new orchestra piece will be premiered by Sarasota Orchestra March 31, April 1-2, 2023.
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Upcoming Performances
HOCKET/Rountree
venue TBA
A feature of two LA performer / composers Sarah Gibson and Thomas Kotcheff (HOCKET), and the world premiere of a two piano concerto by Wild Up founder, Christopher Rountree.
Sarasota Symphony
Van Wezel
Sarasota Orchestra concludes the Masterworks season with a program of heroic proportions. Internationally acclaimed violinist Gil Shaham shines in one of his signature works, Korngold’s sweeping, cinematic Violin Concerto. The orchestra is the real star of Richard Strauss’ virtuosic tone poem Ein Heldenleben (A Hero’s Life). The concert begins with a world premiere by Sarah Gibson, recipient of a commission from the Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation and League of American Orchestras to champion promising female composers.
warp & weft
New Jersey Performing Arts Theater
New Jersey Symphony Orchestra performs warp & weft