Sarah Baker began playing cello at age three and attends the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, studying with Dr. Alison Wells. Sarah has soloed with The Utah Symphony, Utah Philharmonic and with the Timpanogos, American Fork and Warminster Symphonies. Sarah won the Utah Symphony Youth Guild Competition in 2020 and 2016 and the Washington Performing Arts Society Feder Competition in 2015. Sarah and her sister Hannah were also selected to perform on NPR’s popular From The Top Program in 2022.
Sarah has won the Governor’s Chamber Music Prize and was the runner-up for the Beatrice Huntington Award in 2024. Sarah will be performing at Wigmore Hall as a member of the Waverley Quartet this spring. With her mother and siblings, Sarah has performed in musical group ”Jenny Oaks Baker & Family Four” with orchestras and choirs throughout the country including The Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra on Temple Square, the Millennial Choirs and Orchestras and The Utah Symphony. A favourite with audiences, they have performed throughout the United States, Europe, Asia and in Africa. Their debut album, “Jenny Oaks Baker & Family Four” hit #4 on the Billboard Classical Crossover and Classical Charts and their most recent album, “Joy to the World” hit #7 on the Billboard Classical Crossover Chart.Â